Links tagged with “generationx”
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The X of Generation X
W. David Marx: “…the loudest complaints about ‘cultural stasis’ tend to come from Gen X adults whose cultural interests have long been anchored in obscure and openly-artistic cultural forms.” (via Russell Davies)
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Douglas Coupland on Generation X at 30 | Books | The Guardian
“The term became a meme back when society only had five or six of them a year.” “I don’t even remember what my pre-internet brain felt like.”
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Why Generation X will save the web - Hi, I’m Heather Burns
I enjoyed this, about millennials making government policy based on the internet *they* know. But it doesn’t answer the title’s “Why”, and the “under 30s” is no longer a definition of millennials. (via Adactio)
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Prince Charles Cinema - Slackers presents… Singles
Nostalgic retromania events have definitely reached the early 90s. “Not only will we be presenting the film, but there will also be a selection of music videos with lyrics on the screen for you to sing along to before the film…”
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Emptyage — Generation X Doesn’t Want to Hear It
I’m not quite sure what point this is trying to make, if any, but I like it all the same. (via Waxy)
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Generation PC, 1964-73 - Brainiac - The Boston Globe
A guide to the names of different generations. Generation X etc. (via Kottke)
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Generation X Neo-logisms
One of my favourite books, but noted again because I’d forgotten the phrase “option paralysis” came from it. (via Francis)