• Solving Mysteries With the Powerful Book Clubs

    Solving Mysteries With the Powerful Book Clubs

    What did three teenagers in the 80’s and Agatha Christie share? Is the mystery they solved a murder or also loneliness? Can an author be part of healing? There’s something wonderfully unique about book clubs. They aren’t just about reading; they’re about shared wonder, collective discovery, and the joy of unraveling a narrative with others.…

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  • Cruising With Gary Neuman on Uncertain Roads!

    Cruising With Gary Neuman on Uncertain Roads!

    I couldn’t sleep so I took a drive just now. Then I deleted what I was going to publish, and wrote this instead. I’m not sure what this is going to become, but the drive felt peaceful and I was awash with familiar memories which grounded me to be present. Gary Neuman was on the…

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  • The Bullied Date With a Lost Boy

    The Bullied Date With a Lost Boy

    Are we lonely? How does bullying affect us? And did a young woman ever move past the hurt? Patreons of Gen X Watch get a weekly vid/podcast. Sometimes we make a short one for the public too. The other day I recorded a video about loneliness and included the story of a date I went…

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  • Hearts of Glass Recalibrates the Moral Compass

    Hearts of Glass Recalibrates the Moral Compass

    In a world that often asks us to settle, to compromise, or worse—to look away—Pat Green refuses. Instead, he acts and he writes. He writes about heartache, survival, and the complex human spirit that refuses to break thinly disguised as nostalgia. His latest book, Hearts of Glass: Living in the Real World, is not just…

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  • Generational Trauma and Unexpected Hope

    Generational Trauma and Unexpected Hope

    -by ‘Sapphire’ Generational trauma is a new term for me and a heavy burden to carry. My mother took her life when I was 20. Just like her mom did when she was 9. For most of my life, I saw her as weak—someone who chose substances over stability, over me. She couldn’t get her…

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  • Storytelling as Resistance: The Power of Our Words

    Storytelling as Resistance: The Power of Our Words

    by Jenny S. You know me as Jenny in Pat’s Fem Friday’s. He’s asked me several times to write and I’ve refused. I’m not a writer. As I wept over my non-binary teenager watching people cheer as our president threatened my child’s existence, I thought about Pat’s book (spoiler alert, I’ve read all four drafts).…

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  • Why We Need Indie Bookstores to Resist & Hope!

    Why We Need Indie Bookstores to Resist & Hope!

    How have used and indie bookstores survived the winds of change? Do they matter? What can we learn from them? Over the last two weeks I have lost count how many bookstores I have been inside and had conversations with as I get closer to releasing Hearts of Glass Living in the Real World. Over…

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  • Twenty Eight Days of Friendship and Top Three

    Twenty Eight Days of Friendship and Top Three

    All the rest have thirty-one, except February, twenty-eight days clear. It is the shortest month of the year. But you, the readers, have shown some fascinating insights based on your clicks and you clicked more this short month than last month. There seems to be a yearning for deeper than surface nostalgia based on the…

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  • How to Celebrate National Retro Day

    How to Celebrate National Retro Day

    Happy National Retro Day! We talk about healthy and unhealthy nostalgia at Gen X Watch often. Today is the day to have fun with nostalgia, lean into it, and have a little bit of fun. Why Does National Retro Day Exist? In 2018 Hermelinda A. Aguilar and Robert and Tina Duran founded national retro day.…

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  • Performative Allyship While High On Memes

    Performative Allyship While High On Memes

    What is Performative Allyship? Are memes harmless escape or is there a dark side? How does our brain respond to memes and is there an impact on our ability to be empathetic and think critically? Are we activists or are we in a narcissistic quest to look awesome? Is it too late to change course…

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