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WHO IS GENERATION X?
We are sandwiched between 80 million Baby Boomers & 78 million Millennials. Born 1965 - 1980, we have just 46 million members. Small, but mighty!
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#Genx "back to school" memories
#backtoschool #happybacktoschool #firstdayofschool #GenerationX #GenX #80s #70s
Erin Mantz
Sep 8, 20201 min read
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How #GenX Are you?
How #GenX are you? Give yourself 1 point for each "yes" you did growing up: * Saw at least three John Hughes movies. * Passed a note to a...
Erin Mantz
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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if you missed our august 27 "facebook live"
You can view it on Facebook here! We had such fun talking about Rob Lowe, Playa Bowls and tipping, Trapper Keepers and "back to school,"...
Erin Mantz
Aug 28, 20201 min read
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gen x moms dropping kids at college
My heart goes out to all the Gen X moms out there, like me, who dropped, or are about to drop, their kid at college this week! Sophomore...
Erin Mantz
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Gen X Girls "Facebook Live" Aug. 27
Show your GenX spirit! Join us at 8pm ET this Thursday, August 27, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GenXBlog! Join me, Erin...
Erin Mantz
Aug 24, 20201 min read
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Q&A With "Stuck in the '80s"
What was it like to set sail on The 80s Cruise? I virtually “sat down” with Stuck in the ’80s podcast co-host Steve Spears to find out....
Erin Mantz
Aug 11, 20204 min read
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Wait - What? Gen X, Please Take This Millennial Food Chart test!
Thank goodness I only scored a 3. I am definitely Gen X. Growing up in the 70s/80s, didn't we just grab a Lender's bagel out of the...
Erin Mantz
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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Go-Go's release first new song in 19 years!
They've still got the beat. "Club Zero" will bring you back to the eighties, Generation X! I love it and knew it was them within the...
Erin Mantz
Jul 31, 20201 min read
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Book Review: #EXTRAOrdinary: Ride the Waves
#EXTRAOrdinary is a book that will have you nodding in agreement, laughing to yourself, and relaxing – and Generation X needs that right...
Erin Mantz
Jul 28, 20202 min read
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if you missed gen x girls live on july 21, watch now!
You can view it at the top of our Gen X Girls Grow Up Facebook page now. Live Aid memories, Andrew McCarthy's upcoming book, actually...
Erin Mantz
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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If you Missed our first Facebook Live on July 1...
You can watch it here! What are #GenerationX women talking about? #80s movies, music, clothes, crushes & memories. Tried not to talk...
Erin Mantz
Jul 2, 20201 min read
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Happy 35th (Yes - 35th!) anniversary to st. elmo's fire
Three Reasons I Loved That Movie When It Came Out When I was 15 - And Why It Distorted All My Post-College Expectations: Rob Lowe. I was...
Erin Mantz
Jun 28, 20201 min read
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Gen X Girls, join us on Facebook!
We're active almost daily on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/GenXBlog! Be sure to visit, like and follow there to stay updated....
Erin Mantz
Jun 26, 20201 min read
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Just because Generation X is well-equipped to deal with covid-19 quarantine doesn’t mean we like it
Some great, well-written pieces are out there about how Generation X is the generation best positioned to muddle through these...
Erin Mantz
Mar 30, 20203 min read
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Marketing to Generation X
What should marketers keep in mind when courting Gen X consumers? Writer Alex Herring highlights business consultant Ashley Morrow's best...
Erin Mantz
Jun 30, 20192 min read
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Catch Gen X Girls Grow Up on the "Perspectives on Parenting" Radio Show July 23 at 1pm Eastern
I'll be a guest talking about Generation X on Julia Sherwin's Philadelphia parenting radio show today, Monday, July 23 at 1 p.m. Eastern....
Erin Mantz
Jul 23, 20181 min read
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THIS Is Supposed to Save Us?!?
Depressed or stressed out in middle age? #mentalhealthawareness for Gen X women has to be better. The medical assistant was rushing me...
Erin Mantz
Jul 13, 20182 min read
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Second City's Generation Gap So Perfectly Gets It Right
Last night, I saw Second City's show "Generation Gap…Or, How Many Millennials Does It Take to Teach a Baby Boomer to Text Generation X?"...
Erin Mantz
Jul 8, 20182 min read
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33-YR Anniversary of St. Elmo's Fire
"I never thought i'd be so tired at 22," Jules (Demi Moore) said. 22! Wow. How about now? #StElmosFire #BratPack #Eighties #80s #GenX...
Erin Mantz
Jun 28, 20181 min read
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So, A Study Says Our Self Control Sort of Sucks
A Newsweek article this week reveals something surprising (at least, to me): Generation Z (people born in the mid-nineties to the...
Erin Mantz
Jun 26, 20181 min read
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