Tag: 1980s
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Charlie Brown Stresses Out But Doesn’t Fail
39 years ago Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! premiered on CBS. It was the 30th network prime time special based on Peanuts and the last project helmed by Peanuts animater Bernard Gruver due to his passing away in June of 1985. Charlie Brown, as always, has something to teach us. He was stressed out, he…
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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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Gen X Watch Year in Review: Your Top Ten!
Tomorrow we will be telling you about some exciting things to come for 2025 along with some special thanks to some people who made this space as wonderful as it is and will be. But for today, we wanted to jump into your top ten most read articles this last year…with a caveat. Fem Friday…
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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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The Ugly Christmas Sweater Rebellion of 2002
From primary school all the way to corporate and family affairs there is a relatively new Christmas tradition. The ugly Christmas sweater! Could something inspired by the 50’s and perfected in the 80’s unite generations and help people? Let’s have an important discussion on ugly sweaters and how Millennials got it right when they rummaged…
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Faith and the Last Christmas of George Michael
On December 12th of 1987 George Michael topped the US Charts with the # 1 hit, “Faith”. Sadly, the world would lose this talent on Christmas of 2016 to heart and liver disease. He died on Christmas. But as we run headlong into this Christmas, maybe we need to explore the wonder that is the…
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Cyndi Lauper And the Art of Appreciation
Cyndi Lauper just finished her North American portion of the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour”. In her first arena tour since 1986’s True Colors World Tour and first world tour since 2016, she masterfully combined art, storytelling, fashion, and music into a harmonious and perfectly curated end of an era. She also gave…
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The Great Cabbage Patch Kids Riots of 1983
Before online shopping, most people went shopping in retail stores. If a toy became a viral sensation, violence was deemed acceptable in the season of good cheer and peace on earth. This tradition has become common in the 2000’s and 1990’s. Before Zhu Zhu Pets, the Wii, Tamagotchi’s, and Tickle Me Elmo there was one…
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The One Where Courtney Cox Made 1985 History
Did you know that prior to 1972 advertisements for products relating to women’s menstrual cycles were banned from television and radio? The natural cycle of women has been considered indecent since Biblical times. The network executives were no different. It was considered indecent and in poor taste. Businesses that made feminine products (tampons and pads)…
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Band Aid Released Do They Know It’s Christmas
On November 25th of 1984 a song released by a one song supergroup assembled by Bob Geldof. It featured some of the hottest musical stars in the UK and Europe of the day. They had one mission, raise money to help relieve famine in Ethiopia by recording a song. It raised more then 8 million…
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Your voice, your truth, your authenticity. All of this is welcome!!! Glad that you are ripping the band-aids off, making…