Ready to Rage? The Great Fem Friday Takeover
Hi! My name is Heather and I will be running Gen X Watch until the…
Jill Sobule: Social Legacy Far Beyond One Hit
I was scrolling my Insta on May 1st when I saw my favorite human and…
Gen X Needs to Be Cool Without Being Cruel
One of the reasons I started Gen X Watch was to be the antithesis to…
Phil Collins and the Long Long Way to Go Now
Is the world too hard to handle? Do we need to face the suffering? What…
Ch-Ch-Changes(Turn and Face the Strain)
Gen x Watch has existed since January of last year. In all but two months…
Hearts of Glass With the Heartbeat of Blondie
The news hit me hard and this was hard to write: Clem Burke, the drummer…
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Ready to Rage? The Great Fem Friday Takeover
Hi! My name is Heather and I will be running Gen X Watch until the end of June. I have exactly one fond memory of the 1980s: the weekend Pat Green saved my life. Everything else about that decade can burn for all I care. Gen X nostalgia? Hard pass. I’m not here to romanticize…
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Jill Sobule: Social Legacy Far Beyond One Hit
I was scrolling my Insta on May 1st when I saw my favorite human and Go-Go, Jane Weidlin post in grief that it did not feel real. What didn’t feel real? Jill Sobule passed at age 66. I felt the breath escape my lungs and a wave of emotion hit. She’s one of those icons…
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Gen X Needs to Be Cool Without Being Cruel
One of the reasons I started Gen X Watch was to be the antithesis to the flood of memes on my social feeds. The ones posted by fellow Gen Xers bragging that we had the best childhood. You know the ones: pictures of kids from the 80s on BMX bikes, in muscle cars, hanging out,…