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omg this is so accurate.
Gen X is a culture dominated by Karens and they've been calling the manager on the rest of us our whole lives.
See also: telling the teacher, writing letters to the editor about potholes, demanding that record albums have warning labels... https://twitter.com/DougSloan/status/1263654797229674499
Gen X is a culture dominated by Karens and they've been calling the manager on the rest of us our whole lives.
See also: telling the teacher, writing letters to the editor about potholes, demanding that record albums have warning labels... https://twitter.com/DougSloan/status/1263654797229674499
This meme reminded me of this article I absolutely loved by @sarahlovescali https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/style/gen-x-millenials.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
This quote might not mean anything to most of you, but to me it's the best part. @sarahlovescali gets it.
I feel seen, as the kids would say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/style/its-karentown.html
I feel seen, as the kids would say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/style/its-karentown.html
I've been working on my thesis - really, I have!!! - and I've been thinking a lot about Gen X.
Someone pointed out we were the "Free to be You and Me" - we were taught there was no limit to what we could achieve.
Someone pointed out we were the "Free to be You and Me" - we were taught there was no limit to what we could achieve.
That didn't mean we wanted to achieve it. Just knowing we could was enough.
Closing doors is our version of a midlife crisis. Even if you never wanted to be an astronaut, knowing it's too late always comes as a blow.
Closing doors is our version of a midlife crisis. Even if you never wanted to be an astronaut, knowing it's too late always comes as a blow.
One think I'm exploring- keep in mind, these are people in my life, not stereotypes- is how many women I know graduated from good colleges, top 10% percent of their class, served on student government, did charity work... and then got married and became stay at home moms.
There's nothing wrong with that.
But from what I observed, they weren't very happy. When they got bored and tried to enter the workforce in their late 20's, they had no experience.
And their husbands left them for high achieving women like the ones they thought they married.
But from what I observed, they weren't very happy. When they got bored and tried to enter the workforce in their late 20's, they had no experience.
And their husbands left them for high achieving women like the ones they thought they married.
These are the broad brushes. And I understand they pressure they felt to inhabit two different worlds.
And I'm not saying they guys knew what they wanted either.
I'm just telling you how things worked out, and what I'm writing about.
I welcome your thoughts.
And I'm not saying they guys knew what they wanted either.
I'm just telling you how things worked out, and what I'm writing about.
I welcome your thoughts.
I never understood how FTBYAM defined our ambitions and shaped us as women until someone pointed it out... even while we were also defined in more traditional ways at the same time... this the paradox of Gen X women. https://twitter.com/giufuliafa/status/1264025007904059392
