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TA Tamara Kaye Sellman

New podcast explores the context of The F Word

Oooh I made my first podcast!

Aug 14, 2026 · 1 min read · 1 claps #gen-x #feminism #trustfall

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TA Tamir Melinek

My 8 Best Wealth Management Firms for Gen X DIY Investors for 2026 (And My Surprising #1 Pick)

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably spent the last two decades doing everything right. You maxed out your 401(k), bought low-cost index…

Aug 09, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #gen-x #best-wealth-management #best-advisor

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MA MaryAnn McIntyre · Middle-Pause

My Daughter Handed Me a Joint, and I Have Never Felt More Sixty in My Life

One hit. Game Over.

Jul 27, 2026 · 7 min read · 2,182 claps paywalled #humor #cannabis #motherhood

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A Poem

Jul 11, 2026 · 1 min read · 36 claps #poetry #audio-engineering #gen-x

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MA MaryAnn of the Sea · Age of Empathy

Nobody in My Family Has Ever Thrown Anything Out

I found out exactly how far back that goes

Jul 07, 2026 · 7 min read · 159 claps #nonfiction #family #aging

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DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

Fun Songs From My Gen X Youth

The songs from my youth were more fun than your generation’s fun songs — oh, yes they were!

Jul 02, 2026 · 13 min read · 452 claps #big-list-energy #1980s #music

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TE Terri Hanson Mead · Terri Hanson Mead

Summer Solstice of Life: Why Midlife Is About Possibility, Not Decline

What if the second half of your life isn't about slowing down, but about exploring what's still possible?

Jun 27, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #piloting-your-life #pyl-in-flight #midlife-women

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DA Dana DB · The Mixtape Memoirs

I Was Too Cool for Lilith Fair. Olivia Rodrigo Built the Sequel.

I’m no longer cool. But GenX, we have a field trip.

Jun 26, 2026 · 5 min read · 383 claps paywalled #music #parenting #gen-x

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NO Not Even Wine With Dinner · The Memoirist

Sneaking Out In A Gen-X World

When the parents go to bed, a whole other world opens up

Jun 26, 2026 · 5 min read · 93 claps paywalled #gen-x #memoir #teens

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DA Dana DB · The Mixtape Memoirs

Daisy Chain Fields Is Lilith Fair for a New Generation. GenX Is Here for It.

Olivia Rodrigo totally understood the assignment.

Jun 24, 2026 · 4 min read · 398 claps paywalled #music #feminism #music-festivals

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BR Brian Rosta · The Second Half

Are We the Last Generation Who Can Retire?

The promise we inherited may not survive us

Jun 23, 2026 · 8 min read · 154 claps paywalled #retirement #aging #gen-x

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EH Ehren Muhammad

The Mall Closed. The Need for Community Did Not.

The shopping mall is gone, along with your youth and trust.

Jun 23, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps paywalled #memories #nostalgia #millenials

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The Last Time You Didn’t Know Was the Last

I sold my bike this week. The two wheeled symbol of my fading cool factor is officially gone, and everyone around me seems happier about it…

Jun 21, 2026 · 4 min read · 1 claps #gen-x #aging #life

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TE Terri Hanson Mead · Terri Hanson Mead

Something Was Missing: PYL In-Flight: June 18, 2026

Welcome Back My Unapologetic Passengers:

Jun 20, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #piloting-your-life #midlife-women #personal-growth

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DR DragonFlameAce

The dragon in the badger tunnel

A Gen X shinobi, a brook, a Viking, and a voice in my pocket

Jun 20, 2026 · 12 min read · 0 claps paywalled #gen-x #shinobi #dragon

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MA Maria Connectionist

DOUGLAS COUPLAND “Generation X — Tales for an Accelerated Culture”

Today I finally finished Douglas Coupland’s “Generation X — Tales for an Accelerated Culture”, once again, a book that has been adorning my…

Jun 20, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #douglas-coupland #generation-x #book-review

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VE Venkatraman Ravi

My Gen Z Coworker Quit, Called Her Dad to Pay the Penalty, and Walked Out

A quick note from the author: I am a Gen X writer with a basic graduation, and navigating today’s digital platforms can feel like a foreign…

Jun 18, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #workplace #gen-x #gen-z

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JO Johan van Niekerk · Readers Hope

Gen X Techie — Introduction

How a blinking green cursor changed everything

Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #technology #gen-x #personal-development

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JA Jason McBride · McBride Essays

Overthrowing the System With Kindness

Punk rock earnestness is how I resist tyranny and techno-fascism

Jun 15, 2026 · 4 min read · 289 claps paywalled #humanity #gen-x #art

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GI Gina Schulaski

I Didn’t Start a YouTube Channel to Become an Influencer

At 51, I started a YouTube channel.

Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #youtube #gen-x #youtuber

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BR Brian Rosta · The Second Half

Gen X, We’re Not The Cool Kids Anymore

The generation that prided itself on not caring may need to care a little more

Jun 14, 2026 · 6 min read · 51 claps paywalled #gen-x #aging #retirement

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AN Andi Beka

The Boomers Are Leaving. They’re Passing Both a Baton and a Whip. Which One Will Gen X Pick Up?

A red pill / blue pill moment for the generation that’s been waiting thirty years for the room.

Jun 14, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #der-spiegel #gen-x #baby-boomers

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JE Jennie Becker-Rowan

I Reported Workplace Sexual Harassment. I Was the One Who Got Demoted.

At 22, I thought I was asking for a transfer. Years later, I realized I had reported sexual harassment.

Jun 14, 2026 · 5 min read · 1 claps #metoo #sexual-harassment #workplace

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TE Terri Hanson Mead · Terri Hanson Mead

For Women 40+ Asking What's Next: An Invitation to Invest in Yourself

You've spent decades investing in the people you love. This is an invitation to invest in yourself and intentionally design what comes next.

Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #pyl-in-flight #midlife-women #gen-x

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JO Johan van Niekerk · Technology Hits

I Found a Tool That Might Save Fellow Gen-Xers From the Blank Screen Problem

We didn’t grow up with this stuff. But that doesn’t mean we can’t use it.

Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read · 1 claps paywalled #youtuber #artificial-intelligence #content-creation

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CI Citizen Reader · Gen X and Pissed

Why More People Are Saying “I Don’t Visit My Parents Anymore”

They still love them — they’re just running out of time to manage ALL the households

Jun 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 389 claps paywalled #aging #gen-x #baby-boomers

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RI Richard Allan Lee

The Long Way Around

On AI, Learning, and a 16-Year-Old’s Wisdom

Jun 07, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #ai #gen-x #gen-z

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AS AS AMERICA FALLS

Was Gen X The Last Good Generation?

I recently heard “I Won’t Hold You Back,” by the long-ago group, Toto. The song was released in 1982. I would have been in eighth grade…

Jun 06, 2026 · 8 min read · 20 claps #gen-x #generation-x #generation-x-best

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JE Jenn With 2 Ns

What I Think About When I Think About Having an Affair

Photo by Matthew Hamilton on Unsplash

Jun 06, 2026 · 5 min read · 2 claps #relationships #gen-x #affairs

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SH Sherene Jensen · Big List Energy

7 Earworms That Make Me Consider Drinking Again

Please remove this song from my skull before I start biting people

Jun 06, 2026 · 5 min read · 871 claps paywalled #humor #music #big-list-energy

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ZE Zeke and Terri Mead

What 50 Days of Travel Across 9 Countries Actually Felt Like in Our Mid-50s

50 days. 9 countries. 20 beds. 509K steps. What long-term travel really feels like in your mid-50s — beyond the highlight reel.

Jun 03, 2026 · 6 min read · 1 claps #zeke-and-terri-adventures #zeke-and-terri #gen-x

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SA Samirah Abdulrazaq · The Redrick Gazette

“If PR Had an Age, Would It Be Gen X, Millennial, or Gen Z?”

Introduction:

Jun 03, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #gen-z #gen-x #redrickpr

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BA Bamboo Boss Lady

PRAY! WRITE! WORKS!

Today, I am inspired:

Jun 03, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #family #gen-x #polaroid

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BR Brian Rosta · The Second Half

What Gen X Can Learn from the New Generation

Lessons from people growing up in the world we left them

Jun 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps paywalled #gen-x #mental-health #anxiety

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MI Michael McCredy

There was a time when you grabbed your bike after breakfast and disappeared until the streetlights…

No GPS. No texts. No checking in every hour. Just freedom.

