@@@ Chelsea Clinton is figuring her life out now...

[WOT?*]

I'm enjoying reading this.

www.thecut.com/2019/10/chelsea-clinton-is-figuring-out-her-own-life-now.html?fbclid=IwAR3_FjNhJxr4yd7zSvhudrR1CNdzKyoyXiWienwDMWfFhgEYvd9YnnZXi6w#_ga=2.166721085.2052479272.1572352548-2063684128.1568116804

[seeyalater52]

Just a trigger warning that there’s a lot of @ content throughout the article.

[taratru]

I am constantly amazed at her resilience.

[nancybotwin]

I loved this.

I’m so glad she does what she does in this world. And it really resonated for me when the author noted that people feel inadequate around HRC and Chelsea - it’s not that people don’t like them, it’s that they don’t like how they feel about themselves around such intelligent, productive and accomplished women.

[sent]

She is not a millennial. I am the same age and millennials start a few years after us. I feel like the author threw that in there because it’s trendy right now.

[eclaires]

Oct 30, 2019 10:01:25 GMT -5 sent said:

She is not a millennial. I am the same age and millennials start a few years after us. I feel like the author threw that in there because it’s trendy right now.

1980 is considered by many the beginning of millennials. We’ve talked about it ad nauseum on this board, and whether there is a micro generation in between gen X and millennial. The author didn’t pull that out of nowhere.

[sent]

Oct 30, 2019 11:06:10 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Oct 30, 2019 10:01:25 GMT -5 sent said:

She is not a millennial. I am the same age and millennials start a few years after us. I feel like the author threw that in there because it’s trendy right now.

1980 is considered by many the beginning of millennials. We’ve talked about it ad nauseum on this board, and whether there is a micro generation in between gen X and millennial. The author didn’t pull that out of nowhere.

Ok then maybe we (1980) are the micro generation.

[eclaires]

Oct 30, 2019 11:13:26 GMT -5 sent said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:06:10 GMT -5 eclaires said:

1980 is considered by many the beginning of millennials. We’ve talked about it ad nauseum on this board, and whether there is a micro generation in between gen X and millennial. The author didn’t pull that out of nowhere.

Ok then maybe we (1980) are the micro generation.

Yes the micro generation advocates claim 1980-1983 I think? Oregon Trail generation is the widely discussed article but I think there are a few others.

[elleblue]

Oct 30, 2019 11:13:26 GMT -5 sent said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:06:10 GMT -5 eclaires said:

1980 is considered by many the beginning of millennials. We’ve talked about it ad nauseum on this board, and whether there is a micro generation in between gen X and millennial. The author didn’t pull that out of nowhere.

Ok then maybe we (1980) are the micro generation.

Pretty much. Growing up we were always called Gen Y, I was never considered to be part of Gen X until it was rebranded as the Millennial Generation and the years shifted slightly. #oregontrail4lyfe

[elleblue]

Oct 30, 2019 11:16:54 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:13:26 GMT -5 sent said:

Ok then maybe we (1980) are the micro generation.

Yes the micro generation advocates claim 1980-1983 I think? Oregon Trail generation is the widely discussed article but I think there are a few others.

I think it extends a couple years back into the 70's too.

[eclaires]

Oct 30, 2019 11:17:05 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:13:26 GMT -5 sent said:

Ok then maybe we (1980) are the micro generation.

Pretty much. Growing up we were always called Gen Y, I was never considered to be part of Gen X until it was rebranded as the Millennial Generation and the years shifted slightly. #oregontrail4lyfe

It is funny how stark a divide there is...but like the huge difference in my high school experience (born in ‘81, graduated in ‘99) vs my brother’s (born in ‘83, graduated in 2002) just on cell phone and computer/internet access alone. But then having that at college age kind of muddles it and differentiates you from gen x. I’m the oldest in my family and my H is the youngest in his and I definitely am much more millennial than he is.

But really we are both pretty millennial. I see the divide between us and his older siblings. And having Jackson young means a lot of his friend’s parents are firmly gen x and there is a huge divide there. That’s what actually made MH admit he’s a millennial. Lolololol.

Okay done thread jacking.

[wawa]

Oct 30, 2019 10:01:25 GMT -5 sent said:

She is not a millennial. I am the same age and millennials start a few years after us. I feel like the author threw that in there because it’s trendy right now.

I actually had a conversation with the author (*cough* we might be related) about this while he was working on the piece.

Like about the fact that I consider her a member of my generation, and I was born in 83 and will claim millennial or Oregon trail/cusp/etc depending on context.

Not that he'd go by my single anecdote since he's a professional, but...you know...blame me anyway. 😁

[heyjude]

It’s very confusing being born in 1980 lol. We prove that the hard and fast generation markers are a bit bull shit. What did Nirvana and Reality Bites mean to you? Answering those questions for cusp people probably tell more about what generation you belong in than any hard deadline. Anyway I greatly appreciated the author signaling that CC was a millennial. 🤣

[heyjude]

Also I don’t really care for puffier profile pieces esp when book sales are on the line but this was a great read and well written. I really enjoyed it.

