Tag: trauma

Sample Chapter of Hearts of Glass & An Open Heart

Hi Readers, I’m back this Friday. Earlier this evening I started writing “Hearts of Glass Fade Away and Radiate”. It is the second book in the Hearts of Glass series and it releases black Friday of this year. To get back into the writing seat I needed inspiration. I got it a few ways. The…
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May 30, 2025
Not Your Stepford Sister: How to Be Fem Friday Hero

All women are in danger right now. Our rights, the ones we have left, are under attack. Our bodies are being legislated. Our stories are being erased from history, and government websites like NASA. Whether you’re a white straight women in Boston, trans woman in Florida, a Black mom in Illinois, a disabled activist in…
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May 16, 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
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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May 6, 2025
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,…
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April 28, 2025
March Hopes for the Winds of Change

The month of March is at end. With that comes the month end wrap up at Gen X Watch. Before we continue with that… thank you! This year has already featured 3 guest writers and continued growth every month. Additionally, some of the readers here have been so wonderful in their continued support as Patreons,…
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March 31, 2025
Don’t You Forget the Detention of March 24th!

What happened 41 years ago today? Does it matter that if it did not actually happen? How do imaginary events lead to real changes, insights, and new friends in creation? On Saturday, March 24, 1984, five students walked into their high school library for an all-day detention. In The Breakfast Club a princess, a brain,…
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March 24, 2025
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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March 15, 2025
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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March 13, 2025
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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March 10, 2025