Great article, Anna Marie. Your discourse on the genesis of the term millennials for that generation actually got my mind thinking and wondering if the name for my generation came from the great book by Doug Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Before then we had the Silent Generation (my mom) which pretty I have no idea where it came from, then the Baby Boomers, from the actual event of population growth after WWII... Any insight?
Great article, Anna Marie. Your discourse on the genesis of the term millennials for that generation actually got my mind thinking and wondering if the name for my generation came from the great book by Doug Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Before then we had the Silent Generation (my mom) which pretty I have no idea where it came from, then the Baby Boomers, from the actual event of population growth after WWII... Any insight?
Thanks so much!! Doug Coupland popularized it, but got it from somewhere else, another author who used it describe “the generation that didn’t want to be defined” (hence “X”) https://www.britannica.com/question/How-did-Generation-X-get-its-name
I'd say that's a solid basis for someone defining themselves as a libertarian socialist later in their life...
Thanks for reference! I love this part!
Fussell used “X” to describe people who did not wish to concern themselves with societal pressures, money, or status.