Generations

Rebecca Martell

Dec 612 min read

Notes on Nomads: Risk and America's Forgotten Generations

Is it too late for the "bad kids" to do something good?

The O.G.: Ideas, Imagination, and Originality in Saecular Spring

Rebecca Martell

Apr 187 min read

The O.G.: Ideas, Imagination, and Originality in Saecular Spring

Is the Crisis Era bringing awareness to and rejection of artificiality? And how can increasing originality become an artistic solution?

The Habit: A Generational Solution to Addiction Culture

Rebecca Martell

Mar 67 min read

The Habit: A Generational Solution to Addiction Culture

As #techbros cash in on addiction culture, can generational connection be the cure?

The Christmas Gambit: Risk, Reward, and Saecular Winter

Rebecca Martell

Dec 17, 20238 min read

The Christmas Gambit: Risk, Reward, and Saecular Winter

The Christmas Gambit is the calculated risk we all must take, to give up something to gain even more.

"Rebecca Reviews" - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Rebecca Martell

Oct 11, 20236 min read

"Rebecca Reviews" - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Being a woman in the workplace is hard. Managing a home is hard. Parenting is hard. Life is hard. That doesn't mean you have to be hard too.

Brothers, Thieves, and Mavericks: How Gen X Hit the Storytelling Jackpot

Rebecca Martell

Apr 28, 20236 min read

Brothers, Thieves, and Mavericks: How Gen X Hit the Storytelling Jackpot

Could objective truth, old fashioned ideals, and plenty of 1980s nostalgia be the cure for AI-induced isolation and a failing film industry?

The Muscle: Meaning Versus Monolith in the New Millennium

Rebecca Martell

Jan 16, 20238 min read

The Muscle: Meaning Versus Monolith in the New Millennium

Mediocrity neither surprises nor delights. Monoliths are boring. But right now, both have a lot of money and muscle.

Evergreen: A Christmas Carol for All Generations

Rebecca Martell

Dec 19, 20228 min read

Evergreen: A Christmas Carol for All Generations

Why does Charles Dickens' _A Christmas Carol_ resonate with so many different generations in different eras?

Commodifying Virtue (Part Two): Gen Z / Homelanders' Big Plans

Rebecca Martell

Aug 15, 202210 min read

Commodifying Virtue (Part Two): Gen Z / Homelanders' Big Plans

I believe the Dream Merchants will return. But Homelanders' potential, their capacity for greatness, depends on us today.

Commodifying Virtue (Part One): Boomers' Little Boxes

Rebecca Martell

Jul 23, 20228 min read

Commodifying Virtue (Part One): Boomers' Little Boxes

Whatever it is that Baby Boomers do to signal virtue and seek validation, it's on a grand scale. And it has serious implications for us all.

Frayed: Tribalism, Twitter, and the End of Tolerance

Rebecca Martell

Apr 26, 20226 min read

Frayed: Tribalism, Twitter, and the End of Tolerance

What happens to our nation when individuals trade integrity for fame? For some, tribalism may be key to surviving the fallout.

Rebecca Reviews: Zero Hour for Gen X by Matthew Hennessy

Rebecca Martell

Mar 22, 20225 min read

Rebecca Reviews: Zero Hour for Gen X by Matthew Hennessy

What if nostalgia is an expression of grief? A book review of Zero Hour for Gen X by Matthew Hennessey (Encounter Books, 2020).

Rebecca Martell

Feb 25, 20226 min read

Kindness: A Homelander/Gen Z Superpower

Is kindness really a super-power? A friendly neighborhood superhero may hold a clue.

Tech Bros and Girl Bosses (Part Two): Glass Ceiling

Rebecca Martell

Dec 30, 20218 min read

Tech Bros and Girl Bosses (Part Two): Glass Ceiling

Success is a slippery thing: It has different meanings for different people. It's hard to hold onto. And it can be faked.

Tech Bros and Girl Bosses (Part One): Silicon Valley

Rebecca Martell

Dec 6, 20216 min read

Tech Bros and Girl Bosses (Part One): Silicon Valley

Part One - "Silicon Valley" focuses on the male-centric side of technology in the current Crisis Era.

"Rebecca Reviews" - Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster

Rebecca Martell

Oct 26, 20218 min read

"Rebecca Reviews" - Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster

Are Baby Boomers people or monsters? A book review of _Boomers_ by Helen Andrews (Sentinel, 2021).

The Shortcut: How Generations Can Help You Write Authentic Characters

Rebecca Martell

Sep 2, 20214 min read

The Shortcut: How Generations Can Help You Write Authentic Characters

Generational archetypes of HERO, NOMAD, ARTIST, and PRHOPET can help you with the who, what, when, and how of your story's characters.

Rebecca Martell

Jul 22, 20215 min read

Life as a Mix Tape: Young Gen X at 40

The mix tape is a metaphor for life at the edge of Generation X, watching the saeculum turn.

Monopoly for Millennials: The REAL Real Estate Problem

Rebecca Martell

Jun 24, 20214 min read

Monopoly for Millennials: The REAL Real Estate Problem

It's not the flippant rendering of real-life woes that bothers me with Monopoly for Millennials. It's the attitude that real estate is not

Schoolhouse Locked (Part Three): COVID Strikes Again

Rebecca Martell

Jun 6, 20215 min read

Schoolhouse Locked (Part Three): COVID Strikes Again

Part Three is an examination of educational outcomes for Homelanders after a year of interrupted in-person school time.

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