Not a Girl? Not Yet A Woman?

Lately we’ve been very aware that as much as we admire under-18s like Greyson Fletcher, Cory Kennedy and Lil’ Mama, they are clearly part of a new generation - one that experienced being too young for Myspace, and who watched 9/11 from elementary school classrooms.

This made us think a lot about what defines OUR generation, which led us to Wikipedia’s very helpful “Generation X” entry. Reading it, we realizes that while we LOVE Paul Rudd, Ethan Hawke, Parker Posey, Bret Easton Ellis and Barak Obama, they are obviously not of our generation either. So who are we?

We think of our generation as people between 20 and 30. We straddle the older MTV Generation and the younger Internet Generation. As such, our central figure is clearly Britney Spears. We might as well all have her exact birthday.

BDI-friend Karen F has suggested the name “Generation Toxic” as a nod to Britney’s unifying anthem. But as our membership includes Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and ‘Last Night’s Party’, Whitney thinks “Generation Skank” might be more appropriate. At any rate, our MVPs include Lil’ Wayne, Roger Federer and Amanda Byrnes.

In a transparent maneuver to snatch John Mayer from us, Wikipedia includes people born in 1981 in Generation X. To settle such arguments, we suggest a Dave Chappelle-style Generation Draft. X-ers, our first proposed trade is your Wes Anderson for our Andy Samberg. Y’all think he’s hilarious, right?

L + W (Shit, we’ll throw in The Arcade Fire for free)

Last Modified: Saturday, August 4th, 2007 @ 17:41