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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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Schoolhouse Locked (Part One): Get a Job

Rebecca Martell

May 6, 20215 min read

Schoolhouse Locked (Part One): Get a Job

Part One focuses on employment outcomes for the Homelanders (born 2005 to the present) in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

Rebecca Martell

Apr 11, 20214 min read

Reboot: The Purpose of Saecular Winter

Disoriented is the key word to identifying cultural experience in the middle of a Crisis Era.

Always Wear a Helmet: The Dangers of Keeping Homelanders Safe

Rebecca Martell

Jun 7, 20203 min read

Always Wear a Helmet: The Dangers of Keeping Homelanders Safe

Artist Generations are defined by an overly sheltered childhood, so "Homelander" is quite appropriate for kids of the COVID lockdowns.

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