May 31, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #nostalgia #gen-x #childhood

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JE Jenn Biddle · Modern Women

The 80’s Were Shit, Actually

Stop it with the nostalgia, please

May 27, 2026 · 8 min read · 72 claps paywalled #pop-culture #society #gen-x

LA La Segunda Mordida

Legado: La diferencia entre tener éxito y dejar huella

Hay personas que construyeron carreras impresionantes y llegan a los 50 sintiéndose vacíos. Y hay personas que nunca ocuparon portadas y…

May 26, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #gen-x #legado #legacy

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ZE Zeke and Terri Mead

Vermont, Montreal, and Life Re-Entry After 7 Weeks Abroad

After seven weeks abroad, we returned home via Vermont and Montreal, exhausted, reflective, and easing back into real life.

May 23, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #zeke-and-terri-adventures #zeke-and-terri #gen-x

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AB A Bachi

How Fame Changed from Gen X Celebrities to Millennials

There was a time when celebrities felt untouchable. For Gen X, fame lived behind velvet ropes, glossy magazine covers, and carefully…

May 23, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #celebrity-culture #gen-x-and-millennials #celebrity

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JE Jenn With 2 Ns

Manjuyod: The Maldives of The Philippines

(And how slow traveling stunted my ability to plan my husband’s birthday)

May 18, 2026 · 4 min read · 1 claps #birthday #slow-travel #gen-x

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DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Why You Want Gen X Leading Your Virtual Teams

Virtual teams need leaders to make them great — Gen X is the generation to do it.

May 18, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #gen-x #virtual-teams #leading-virtual-teams

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ZE Zeke and Terri Mead

Paris Overtourism, Museums & Long-Term Travel Fatigue | Zeke and Terri

Paris crowds, museums, overtourism, and the mental fragmentation that comes with long-term travel.

May 16, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #zeke-and-terri-adventures #gen-x #midlife-travel

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SH Sherene Jensen · Shaped Souls

I Used to Mail Tampons to My Friend’s Dad for Fun

A confession about the stupid things that still make me laugh

May 15, 2026 · 3 min read · 853 claps paywalled #humor #childhood #personal-essay

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MA MaryAnn McIntyre · No Time

I’m Sixty, I Did Reconnaissance on a Barista, and My Daughter Is Done With Me

A drive-thru, a blue pickup truck, and a lot of mispronounced coffee

May 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 1,170 claps paywalled #midlife #humor #dating

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DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Why You Want Gen X Leading Your Virtual Teams

Virtual teams need leaders to make them great — Gen X is the generation to do it.

May 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #leadership #gen-x #leading-virtual-teams

DE Devin K. Parrish

Childhood Was Never Safe

The End of Innocence is a Consequential Birthright

May 07, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #childhood #gen-x #trina-dukes

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BE Beverly🏳️‍⚧️ · Write Your World

Still Waiting for the Streetlights: Gen X, Xennials, and the ADHD Nobody Caught

How Gen X and Xennial “personality traits” map almost perfectly onto ADHD symptoms nobody was looking for….

May 06, 2026 · 8 min read · 315 claps paywalled #adhd #gen-x #womens-health

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ZE Zeke and Terri Mead

We Had a Routine in Madrid. Then We Left for Morocco | Madrid Travel

A few days in Madrid with art, long walks, and the Madrid Open, before heading to Marrakech, the Sahara, and a road trip through Brittany.

Apr 27, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #zeke-and-terri-adventures #zeke-and-terri #gen-x

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ZE Zeke and Terri Mead

Tunisia to Madrid: A Cultural Journey Through the Bardo Museum, Carthage, and Hammamet

North Africa travel through Tunisia’s Bardo mosaics, Carthage ruins, Sousse, El Djem, Kairouan, and Hammamet, ending in Madrid.

Apr 24, 2026 · 6 min read · 1 claps #zeke-and-terri #zeke-and-terri-adventures #gen-x

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Marseille Travel Guide: Why We Love It and Why It's Worth Visitng

From crowded ports to hidden gems, plus our honest take on Cosquer Méditerranée—and why Marseille is still worth your time.

Apr 20, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #zeke-and-terri-adventures #zeke-and-terri #gen-x