Against generationalism; it's hard to kill zombie ideas
I’ve been running a bit of a crusade against lazy generationalist assumptions for a long time (ie ‘all Baby Boomers are x, Gen Y thinks z’.) These perennial sweeping stereotypes raised their head in Monday’s Woodstock culture wars. Recently, too, [...]
Woodstock un-remembered
Another risible article from David Burchell marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. In attacking “the Woodstock moment”, he criticises “un-remembering” (what a horrible coinage), the putative sin of the Boomers (whoever they may be), and in the process indicts himself [...]
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