gen x history

A swatch watch, Blockbuster video, and pack of Garbage Pail Kids cards. – Photo credit: via Chris Pirillo/Flickr, Ryan Smith/Flickr, and Ebay

Community, Joy, Popular

Someone asked what’s the ‘most Gen X thing’ ever and the responses were awesome

Tod Perry

9/5/2025
Youth-led party for community engagement, MEDEA, Tanzania Captured by James Roh for Pura

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Culture, Education, Empowered Women, Equality, Family, Identity, Modern Families

The next generation of female leaders has arrived. Here’s how they’re making sure they (and every girl) get a chance to learn.

Sarah Watts

3/8/2026
Ronald Regan, the Twin Towers and OJ Simpson. – Photo credit: via LAPD/Wikimedia Commons, Reagan White House Photographs/Wikimedia Commons and rds323/Wikimedia Commons

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Gen Xers share the 13 times ‘extremely wrong’ Gen Zers tried to lecture them about history

Tod Perry

8/27/2024
Array – Photo credit: via New Wave Tag Game / Twitter

Culture, Popular

Members of ‘forgotten’ Gen X are sharing what it was like growing up in the coolest generation

Tod Perry

6/1/2021