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  • GenX Men - The GenX Experience

    Four Gen X Men Share Advice They’d Give If They Were Sitting Across the Table from Their 20-Year-Old Selves

    August 9, 2026 - By Lakia McDaniel

    There’s something about looking backward that changes the way we look at our younger selves. At 20, we think we’re grown. We may have a job, be in college, serving in the military, building a relationship, or trying to figure out what we’re going to do with our lives. We…

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  • GenX Women - The GenX Experience

    Dating in 2026: Five Black Gen X Women Tell It Like It Is

    August 6, 2026 - By Lakia McDaniel

    Let’s talk about dating. Not the cute, butterflies-in-your-stomach, “he texted me good morning” version. I’m talking about dating as a grown woman. A woman who has lived, loved, learned some lessons, paid some bills, raised some babies (or helped raise somebody else’s), built careers, survived heartbreak, and figured out that…

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  • The GenX Experience - Then vs. Now

    The Auntie Era: Finding Freedom After 40.

    July 16, 2026 - By Lakia McDaniel

    There comes a point in every woman’s life when something shifts. You wake up one day, look around, and realize you are no longer interested in performing for everybody else’s comfort. You are not trying to be the “cool girl,” the “perfect woman,” the “always available friend,” or the person…

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  • 80s/90s Nostalgia - The GenX Experience

    Lived Through Martin, Maturing Through Instagram: A Gen X Black Woman’s Pop Culture Diary

    July 15, 2026 - By Lakia McDaniel

    There was a time when being “caught up” on pop culture meant you had your TV schedule memorized. Not your streaming password. Not your watchlist. Not an algorithm telling you what you might like. Your actual television. You knew when Martin came on. You knew when In Living Color and…

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  • 80s/90s Nostalgia - The GenX Experience

    Slamming Phones >Leaving Them “On Read”!

    April 6, 2024 - By Lakia McDaniel

    Those were the days… Slamming the phone after an argument definitely hits harder than leaving them “on read”. It reminds me of simpler times when we dealt with simpler things in a simpler way! I’m not complaining that our phones are like minicomputers that can do almost everything. In fact,…

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