Category: FemFridayVol2

Chrissie Hynde Taught Me How to Listen

What do a Midwestern punk queen from Ohio and a Beauty Queen from Chicagoland have in common? How would they intersect in a young man desperately trying to be better? Can combat boots and leather impact high heels and lace? Let’s talk about Chrissie Hynde and Lauren. Before I had a vocabulary for feminism, before…
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July 4, 2025
Gloria Estefan Taught Us How to Come Out of the Dark

Gloria Estefan is a Fem Friday icon. I’ve got Pat Green to thank for helping me remember just how iconic she really is. I asked him if he had ever considered writing about her. He said he had a rough draft and notes on her-as well as other women from the 80s. I asked him…
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May 23, 2025
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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May 9, 2025
Deaf Culture Wins & the Turning Point Threats

Barely a few weeks into 2025 GOP Conservatives are attacking essential services to the Deaf Community. These voices include Turning Point leader Charlie Kirk, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and Heritage Foundation member Christopher Rufo, and contributing writer to Project 2025 and alt-right and white supremacist publications under the pseudonym Richard Hoste, Richard Hanania. Why are…
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January 20, 2025
Gen X Watch’s First Year & Future on the Past

In January I started an experiment. Use nostalgia as the vehicle to have important discussions about now and the road ahead. Would people want to take this deeper journey beyond memes about the past being awesome? You came and a lot has happened and more is going to happen. The Idea Nostalgia is comfort. The music…
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December 31, 2024
Important Statement on Beauty From Trauma

A deadline has been missed. It is the right thing. Let’s talk about that. Last night Tawn Krakowski (AKA Empress at Tawnlandia) reached out to me to tell me she was having trouble with recording this week’s episode of Fem Friday. For those who may not know, Gen X Watch and Tawnlandia have gone into…
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December 21, 2024
November Belongs to the Women of Fem Friday!

In the month of November Gen X Watch experienced another month of growth! 5% in unique readers to be exact. But the readers also made it clear that women and mental health matter. Before we get into your top 3 for the Month of November, we wanted to take a moment to thank you. We…
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November 30, 2024
Women’s Thoughts on the New Fem Friday!

Fem Friday has a new home in Tawnlandia! You can read it on Tawnlandia’s Medium Channel for Fem Friday. If you want to listen to it read by a seasoned audiobook reader you can listen for free on her Patreon or her Feminist Forum. There is a new emphasis in the Fem Friday’s in this…
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November 10, 2024
When Fem Friday is More Important Than the Election

What could be more important than the most important election in history according to social media? When a Fem Friday is in the ICU. The last time I saw her we met at a restaurant. We closed out the restaurant that day. We laughed in the parking lot about how 4 hours felt like 20…
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November 6, 2024
Fem Friday to Have a New Home!

TLDR Version: Fem Friday will have a new home at Tawnlandia so it can have it’s own identity and grow. It will reach a broader audience of women and offer audio renderings and new voices! This makes books based on the Fem Friday Features possible! Fem Friday is Bigger than Gen X Watch! Fem Friday…
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November 1, 2024