Generation X is 1961-1981: Here’s Why (13th Gen Book Club Week One)
Tonight we begin reading 13th Gen by Neil Howe and William Strauss. This book was published in April 1993, and it was the first to identify and define Generation X… before we had an “official” name. Part one of the book dives into the years that define our generation (1961-1981) and explains exactly why Gen X is NOT 1965-1980 like Pew Research claims.
@Scottseverythingpage
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
I can help and would be glad to with the horror movie video. I watch way too many!! 😂
@msmeow666
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
I thought that the Douglas Coupland novel published in 1991 Generation X :Tales for an Accelerated Culture .. was how X got its nickname.. and also cause we were a new experiment in negligence as a parenting style.. being the first generation who raised themselves basically
@mommaskorp
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
Just want to say I finally feel vindicated as a 1961 Gen Xer.!!!My children born 1983 -1991 are millennials.
@sneggleblech
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
Who set the parameters between 65-84?
@sneggleblech
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
That would put myself and my mom in the same generation.
@ironwolf56
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
1981 baby here; I know I've commented that before but… a great way to even see the difference between Xennial/Older Millennial and Younger Millennial is ask someone what Y2K meant to them? For Younger Millennials they'll often say that was just some vague thing they heard about as little kids, but I remember wondering if my strong SAT scores were gonna get wiped out and they'd be sending me to fight in World War 3 lol.
@DirectorCM
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
It is still so weird to me that they randomly decided to change the Generational gap dates in 2014.
@patstevenswhohatesbuttermi5861
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
@6:50 ACK-chually, the millennium began in 2001. There was no year 0, so centuries/millennia begin in years ending in 1 and end in years ending in 0. 2000 is the last year of the 20th century and 2nd millennium.
@LunaJane_Parker
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
I disagree. There's a tiny generation between boomers and Gen X called the Jonesers. And I have enough friends in that category to know that they are neither boomers nor Gen X. They are their own distinct generation.
@gcooper642
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
So my parents and I are all Gen X 🤔
@tracylee81
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
As a January 1981 baby, this is just more evidence for the xennial name. Regardless of whether 1981 is included or not, I’m still on the edge.
@mhcarrier-rns4547
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 pm
i can't get with 1961.
1965 I get, but they and 1961 may as well be an entirely separate generation.
…and are LOL