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Category: Generation X
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Should You Be Dating While Unemployed?
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5 Money Lessons From People Caring for Their Elderly Parents
The New York Times – Business:Generation X-ers and others shared stories of family crises, and we asked experts how to think about living longer than you expect.
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Write It Up! How Fast Do Our Journalists Type?
The New York Times – Business:When it comes to breaking news, it’s a race not only to get the story, but to record it. We tracked down some of the speediest fingers in our newsroom.
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T Magazine’s Most-Read Art and Culture Features From 2025
A look at Japan’s microseasons, a retrospective on Gen X and more: These were readers’ 15 favorite stories.
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Molly Ringwald on Why ‘The Breakfast Club’ Is the Greatest Gen X Work of Art
The actress Molly Ringwald discusses one of the Gen X era’s most defining films, “The Breakfast Club,” in this excerpt from a T Magazine documentary about how the cohort once synonymous with slacking came to leave such an indelible impression on the culture.
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Did Gen X Invent Indie Film?
The actors Claire Danes, Luis Guzmán and Omar Epps discuss the indie film era in this excerpt from a T Magazine documentary about how Generation X, the cohort once synonymous with slacking, came to leave such an indelible impression on the culture.
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Whatever: A Gen X Glossary
“Androgyny,” “apathy” and other words and ideas that defined America’s last monoculture.
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Take a Look at T Magazine’s Gen X Covers by David Silverman of “The Simpsons” and Chris Ware
On two of T Magazine’s Holiday Issue covers, an era’s biggest stars appear as Simpsons characters. A third features Chris Ware’s illustrations of the goods of his youth.
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What Is Gen X’s Legacy?
The generation known for its irony also taught us something about engaging earnestly with art.
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Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
How one era changed everything about the culture — and why we’re so nostalgic for its creations.
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How the Animated Sitcom and Gen X Grew Up Together
From “The Simpsons” to “Daria,” the cohort saw cartoons transformed into an art form.
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Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Some of the generation’s most iconic creators reflect on how the cohort once synonymous with slacking came to leave such an indelible impression on the culture.