Generation X | Gen X Girls Grow Up

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!

Jan 30
1 min

What The World Needs Now IS For This Judy Blume Book to Come to Life

“Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” The Movie Is Coming — and Millions of MidLife Women Are Here for It How many Gen X girls like me...

Erin Mantz

Dec 29, 2022
1 min

The work spouse is dead

The “Work Spouse” has gone the way of water cooler chitchat, daily coffee runs with coworkers, and spontaneous commiseration. And that...

Erin Mantz

Dec 15, 2022
1 min

Ten '80s gifts generation x will love

We've found an array of feel-good gifts that Generation X will love. As you celebrate the season - or want to treat yourself - shop on...

Erin Mantz

Nov 16, 2022
2 min

Book review: In light of recent events, by amy klinger

I don’t read novels often. I guess I am drawn more to non-fiction, because I feel like I need to be able to walk away with some learning...

Erin Mantz

Aug 10, 2022
3 min

What Olivia Newton-John Gave Generation X

Grease was the word, but it’s "Sandy" we heard. Olivia Newton-John helped Generation X believe. In the possibility of reinventing...

Erin Mantz

Jul 27, 2022
2 min

Book Review: Midlife Bites, BY JEN MANN

I wish I'd read this book sooner. I wish I'd had a friend like author Jen Mann over the past decade. In Midlife Bites (Ballantine Books,...

Erin Mantz

Jul 26, 2022
2 min

internship insights from a gen x girl

Maybe some things don't change across the decades. I found a photo (Polaroid of course) from my college internship today. WLS-TV (ABC)...

Erin Mantz

Jul 22, 2022
1 min

Love's Baby Soft - The Film!

If growing up in the '70s and '80s had a scent, it would be Love's Baby Soft. And now a special film is bringing us back to those...

Erin Mantz

Jul 11, 2022
1 min

Tomorrow Night, 7/12, at 8pm ET! Love's Baby Soft Film Behind The Scenes

If growing up in the '70s and '80s had a scent, it would be Love's Baby Soft. And now a special film brings us back to those amazing...

Erin Mantz

Apr 30, 2022
3 min

tv characters I love to hate...but i'm not supposed to

I hate most of the TV characters I watch, yet I can't stop watching. Why? The older I get, the more I find myself hating on most of the...

Erin Mantz

Apr 16, 2022
3 min

book review - kids in america: a gen x reckoning

An engaging book and revealing look at Generation X that goes behind the nostalgia and makes us wonder... how did we turn out so well?...

Erin Mantz

Apr 3, 2022
4 min

a gen x girl goes to italy...

Top Five Observations From My Trip I was a little hesitant to plan a trip alone to Italy to visit my oldest son, a college junior who’s...

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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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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!