linkland post: 9.28.2022

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The myth of ‘work-life balance’ is a generational illusion (fortune.com)

‘Clerks III’ Delivers a Nostalgic Ode to Generation X (themarysue.com)

The best characters from Gen-X films (yardbarker.com)

“WE’RE GOING TO PUT JANEANE GAROFALO OR EDDIE VEDDER IN THE WHITE HOUSE”: THE LEGACY AND FUTURE OF GENERATION X (vanityfair.com)

Melissa Gilbert’s Instagram Post With Mindy Cohn Is A Gen X Blast From The Past (suggest.com)

Singles at 30: a sweet & sadly forgotten look at Gen X romance (thespool.net)

Singles at 30: Examining Cameron Crowe’s Anxious Gen X Misfire (pastemagazine.com)

Linkland post 6.13.2022

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‘Daria’ Spinoff Film, ‘Jodie,’ To Be Led By Tracee Ellis Ross

Watch Liz Phair & Lisa Loeb Cover The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony” At Gen X Festival

Gen X sheds a single tear as ‘Reality Bites’ reboot gets the go-ahead

Reality Bites TV Series in the Works at Peacock, With Original Writer on Board

Our first look at Prime Video’s Paper Girls adaptation has just dropped — and now we’re even more excited for this show!

Ode to Gen X: Institutional Cynicism in Stranger Things and 1980s Film

4 Sitcoms That Explain the 90s

Busy Philipps: ‘I was just grossed out by Hollywood’

Open Post: Hosted By The Return of 90s Fashion Featuring Winona Ryder for Marc Jacobs

12 Gen X Movies That Summarize An Entire Generation of Angst

Linkland Post: 4.6.2022

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In honour of my youngest cousin turning 25 today, I wanted to share this series (archived on youtube) from 2007. These actors are now in their 40s and I would LOVE to see a reunion episode. GenXers and Millennials in midlife.

And now, on to the links…

Linkland Post – 10.22.2021

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  • Why was Dave Grohl surprised by hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Kiona Jones (filmdaily.co)
  • How the Themes of Identity in “The Matrix” Influenced an Entire Generation by Yolanda Machado (observer.com)
  • An Anthology of Essays on AIDS’ Gen X “In Between” Generation: An Interview with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore by Tim Murphy (thebody.com)
  • Coterie Couture: Grunge aesthetic continues its rebellious legacy with younger generations by Natalie Brown (dailybruin.com)
  • Jamie Kennedy Says Scream Is the Perfect Gen-X Film by Tai Gooden (nerdist.com)

Check out our first genXreactions mixtape playlist!

Weekly Linkland Post – 8.24.2021

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This week’s greatest hits on the Gen X side of the Internets…

  • Don Cheadle Is Every Gen Xer – by Maiysha Kai (theroot.com)
  • 40 Years of MTV: the channel that shaped popular culture as we know it – by Adam Behr (salon.com)
  • What the Cast of Pump Up The Volume is Doing Today – by Michileen Martin (looper.com)
  • Hold Me Back podcast – Son and Father Bridge the Generational Divide (holdmeback.com)
  • When Gen X Ruled the Multiplex – Morgan Richter (youtube.com)

Weekly Linkland Post 8.13.2021

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Links for the weekend. Happy reading!

  • TikTok Smells Like Gen X Spirit by Virginia Heffernan (wired.com)
  • The Malevolent Madness of ‘The Ren & Stimpy Show,’ 30 Years Later by Rob Harvilla (theringer.com)
  • As Gen Xers encounter ageism in job hunt, skills training could be crucial by Caitlin Mullen (bizjournals.com)
  • Woodstock 94 Revisited by Danielle Modica (nysmusic.com)
  • We’re Still Getting Woodstock ’99 Wrong by Craig Jenkins (vulture.com)

TikTokers we dig

Weekly Linkland Post 8.4.2021

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Links of the week…

  • The Rise and Reimagining of MTV by Kovie Biakolo (zora.medium.com)
  • Slackers and Smartphones: A Generation X Rant by Rena Willis (medium.com)
  • ‘What Made That Decade Special?’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Revisits the Enigmatic ’80s with Adrian Loving by Maiysha Kai (theroot.com)
  • HBO’s Woodstock ’99 Documentary is a Harrowing Look at the Anger and Entitlement of Young White Men by Vivian Kane (themarysue.com)
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