Comments on: Defend the Honor of Generation X!

By: dsohigian

dsohigian — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:31:05 +0000

@Brannigan - thanks - great additions!

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Dave Sohigian wrote:
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By: Brannigan

Brannigan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:18:16 +0000

Politician George Stephanopoulos, Jim Thune(US Senator/ SD)
Leader Ralph Reed
Athlete Steve Young, Jerry Rice
Christina Norman, President of MTV(Not sure where you would put her but notable I thought)
Film Director Andy Wachowski
Journalist Matt Drudge, Tucker Carlson
Matt Stone&Trey Parker(another notable pair that I was unsure where you would file them)

By: JessieX

JessieX — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:13:34 +0000

Ditto on the Google folk. Was thinking the same. You have Jon Stewart, Prez Obama, Princess Di, JK Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell … interesting, most everyone I thought of is on the list.

By: dsohigian

dsohigian — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:51:04 +0000

@Matthew E - Chuck Palahniuk is one of my favorite authors (and not just because he is a Portland, OR native). I will look up Ezra Levant and put him in there as well.

Thanks!

Dave Sohigian

By: Matthew E

Matthew E — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:41:20 +0000

Another writer: Chuck Palahniuk ('62).

Also, is there a category that fits Ezra Levant ('72)? Writer; thinker; leader; social visionary… none of them seem like good descriptions. There ought to be something we can do with him, though.

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The Gen X Files » Blog Archive » XTCIAN: Generation X Hero! — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:13:31 +0000

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By: Dave Sohigian

Dave Sohigian — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:13:21 +0000

@Keith – great additions, I will get them on there.
@Susan – thanks for the suggestions. I will check out Dave Eggers, now you have me curious. I am surprised no one suggested Steven Levitt before!

By: susan

susan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:57:43 +0000

For writer – how about Dave Eggers (1970) – I was just brushing up on his biography, – wow, typical Gen X story – his older, richer, boomer sister apparently accused him of stealing his biographical book from her journals and that he “understated” her role in caring for his little brother (after the death of his parents if you don’t know the book). She later admitted she was LYING and committed suicide – why couldn’t she stand for her Gen X little brother to have some success? While his first book is somewhat weak as the work of a very young author, I thought that it was unforgettable for its portrait of a single-father – (an increasing phenomenon) and of how many of the same concerns of lone-parent families are the same no matter what the gender of the parent.

By: susan

susan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:44:30 +0000

Ha! How about the guys who wrote “Freakonomics” Stephen D. Levitt (1967) and Stephen J. Dubner (1963 – as far as I can tell) for economists? Whether you agree with them or not, there work was ground-breaking and fascinating. Great thread, I will try to think of more – Uma Thurman for “Glamour Queen” (in a very Gen X sense?). Since you are already including Canadians (will Ferguson ) how about Rick Mercer under comedians – actually should there be a separate category for satirists since that is purportedly what Gen X does best?

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:31:55 +0000

Comedian — Margaret Cho

Musician — Kurt Cobain (what he did to himself and his family is inexcusable, but he was very important musically to an entire generation of people)

I was going to put RuPaul as “Glamour Queen”, but he was born 2 months too early.

And, honestly, I don’t think that site has been updated since 2004 anyway. Parts of it probably haven’t been updated for a longer time than that…ecstacy was passe before the Twin Towers fell.

Plus, it reads like something a hostile Joneser who’s life isn’t turning out the way he thought it would would write.