9. The Millennials Vs. Generation X. Where do you lie?
While writer Noreen Malone examines the hardships faced by her generation of Millennials (
"battered by the economy and yet still somehow convinced that they'll "do better" than their parents—were "hoping for the chance to put on a tie and report to their cubes") in [
NYMAG THIS WEEK],
And Gizmodo writer Mat Honan (39), writes his response on behalf of his Generation X-ers (
"Generation X is tired of your sense of entitlement. Generation X also graduated during a recession. It had even shittier jobs … Generation X is used to being fucked over.") [
POST HERE];
Writer Doree Shafrir falls somewhere in between the two (both in age and sentiment:
"while the proud alienation of the Gen X worldview doesn't totally sit right, we certainly don't yearn for the Organization Man-like conformity that the Millennials seem to crave.") [
SLATE POST HERE]
All three are fun reads.