By now, you’ve surely seen it. The cover story in this Sunday’s New York Times magazine went viral days before it landed on my doorstep. Robin Marantz Henig’s “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” focuses a lot on the work of psychologist Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, who’s trying to get “Emerging Adulthood” identified as an official, distinct [...]
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Emerging Adultiness: 20-Somethings Are The New 20-Somethings
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", culture, Gen X, Millenials, Quarter-lifer, quarterlife, tagged " New York Times Magazine, "Emerging Adulthood", adulthood, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Jessie Rosen, quarterlife crisis, Robin Marantz Henig on August 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Trouble with Girlfriends: Quarterlife Crisis, redux
Posted in "What should I do with my life?", identity, life choices, Quarter-lifer, quarterlife, tagged Abby Wilner, Broadsheet, Carol Lloyd, Co-rumination, Philadelphia Enquirer, quarterlife crisis, Salon.com on April 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I came across this story in the Philadelphia Enquirer the other day about the new angst of quarterlifers. (I’ve buried the lead once again. But stay with me here.) The story revisited the book, Quarterlife Crisis, written back in 2001, and then went on to enumerate the ways in which the Crisis, thanks to the [...]
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