The Goddess Professor Speaks

Generational names and classifications have always fascinated me. I guess they continue to fascinate others since every few months or so, the names or actions of a generation sparks a new crop of articles. Millennial bashing, and now Gen Z bashing, has become a monthly, sometimes even weekly occurrence. And then the requisite, Boomer bashing in retaliation for the previous Millennial bashing.  I get SO tired of millennial bashing. Not just because I get tired of "think pieces" ragging on an entire generation of people because often, it's misguided and seeks to lay blame on people rather than the systems that affected the people. And who can forget the interesting and dismissive (perhaps intentionally so) chart from CBS News that completely omitted Gen X. The ensuing tweets and memes were hilarious and spot on. Lots of people claimed that it's highly likely that a Gen Xer created the chart (because of course they did) and purposely omitted Gen X because that's ...