25Nov/094
Martha Stewart Grumpy about Generation X’ers
Martha Stewart (born 1941, making her part of the Silent (born 1925-1942)) seems to be quite judgemental about Generation X (born 1961-1981). Listen to her comments about X'er Rachael Ray:
And next about X'er Sarah Palin:
I suppose the high moral ground that Martha occupies gives her right to judge her juniors. Her attitude seems more Boomer (born 1943-1960) than Silent to me.
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November 25th, 2009 - 17:47
Martha The Monster may be by age a silent generation member (she's definitely a member in any case) but her smugness is all Boomer! Which also includes being bitter at her impending in inexorable irrelevancy, not to mention increasing hagginess.
Rachel is classy and Hot!
November 25th, 2009 - 17:55
Yeah, I agree that the attitude is very Boomer, and she sits on the cusp. I see her attitude as a combo of Silent and Boomer: Silent being \”we just don't act that way\” and Boomer being \”I'm better than them\”.
November 26th, 2009 - 02:51
she is too horrible for wrods. i agree with both daves. i saw that interview w mcfadden. you probably missed the part where she makes her farm hands sweep up the pink granite gravel from her driveway every winter. and, the poncho never caught on. =/
November 28th, 2009 - 15:18
I don't know if Martha is so bad as much as she has bad manners. I watch Rachel almost every day (because I telecommute and if I didn't have her on in the background I think I'd really lose it). Rach is soooo Gen X. And what most of us have learned is to not engage in arguments with Boomers – just hand over the rope and wait for the situation to solve itself. (And you guys are right, Martha is acting extremely Boomer-esque.
Another thing that's so X about Rach is that, like so many of us, she does not look for the complicated way to do things, just to be complicated. If I can cook dinner in 30 minutes – why take 60?