Gen-Xcellent, A Pop Culture Deep Dive Into Growing Up Gen-X

Welcome to my Substack, where you’re free to walk right in like a sitcom neighbor, grab a Crystal Pepsi or a New Coke from the fridge, and discuss our fondest, craziest, and funniest memories from our childhoods and how those experiences shaped who we are today.

I’m Liz, a writer, pop culture enthusiast, wife, and mom of one. If you’re like me, you look back on the 1970s and ‘80s with both nostalgic love and horror as you contemplate life before and after the internet, generational differences in parenting styles, and why those commercial jingles and catchphrases will always be in your brain. So get a little closer…don’t be shy…

I pity the fool who doesn’t get my pop culture references.

As we laugh and laugh-cry together (hopefully more laughing than crying) over our shared memories as latchkey kids, I hope we’ll finally one day know why fish don’t fry in the kitchen and beans don’t burn on the grill.

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