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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!

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

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 are anxiously awaiting “Are You There, God, It’s Me, Margaret” the movie, being released by Lionsgate on April 28? A LOT. In a world where so much changes, “Margaret” may be Generation X’s one last — and lasting — pop culture hope. Read my take on this over on Medium. Watch the movie trailer here! The beloved purple cover back in the day! #

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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 amazing, exciting, and angst-ridden times of teetering between tween and teen - complete with record players and landlines! I recently talked with the team who brought this film to life! Check out my Facebook Live video if you missed it last week! And you can view the trailer here! Vicki Speegle - Writer & Producer Stacie Capone - Actress & Prod

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

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 angst-ridden times of teetering between tween and teen - complete with record players and landlines. It's 1976 and a feisty 12-year old desperate to grow up learns how tough it truly is when her world collides with her super cool 16-year old babysitter. Join me on the Gen X Girls Grow Up Facebook page at 8pm Eastern on Tuesday, July 12th, as I c

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book review - kids in america: a gen x reckoning

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? Liz Prato’s collection of essays truly reflects the culture and issues of our generation, and hindsight is 20/20. The book sheds some light on some not-so-nice realities often lost in the more frequent “bubble gum” nostalgia of the 80s. I found this book to be an eye-opening look back, leading readers like me – a Gen X girl – to take a more th

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Five Things Generation X Wishes Millennials and Gen Z understood

Erin Mantz

Jul 24, 2021
2 min

Five Things Generation X Wishes Millennials and Gen Z understood

In response to a recent BuzzFeed piece, "Millennials Are Sharing The Things They Wish Older Generations Understood, And It's Kind Of Heartbreaking"...here are five things I would like THEM to know. #1 – You left us/GenX out of the article title. Wish Boomers understood? Don’t you want US to know, too? We need to understand, because sometimes we are shaking our heads at what other generations are thinking and doing. What the heck? #2 – I know you all got shiny trophies for sho

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Erin Mantz

May 7, 2021
3 min

GENERATION X WILL NOT GO QUIETLY

We may have been labeled Slackers or Latchkey Kids, and called too independent and jaded. Growing up in the '70s and '80s, playing outside without a cell phone or care in the world, we never came back happily into our houses at sundown, when our parents expected – but we did come back. We are Generation X. We understood the rules. But I don’t think we understand the rules of being “middle aged” in 2021. Even if we did, we’d rewrite them as we went along. As AARP launches a ca

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Overlooked Again, Now Aging, Too? Generation X “Girls” in Pandemic Times

Erin Mantz

Dec 26, 2020
2 min

Overlooked Again, Now Aging, Too? Generation X “Girls” in Pandemic Times

The coronavirus cast a spotlight on the strength and resiliency of Generation X. That is great! Well-deserved. Overdue. Articles and news stories have celebrated our adaptability and independence, and our ability to fill hours upon hours finding something to do. But these quarantined times have been challenging for us in other, sneakier ways. 2020 reminded us that we “middle children” are truly in a period of aging. Midlife is marked by several exclamation points now, as we r

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It's "What Ever Happened To...? Wednesday!

Erin Mantz

Oct 21, 2020
1 min

It's "What Ever Happened To...? Wednesday!

"What Ever Happened To...?" is a new weekly look at some of our favorite people from our Gen X growing up years. This week: Kristy McNichol and the cast of the television program "Family." Who DIDN'T love Kristy McNichol in "Family" and "Little Darlings?" I remember watching "Family" with my mom, so I was surprised to read the show ran from 1976 - 1979. I was awfully young (six to nine)!) to be watching that, I think. Alcholism, adoption. Oh well. We were Generation X, though

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Please Tell Me There’s Still a “Mischief Night”

Erin Mantz

Oct 12, 2020
4 min

Please Tell Me There’s Still a “Mischief Night”

It’s been hard to hold on to the traditions and times of our GenX childhoods. Case in point: Halloween. And, let’s face it – the Generation X version of Halloween disappeared long before COVID hit. We may want to blame the pandemic as we pine away for the 70's and 80's, but I noticed they were gone years ago. Most kids today have never even heard of “Mischief Night.” In 1982 in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood, all 12-year olds I knew – including me, as well as younger

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Erin Mantz

Sep 8, 2020
1 min

#Genx "back to school" memories

#backtoschool #happybacktoschool #firstdayofschool #GenerationX #GenX #80s #70s

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Erin Mantz

Sep 7, 2020
1 min

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 friend between or during classes. * Wore leg warmers or a Flashdance sweatshirt. * Made a cassette tape. * Knew the lyrics to at least three Madonna songs. * Had a poster of Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, or Ralph Macchio. * Read a Tiger Beat magazine. * Read at least three Judy Blume books. * Learned about growing up from Judy Blume books. * Drove

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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!