Category: Culture
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The One Where Courtney Cox Made 1985 History
Did you know that prior to 1972 advertisements for products relating to women’s menstrual cycles were banned from television and radio? The natural cycle of women has been considered indecent since Biblical times. The network executives were no different. It was considered indecent and in poor taste. Businesses that made feminine products (tampons and pads)…
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November Belongs to the Women of Fem Friday!
In the month of November Gen X Watch experienced another month of growth! 5% in unique readers to be exact. But the readers also made it clear that women and mental health matter. Before we get into your top 3 for the Month of November, we wanted to take a moment to thank you. We…
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Band Aid Released Do They Know It’s Christmas
On November 25th of 1984 a song released by a one song supergroup assembled by Bob Geldof. It featured some of the hottest musical stars in the UK and Europe of the day. They had one mission, raise money to help relieve famine in Ethiopia by recording a song. It raised more then 8 million…
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Hearts of Glass Living in The Real World
This is the title of an upcoming YA adventure written by Pat Green. Me. It will be releasing in Spring of 2025 with the second novel, Hearts of Glass Fade Away and Radiate coming in Fall/Winter of 2025. It is the tale of teens who meet in a mall in the 80’s bonded by common…
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When the Nostalgia Powered Time Machine Breaks
Wayback Wednesdays are normally easy to write. I look at On This Day in the 80’s, find a topic, become the living time machine, and have a few paragraphs of fun while embracing the importance of the positive side of nostalgia. But right now it is hard to do. In my personal life I am…
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Anniversaries and Conversations We Need
Content Advisory! This is about suicide. We get into the thick of it for this one. November 11th of 2019. There was a snowstorm. Bad one. Airports were shut down in Chicago. Flights cancelled. I lay on my bedroom floor that day waiting to die. Next to me was an empty bottle of pills and…
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Women’s Thoughts on the New Fem Friday!
Fem Friday has a new home in Tawnlandia! You can read it on Tawnlandia’s Medium Channel for Fem Friday. If you want to listen to it read by a seasoned audiobook reader you can listen for free on her Patreon or her Feminist Forum. There is a new emphasis in the Fem Friday’s in this…
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When Fem Friday is More Important Than the Election
What could be more important than the most important election in history according to social media? When a Fem Friday is in the ICU. The last time I saw her we met at a restaurant. We closed out the restaurant that day. We laughed in the parking lot about how 4 hours felt like 20…
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What does Faith and Vampires With Open Letters Share?
Faith, Hot Vampires, Open Letters, White Bic Lighters, Wednesday Addams and Large Shoulder Pads. What could any of these things possibly have to do with one another? Other than being in this article together? Not much. October has been an amazing month at Gen X Watch. We have had another month of amazing growth. 13%…
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How to Burn Down the Locker Room and Why
Is the locker room a safe space for men to speak what they truly think? Does the locker room exist wherever two or men are gathered together? Is it necessary to challenge the locker room? How do we do it? Defining the Locker Room Locker Room Talk is not in the dictionary, but it is…
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Comments
This is a really good one, Pat! I found it super relatable and the messaging is excellent. Thanks for this.
That means a lot! Thank you. While I wish you did not relate, I find beauty when people do. Makes…