Comments on: Blaming a Generation http://mysticgirl.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/blaming-a-generation/ Little Isis Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Uppity Woman http://mysticgirl.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/blaming-a-generation/#comment-124 Uppity Woman Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:20:44 +0000 http://mysticgirl.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/blaming-a-generation/#comment-124 Amazing. How does one your age become this wise this soon? Amazing. How does one your age become this wise this soon?

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]]> By: hedp2029 http://mysticgirl.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/blaming-a-generation/#comment-101 hedp2029 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:58:52 +0000 http://mysticgirl.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/blaming-a-generation/#comment-101 Interesting blog, and very well-written essay. Kudos. Relevantly, Obama is part of Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). Google Generation Jones, and you'll see it’s gotten a lot of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) specifically use this term to describe Obama. It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Here is an op-ed about Obama as the first GenJones President in USA TODAY: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm And this page is a good overview of recent stuff about GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html Interesting blog, and very well-written essay. Kudos. Relevantly, Obama is part of Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X).

Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a lot of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) specifically use this term to describe Obama.

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978

Here is an op-ed about Obama as the first GenJones President in USA TODAY:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

And this page is a good overview of recent stuff about GenJones:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

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