We are genXy.
Welcome to genXy — your corner of the internet for stories, reflections, outrage, humor, and hope from a generation that has often been overlooked: Generation X. We’re writing not just about what Gen X was, but what Gen X is — now, late-ish in life, coming into our own, carrying scars and surprises, still changing.
Who We Are
We are Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman — two friends, writers, and lifelong GenXers who came of age analog, who grew up building mixtapes and watching MTV, but who have also learned to adapt. We’ve lived through dial-up modems, the rise of the internet, economic instability, shifting social norms, and now the reckoning of aging, identity, and belonging.
Dana is the GenX word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest — curious about culture, language, identity, family, politics, and art. Loves live music, karaoke, semi-colons, etc.
Lawrence is your political sci-fi nerd, Bengal cat dad, queer, and as invested in pop culture as he is in social justice. He writes because stories matter — especially ours.
Together, we’re more than just authors of a publication. We’re fellow travelers — exploring what it means to be GenX (or genXy) in 2025, in all its contradictions, frustrations, laughter, resistance, and small triumphs.
The Daily Whatever Show
Alongside our writing, we also host The Daily Whatever Show — a live, unscripted GenX morning show that’s part therapy session, part cultural roundtable, and part comedy experiment. Think of it as the coffee-fueled conversation you wish you were having before your day kicks into high gear.
Every episode dives into whatever’s on our minds that day — from politics to music, from GenX nostalgia to breaking news, from the ridiculous to the profound. We laugh a lot, we rant sometimes, we try to make sense of the mess, and we invite you to join us in real time. It’s raw, imperfect, and totally us — a daily reminder that even in chaos, connection and conversation matter.
What “genXy” Means
genXy isn’t simply shorthand for Generation X — it’s a mindset, a filter, a way of seeing. We’re the “minority of the minority generation” — not always visible in headlines, not always loudest in social discourse, but deeply present. We remember a world before the internet and are trying to thrive in a world dominated by it. We are tech-savvy and analog nostalgic, worn-down and hopeful, skeptical and deeply idealistic.
Being genXy means:
You’ve lived through parenting styles, work values, and social norms that have dramatically shifted.
You’ve experienced instability in things like the labor market, healthcare, family structure, and environment — but you carry resilience and memory.
You believe in science, in justice, in equality, in compassion. You hate Nazis. You support LGBTQ+ rights. Feminism and liberal values aren’t empty words.
You still love the aesthetic, music, and cultural fragments of “your youth,” even as you can see their limitations — and you’re exploring what comes next, personally and collectively.
Our Mission
At genXy, we aim to:
Shape the narrative about Gen X — not just respond to it. We want to contribute new stories, challenge stereotypes, elevate voices often left out, and reclaim what it means to be from this generation.
Explore lived experience, deeply and honestly. Topics we cover include relationships, family, identity, career, politics, music, aging, parenting, creativity, culture — the full texture of life. We believe the truths are messy; the complications matter.
Create community. We aren’t just publishing to you — we want you in the conversation. Reader-supported, reader-engaged. Comments, shared wisdom, and shared vulnerability all matter.
Defy inertia. We don’t want to stay stuck in nostalgia or resignation. Yes, we remember growing up before the world changed the way it has, but we don’t want to be static. We grow. We adapt. We fight. We persist.
What Makes genXy Different
Here are a few things that set genXy apart:
Authentic Voice. If you expect neatly packaged musings, polished aphorisms, or bleached nostalgia, you might be surprised. We write from the trenches: of midlife transitions, of doubt, of change. We write as people who are still figuring things out.
Intersectional Values. As writers and editors, we bring politics and identity to the table not as optional add-ons, but as inseparable parts of experience. Being queer, political, feminist, pro-science — these are core, not side notes.
Embracing Contradiction. We once grew up in analog. We stream now. We remember what’s gone, but we’re not stuck. We believe in integrity, but we know we fall short sometimes. We want spaces where contradictions aren’t hypocrisy, but evidence of being human.
Quality + Community. We care more about the reader who feels seen than the algorithm. Subscriptions, supported writing, community features — these aren’t just revenue models, they’re part of how we stay real and focused on substance.
What You’ll Find Here
Essays, musings, reportage: fresh writing about life, society, politics, culture from a GenX lens.
Conversations that matter: interviews, chatty reflections, occasionally music, occasionally rage, often hope.
Community voices: comments, thoughtful responses, reader-submitted ideas, perhaps guest pieces — because your experience enriches ours.
An honest look at aging: what it means to get older in a fast-changing world; how we lose, how we gain; how we balance nostalgia and progress.
How to Join genXy
If you find yourself nodding along, acknowledging something in your own life here, you’re not alone — this is a space for you.
Subscribe — free or paid. Your support keeps this work possible.
Engage — read, comment, share. Let us hear what moves you, angers you, inspires you.
Write — we may invite you, or you may reach out. If you’ve got a story, a reflection, something you need to say, we want to make space.
Stay up to date — follow us, get emails, follow on socials where we share more. No spam. No clickbait. Just community, curiosity, culture.
Our Promise
We promise to show up with integrity. If we fuck up, we’ll say so. We’ll try to center kindness without ignoring injustice. We’ll choose truth over comfort. We’ll create space for laughter, for anger, for longing, for sorrow — because our lives feel full of all those things. And if you stay with us, we’ll try to make you feel less alone.
Final Word
Gen X isn't done. We haven’t bowed out. We have stories. We have memories. We have visions of what could be. We have presence — vivid, flawed, worthy.
Welcome to genXy. Thanks for being here. We can’t wait to figure this out together.
— Dana & Lawrence
