Tag: trauma
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Bjork’s Avant Garde Life and a Kiss Sweeter Than Sugarcubes
Can an artist always experimenting defy definition? Is it possible to mash up various inspirations into one inspiring figure? Can Gen Xers hear the voices of the young and change and grow while still setting a social tone? And can her early concert bind two lost souls into a first kiss? If we are talking…
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How Maya Angelou’s Life Continues to Inspire Change
Dr. Maya Angelou was an activist, poet, dancer, actor, civil rights leader, screenwriter, playwright and so much more. Not only did she win numerous humanitarian awards and received over 50 honorary degrees, but she won and inspired the hearts of more people we will ever know about. She is an iconoclast who spoke truth to…
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Queering The Lens Of History To Understand Our Present Chaos
The transphobic and homophobic nature of some Christians led to them judging everything they saw through those lenses. To argue with that perception is to argue with a wall that has been fortified through years of reenforced conservative building blocks.
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Christian Nationalism and the Great Manipulation
The manipulation, indoctrination and unethical way that Evangelicals gripped my generation has spiraled into the current state of American political right—especially the MAGA crowd. Generation X were coming of age in the late 70’s-the early 90’s, just the American Evangelical movement was also weaving its way into national politics and attempting to find a hold…
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Toy Soldiers Fighting for Better Lives
Did an important song hit number 1 on this day in the 80s? Could a Latin Pop star tell a better story than a first lady? Was a song able to make an addicted teen pause? Martika and the song Toy Soldiers would be a hard yes. If I’m being honest, 1989 was a blur.…
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A Myth Grew Out Of Gen X: The Alpha Male
The concept of the alpha wolf is well ingrained in the popular wolf literature, at least partly because of my book “The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species,” written in 1968, published in 1970, republished in paperback in 1981, and in print until 2022. Although most of the book’s info is still accurate,…
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Be Excellent to Each Other Instead of Bogus!
The Harvard Institute of Politics did a study on youth fears regarding democracy. IOP Polling Director John Della Volpe feels that there’s a healthy debate raging on the reasons why Millennials and Gen Z are concerned. Politicians, media, big money, and structural barriers like racism and access to education are all contributing factors in the…
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Cyndi Lauper and Other Powerful Women Pass the Torch
As the Era of Cyndi Lauper comes to an end with her final tour she passes the torch to Taylor Swift who is on her Eras tour! When I asked for reader feedback and ideas for Fem Fridays, Gen X Watch reader Charity asked for articles where I project who the future Fem Fridays would…
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Nostalgia in a Modern World: Embracing Meaning
“The Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” So, nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”― Milan Kundera, Ignorance Gen X tends to fall into a trap of judgmental attitudes towards other generations too often. We exaggerate our upbringings as these overly independent coming of age stories that are…
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Jodie Foster is the Freaky Fem Friday a Fan Wanted!
Was there an actor who was part of my childhood? Did she make movies with important statements? When outed without consent did she take back the narrative of her life? Is she mentor to many? And are there lessons we can learn from a mistake? If we are talking about 2 time Oscar Winner Jodie…
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