[sent]

Oct 30, 2019 11:37:57 GMT -5 wawa said:

Oct 30, 2019 10:01:25 GMT -5 sent said:

She is not a millennial. I am the same age and millennials start a few years after us. I feel like the author threw that in there because it’s trendy right now.

I actually had a conversation with the author (*cough* we might be related) about this while he was working on the piece.

Like about the fact that I consider her a member of my generation, and I was born in 83 and will claim millennial or Oregon trail/cusp/etc depending on context.

Not that he'd go by my single anecdote since he's a professional, but...you know...blame me anyway. 😁

It was interesting he called her a millennial but threw in that that she prefers Microsoft Word. I don’t know why but that anecdote about Word made me feel old.

[heyjude]

Oct 30, 2019 11:53:37 GMT -5 sent said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:37:57 GMT -5 wawa said:

I actually had a conversation with the author (*cough* we might be related) about this while he was working on the piece.

Like about the fact that I consider her a member of my generation, and I was born in 83 and will claim millennial or Oregon trail/cusp/etc depending on context.

Not that he'd go by my single anecdote since he's a professional, but...you know...blame me anyway. 😁

It was interesting he called her a millennial but threw in that that she prefers Microsoft Word. I don’t know why but that anecdote about Word made me feel old.

It was a comparison to her mother preferring handwritten manuscripts.

[heyjude]

Also being comfortable with word seems very millennial, no?

[WOT?*]

Oct 30, 2019 11:53:37 GMT -5 sent said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:37:57 GMT -5 wawa said:

I actually had a conversation with the author (*cough* we might be related) about this while he was working on the piece.

Like about the fact that I consider her a member of my generation, and I was born in 83 and will claim millennial or Oregon trail/cusp/etc depending on context.

Not that he'd go by my single anecdote since he's a professional, but...you know...blame me anyway. 😁

It was interesting he called her a millennial but threw in that that she prefers Microsoft Word. I don’t know why but that anecdote about Word made me feel old.

#WordPerfectwasbetter #RevealCodesIsEverything #reallyold #dodobird

[sent]

Oct 30, 2019 11:57:29 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:53:37 GMT -5 sent said:

It was interesting he called her a millennial but threw in that that she prefers Microsoft Word. I don’t know why but that anecdote about Word made me feel old.

It was a comparison to her mother preferring handwritten manuscripts.

I know. I still felt old because I miss doing it Hillary’s way knowing Chelsea’s is much more efficient. It’s ok, I’m accepting it.

[tacokick]

Oct 30, 2019 11:58:16 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Also being comfortable with word seems very millennial, no?

I’m seeing a lot of work being sent to me as Google Docs vs Word now.

[eclaires]

Oct 30, 2019 11:44:46 GMT -5 heyjude said:

It’s very confusing being born in 1980 lol. We prove that the hard and fast generation markers are a bit bull shit. What did Nirvana and Reality Bites mean to you? Answering those questions for cusp people probably tell more about what generation you belong in than any hard deadline. Anyway I greatly appreciated the author signaling that CC was a millennial. 🤣

One of my good friends is 4y older than me and is obsessed with Reality Bites and I basically know that Winona Ryder was in it. And vaguely remember a scene at a gas station. And she’s all “omg when Troy...” and I’m like whoTF is Troy.

[dontlook]

I can’t imagine dealing with people coming up to me and wishing me and my kids dead. Good gracious people are awful.

[heyjude]

Oct 30, 2019 12:22:39 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:58:16 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Also being comfortable with word seems very millennial, no?

I’m seeing a lot of work being sent to me as Google Docs vs Word now.

Yeah that makes sense. But also an older millennial is probably very comfortable with word because that’s what we grew up with.

[NitaX]

Oct 30, 2019 11:17:36 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Oct 30, 2019 11:16:54 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Yes the micro generation advocates claim 1980-1983 I think? Oregon Trail generation is the widely discussed article but I think there are a few others.

I think it extends a couple years back into the 70's too.

It totally could. I can see using 1975 as a start for the micro generation. Our lives are very much punctuated by the early adoption of the internet and cell phones. 

[Kristinmo]

Oct 30, 2019 12:29:54 GMT -5 dontlook said:

I can’t imagine dealing with people coming up to me and wishing me and my kids dead. Good gracious people are awful.

Agreed.  I follow her on Twitter and it happens frequently there but in person is a whole different level of crazy.

[WOT?*]

Oct 30, 2019 13:51:52 GMT -5 Kristinmo said:

Oct 30, 2019 12:29:54 GMT -5 dontlook said:

I can’t imagine dealing with people coming up to me and wishing me and my kids dead. Good gracious people are awful.

Agreed.  I follow her on Twitter and it happens frequently there but in person is a whole different level of crazy.

She handles them so beautifully and with such grace and humor. It's horrible that she has to. She's had to defend since she was a child. "Mom's a..." "Dad's a..." "She's so unattractive..." "She's so..." since before she was even a teen. I could not live her life and come out nearly a fraction as strong and as well.