NAMES FOR MY GENERATION

a generation by any other name

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Lulu: Fake feminism for the 'hashtag generation'

#hashtaggeneration 

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Millennials: We Suck and We're Sorry (by Can Opener Studio)

Finally, the terrible Millennial generation apologizes for being so terrible! We're the worst!

[sivajan]

So has the younger generation lost its moral compass?

The Banality of Systemic Evil:

But it seems that we are witnessing a new generation of whistleblowers and leakers, which we might call generation W (for the generation that came of age in the era WikiLeaks, and now the war on whistleblowing).

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Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy

[motherboardtv]

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motherboardtv:

Generation GTA

[fastcompany]

Our generation admires people who are creating products and companies that do things to make the world a better place.

How the ‘me me me generation’ plans to save you you you (via fastcompany)

[thinkvr]

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ibmsocialbiz:

FYI: Gen Y employees are more comfortable making social media introductions than managers, 38 percent to 19 percent.

via STUDY: How Generation Y Employees Feel About Social Media In The Workplace - AllFacebook)

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The next generation has been the worst generation in the minds of the present generation for 500 generations.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 16, 2013

[whatshouldwecallme]

Me and my generation:

[good]

Quarter-Life Breakthroughs, Not Crises, For the Purpose Generation

Critics love to hate on millennials—they call us the lazy generation, the entitled generation, the “me me me generation.” Based on the millennials I know and the ones I profile in my book, these stereotypes couldn’t be farther from the truth. Millennials want to work—and despite being shackled by debt—they are not motivated by money, but rather by making the world more compassionate, innovative, and sustainable.

... Far from the “me me me generation,” ours is the Purpose Generation, a group who refuses to settle, because we know how great our impact is when we find work we care about.

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Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms?

BBC Magazine: 

A generation of Japanese were faced with the insecurity of short-term, part-time work.

And it came with stigma, not sympathy.

Job-hopping Japanese were called "freeters" - a combination of the word "freelance" and the German word for "worker", arbeiter. In political discussion, freeters were frequently bundled together with "neets" - an adopted British acronym meaning "not in education, employment or training". Neets, freeters, hikikomori - these were ways of describing the good-for-nothing younger generation, parasites on the flagging Japanese economy. The older generation, who graduated and slotted into steady careers in the 1960s and 1970s, could not relate to them.

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Generation Rx: The Science Behind Prescription Drug Abuse

We are Generation Rx. As a society, we have become more and more pharmaceuticalized, at every age level. We expect a quick fix for medical problems; typically turning to prescription and over-the-counter medication to treat our ailments. 

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TED Blog:

I’m 24 and a woman, and that makes me a target for a lot of speculation and life advice. Sheryl Sandberg wants me to lean in to become a woman leader; Anne-Marie Slaughter says my lady parts may doom me to a half-fulfilled life; Susan Patton thinks I should have spent my time at Princeton looking for a husband (ideally one of her sons); and in TIME Magazine’s most recent cover story, Joel Stein suggests that I’m narcissistic and dying to be famous. Everyone’s talking about me.

And people wonder why millennials are so self-involved. ...

To be honest: When I first heard the talk, I was appalled. It wasn’t a message I wanted my peers to hear: it put pressure on an already overstimulated generation to find the right career and start thinking about marriage now. And it seemed to simultaneously berate thirtysomethings, telling them their most important years were over and it was too late to get what they wanted.

[aljazeera-blog]