All posts tagged "Millennials"

Millennials get a lot of heat for being irresponsible and self-absorbed, which always cracks me up when they're simultaneously questioned (sometimes berated) for deciding against having children.

If a magazine proudly lables itself "The Economist," you would expect that publication to understand the economic burdens of today's youth. But when a tone deaf writer at the magazine tweets an article asking "Why aren't millennials buying diamonds" it pretty much sums up how oblivious some can be in matters they're supposed to be experts in.

The first time I realized I came from a working class immigrant family was when I was six. I had gone shopping with my mom and aunt when we decided to pop into an open house for a property we could never afford. The moment I laid eyes on that big blue two-story home something in me changed. It became one of many defining moments of my life, and from then on I became obsessed with the traditional version of the American Dream.

If you were born between 1981 and 1997, Texan Alexis Bloomer believes you're a whiny, lazy and entitled pain in the ass.

If you're a millennial who's fed up with your parents reiterating your age while pressuring you to get married, now you can look forward to scientific research to reinforce their fear mongering.