Tag: 1980s

Deaf Culture Wins & the Turning Point Threats

Barely a few weeks into 2025 GOP Conservatives are attacking essential services to the Deaf Community. These voices include Turning Point leader Charlie Kirk, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and Heritage Foundation member Christopher Rufo, and contributing writer to Project 2025 and alt-right and white supremacist publications under the pseudonym Richard Hoste, Richard Hanania. Why are…
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January 20, 2025
Miami Vice Episode Eerily Relevant Now

If we read in the news that the son of a wealthy CEO was under investigation for the rape an 18 year old immigrant, would we be shocked? Would we be surprised if the DA was reluctant to move forward despite physical evidence? If the charges were dropped by the victim would anyone be shocked?…
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January 13, 2025
Charlie Brown Stresses Out But Doesn’t Fail

39 years ago Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! premiered on CBS. It was the 30th network prime time special based on Peanuts and the last project helmed by Peanuts animater Bernard Gruver due to his passing away in June of 1985. Charlie Brown, as always, has something to teach us. He was stressed out, he…
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January 2, 2025
Gen X Watch’s First Year & Future on the Past

In January I started an experiment. Use nostalgia as the vehicle to have important discussions about now and the road ahead. Would people want to take this deeper journey beyond memes about the past being awesome? You came and a lot has happened and more is going to happen. The Idea Nostalgia is comfort. The music…
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December 31, 2024
Gen X Watch Year in Review: Your Top Ten!

Tomorrow we will be telling you about some exciting things to come for 2025 along with some special thanks to some people who made this space as wonderful as it is and will be. But for today, we wanted to jump into your top ten most read articles this last year…with a caveat. Fem Friday…
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December 30, 2024
Important Statement on Beauty From Trauma

A deadline has been missed. It is the right thing. Let’s talk about that. Last night Tawn Krakowski (AKA Empress at Tawnlandia) reached out to me to tell me she was having trouble with recording this week’s episode of Fem Friday. For those who may not know, Gen X Watch and Tawnlandia have gone into…
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December 21, 2024
The Ugly Christmas Sweater Rebellion of 2002

From primary school all the way to corporate and family affairs there is a relatively new Christmas tradition. The ugly Christmas sweater! Could something inspired by the 50’s and perfected in the 80’s unite generations and help people? Let’s have an important discussion on ugly sweaters and how Millennials got it right when they rummaged…
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December 16, 2024
Faith and the Last Christmas of George Michael

On December 12th of 1987 George Michael topped the US Charts with the # 1 hit, “Faith”. Sadly, the world would lose this talent on Christmas of 2016 to heart and liver disease. He died on Christmas. But as we run headlong into this Christmas, maybe we need to explore the wonder that is the…
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December 12, 2024
Cyndi Lauper And the Art of Appreciation

Cyndi Lauper just finished her North American portion of the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour”. In her first arena tour since 1986’s True Colors World Tour and first world tour since 2016, she masterfully combined art, storytelling, fashion, and music into a harmonious and perfectly curated end of an era. She also gave…
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December 9, 2024
The Great Cabbage Patch Kids Riots of 1983

Before online shopping, most people went shopping in retail stores. If a toy became a viral sensation, violence was deemed acceptable in the season of good cheer and peace on earth. This tradition has become common in the 2000’s and 1990’s. Before Zhu Zhu Pets, the Wii, Tamagotchi’s, and Tickle Me Elmo there was one…
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December 4, 2024