Tag: nostalgia
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Women Write Banned Books & What We Must Do Now
What happens six weeks after a First Amendment Activist and members of Amnesty International and the American Library Association have a conversation in the 80’s? What were they fighting for? And who is winning that war over 40 years later? The 80’s gave us Banned Books Week. They were fighting “to teach the importance of…
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Mark Hamill Gave Us the Gift of Imagination
I’ve decided to try a new thing on Wednesdays! Just be a nostalgic fan as opposed to the deeper dive. So let’s kick off this experiment and celebrate an amazing man! Nothing deep and not full of facts and figures. I started this idea of Gen X Watch to counter the toxic Gen X nostalgia…
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The Power of the Pen Pal to Expand the World
When many of us were young there was nothing more magical than getting mail that was for you! The best was a letter or a card from a friend. To this day I enjoy the week of my birthday and Christmas because there are still a few beautiful people who will send a hand written…
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Iman: A Refugee Who Made the World Better!
Most people know her as a Supermodel and beloved wife of David Bowie. But how many know that she was a refugee, speaks five languages, and changed the world for many? As a victim of genital mutilation at the age of seven, a refugee at 16, and faced racial bias as model in the US…
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Miami Vice and 40 Years of Art Transforming!
Today marks the 40th birthday of Miami Vice. The show had an impact on fashion and music. It forever changed the landscape of television, movies, and police dramas. It also changed the city of Miami and may show us a path for art to change our current social landscape. We may have to do more…
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Winona Ryder Breaking Silence in a Tough World
As many fans wait for the 5th and final season of Stranger Things, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is smashing the box office. Winona Ryder is back in the spotlight, but she has never been silent. She impacted Generation X with important lessons about metal health and early adulthood with movies like Girl Interrupted and Reality Bites. This…
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Avril Lavigne’s Breakaway Makes a Difference
Is she the pop punk queen or the mother effing princess? Did she open doors? Is she punk? Is she a hub bridging influences and being an influence? It’s…Complicated. But there is no mistaking that she is more and does things that matter. I recently learned that, like me, our music and culture columnist Jeremy…
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Music Will Change Your Life: Stranger Things
Season 1 of Stranger Things was the beginning of Gen X Watch. It presented a compelling thought. Some of our nostalgia and trauma are intertwined in a beautiful dance. In season one young Will Byers is missing. He is trapped in the Upside Down, a dark and mysterious realm coexisting with our own. It is…
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You Made August Matter For Strong Women!
This month was really a sifting of the wheat from the chaff. There were challenging articles and the readers took to the challenge. It is ever a reminder of how wonderful and powerful our audience is. This was a rare month that we did not have growth, but we missed that by less than 200…
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Stormy Daniels and Her Refusal to be Silenced
Does Stormy Daniels have anything in common with Maya Angelou, Cyndi Lauper, and Kathleen Hannah? Does she deserve to be more than a punchline in counterpunches? Is it time for Feminism to move beyond SWERFS? Can a sex worker be a victim of sexual assault? Absolutely! Other Fem Fridays we have written about were strippers…
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Rachael, inspired and inspiring as always. You always are asking the most interesting questions.
honestly, I think the man was incredibly lovely but I don't feel like he defined my experience of GenX. In…