Born in the summer of 1969.
December 7, 2015 11:45 AM Subscribe
Looking for blogs, articles, books, anything by authors who are exactly my age, give or take only about one year.
I was born in June 1969, and I'm a card-carrying member of the baby bust generation. Except for my eight school friends scattered all over the country, I know absolutely no one my age. My office is all ~55 and ~25-year-olds; my large, urban, diverse, mainstream-Protestant church, which I have attended my entire life, has never had anyone my age in it. I went to a high school that was a bad fit, but the admissions office wooed me because they needed to fill their empty classrooms.
Society changes rapidly, and as I flail through life, it would be really great to get advice or share ideas with people who have experienced life exactly the way I have; give or take a year is fine. I recently asked a person five years younger than me, how did you deal with finding a job after college? And his response was well, the recession that you had to deal with was pretty much over by the time I got out of college. Things like that really affect the choices we make.
Bonus points for things that specifically apply to me: unhappily single never-married straight female, Boston area, terrified about lack of retirement funds. But really, any thoughtful topic would do, so I don't feel so damn alone all the time.
Thank you!
I was born in June 1969, and I'm a card-carrying member of the baby bust generation. Except for my eight school friends scattered all over the country, I know absolutely no one my age. My office is all ~55 and ~25-year-olds; my large, urban, diverse, mainstream-Protestant church, which I have attended my entire life, has never had anyone my age in it. I went to a high school that was a bad fit, but the admissions office wooed me because they needed to fill their empty classrooms.
Society changes rapidly, and as I flail through life, it would be really great to get advice or share ideas with people who have experienced life exactly the way I have; give or take a year is fine. I recently asked a person five years younger than me, how did you deal with finding a job after college? And his response was well, the recession that you had to deal with was pretty much over by the time I got out of college. Things like that really affect the choices we make.
Bonus points for things that specifically apply to me: unhappily single never-married straight female, Boston area, terrified about lack of retirement funds. But really, any thoughtful topic would do, so I don't feel so damn alone all the time.
Thank you!
The book that coined a nickname: Generation X by Douglas Copland.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:16 PM on December 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:16 PM on December 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'm about your age and have some of the same characteristics and not all of them. I have a personal blog that is rarely updated. There's a crowd of Boston-area MeFites that get together a lot so, answering the question you didn't ask, come hang out with us (them, I am sort of a by-association person there). I'd also check the 1969 births category of Wikipedia to see if you see familiar names. Other options on Biography.com and IMDB.com
posted by jessamyn at 12:23 PM on December 7, 2015
posted by jessamyn at 12:23 PM on December 7, 2015
Here's a list of the union of the Wikipedia "1969 births" category and the Wikipedia "Bloggers" category and its subcategories down 5 levels (scroll past the input form for the list.)
posted by Jahaza at 12:23 PM on December 7, 2015
posted by Jahaza at 12:23 PM on December 7, 2015
Just looking at a 'famous people born in ...' list, the names that jump out are Sophie Kinsella, Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love), Edwidge Danticat, and Mefi's Own John Scalzi. I haven't read the first two, but by reputation they may fit the requirement to speak to an age set. The latter two strike me as interesting possibilities where you could still feel some consciousness of kind while exploring really unexpected topics.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 12:26 PM on December 7, 2015
posted by Monsieur Caution at 12:26 PM on December 7, 2015
Born the last month of 1969 and grew up in the Boston burbs. I am happy to compare notes.
I'll second Patton Oswalt. Dude is about our age and has a lot of pretty intelligent stuff to say.
posted by bondcliff at 1:12 PM on December 7, 2015
I'll second Patton Oswalt. Dude is about our age and has a lot of pretty intelligent stuff to say.
posted by bondcliff at 1:12 PM on December 7, 2015
Hey, you're a whole day younger than me!
Whenever I feel that I should be taking advice from my peer group, I remind myself that the disastrous former mayor of Toronto Rob Ford was born in May 1969. Then I feel much better.
posted by scruss at 1:53 PM on December 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
Whenever I feel that I should be taking advice from my peer group, I remind myself that the disastrous former mayor of Toronto Rob Ford was born in May 1969. Then I feel much better.
posted by scruss at 1:53 PM on December 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
Born in the winter of 67 here - so probably no more than 18 months apart. And I know how you feel, I just changed jobs and at my last gig I was the oldest by about 8 years. Blog and Twitter links are in my profile. Guaranteed to be less interesting than anything Patton Oswald writes.
posted by COD at 2:47 PM on December 7, 2015
posted by COD at 2:47 PM on December 7, 2015
Kate Winslet was May 1969.
Peter Dinklage was June 11.
Ice Cube was June.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 4:06 PM on December 7, 2015
Peter Dinklage was June 11.
Ice Cube was June.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 4:06 PM on December 7, 2015
Kate Winslet was May 1969.
No, she was born in 1975.
posted by sweetkid at 4:13 PM on December 7, 2015
My sweetie and I have been noticing that cultural/folk/hobby groups in our city are moving from mostly Boomer membership and tastes to Echo Boom/Millennial membership and tastes. We've been wondering if we should fi d a little space for buster amusements or what. (Also we thought, surely there's some way to leverage being demographically unusual into a niche or advantage? We'll tell you if we come up with one.)
posted by clew at 6:18 PM on December 7, 2015
posted by clew at 6:18 PM on December 7, 2015
I was born at the end of 1969 too.
I read "Confessions of a Community College Dean" - even though I am neither an academic nor an administrator, I find it really interesting. The author was identified as being 44yrs old in a Nov 2012 article (so, born 1968). He was the first one to spring to mind because every cultural reference he makes completely resonates with me.
posted by selfmedicating at 6:35 PM on December 7, 2015
I read "Confessions of a Community College Dean" - even though I am neither an academic nor an administrator, I find it really interesting. The author was identified as being 44yrs old in a Nov 2012 article (so, born 1968). He was the first one to spring to mind because every cultural reference he makes completely resonates with me.
posted by selfmedicating at 6:35 PM on December 7, 2015
Kelly Link was apparently born in the summer of 1969.
posted by misteraitch at 3:50 AM on December 8, 2015
posted by misteraitch at 3:50 AM on December 8, 2015
Ellen Forney's Monkey Food, which is the complete collection of her I was 7 in '75 strips.
Daniel Nester's Shader.
posted by brujita at 10:32 PM on December 8, 2015
Daniel Nester's Shader.
posted by brujita at 10:32 PM on December 8, 2015
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posted by cirocco at 12:14 PM on December 7, 2015