Gen Xers, tell us the biggest changes you've seen in Denver.
, which stands out for Generation X the way the Kennedy assassination does for Boomers.
She argues that the nuclear threat not only explains the cynicism of Generation X, it also explains its inherent nostalgia, as contradictory as that sounds. “All generations become nostalgic for their innocence,” Prato says. “But so much of our childhood was branded, for really the first time. Think of how much the nostalgia we have is for Fisher-Price toys or Discmans. We were coming of age during the rise of MTV, when even musicians were brands. We’d never seen anything like that before.
Admittedly, Prato continues, the pushing can be “super frickin’ annoying for the people in charge, who are older and just wanting to be treated with more respect or whatever” . But in her view, younger generations are at least “agitating for something really important. That’s us [Generation X] rubbing against the younger generations."
For example, Prato says, she’s able to be a feminist because “the Boomers were able to make huge strides” in that area, among many others.
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