millennials Archives

Blink-182 teases new album in a confusing Instagram post

“Rehearsals start today,” DeLonge wrote. “And yes there will be a new album #SorryForTheWait #Blink.”

On Jul 15, 2014 by Brendan O'Connor

Streaming

Emily Gould, Ed Champion, and the great New York literary subtweet war of 2014

First there was a disturbing essay—and then things just got worse.

On Jun 27, 2014 by Miles Klee

IRL

Why the ‘selfie generation’ is disappearing from the Internet

I'm about to make a generalization about the "selfie generation," and I apologize for it.

On Jun 27, 2014 by [email protected]

Internet Culture

FAFSA’s attempt at meme humor royally backfires

Turns out financial need isn't all that funny.

On Jun 25, 2014 by Miles Klee

Internet Culture

’90s nostalgia will make your kids dumb and uncreative

By being okay with regurgitated culture, we lower the bar for new culture.

On Jun 13, 2014 by Gillian Branstetter

Internet Culture

Fullscreen is building an off-YouTube subscription video site for millennials

Netflix and Amazon have executed similar strategies targeting children or young adults but not the individuals in between.

On May 26, 2014 by [email protected]

Streaming

How ‘Frasier’ became the most nostalgia-proof TV show of the ’90s

Frasier always felt old. Even when it was on, it was stuffy, affected, and out of touch.

On May 16, 2014 by [email protected]

Streaming

Pivot is television programming for the ‘new greatest generation’

"This is a generation that not only invented FOMO, which is kind of driving social media, but they also invented JOMO, which is the joy of missing out.”

On Mar 23, 2014 by Audra Schroeder

Streaming

You’re all wrong about millennials and internships

Nobody guiding the conversation seems to have a realistic grasp on what it is to be young.

On Feb 19, 2014 by Brendan O'Connor

Via

A century from now, the ‘#SELFIE’ music video will explain the way we lived

A pop phenomenon reaches its event horizon.

On Feb 14, 2014 by Miles Klee

Streaming

Homeless selfies give you yet another reason to hate millennials

And you thought funeral selfies were bad...

On Feb 10, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

IRL

Sick of the word ‘millennial’? We’ve got your fix

You can't erase the generation, but now you can get rid of the word.

On Jan 5, 2014 by Sarah Weber

IRL

What does the open Web mean to Generation Y?

Fighting to get the open Web back sounds great. But I don’t know what that means.

On Dec 30, 2013 by [email protected]

Internet Culture

Millennials to baby boomers: ‘We suck and we’re sorry’

We're detecting a whiff of sarcasm on this one.

On Sep 18, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski

Internet Culture

The tip-shaming tweet got a food truck worker fired

Brendan O'Connor is a summer intern at The Awl. Until Wednesday, he also had a part-time gig at New York’s Milk Truck.

On Jul 30, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

Tech

millennials

Blink-182 teases new album in a confusing Instagram post

Emily Gould, Ed Champion, and the great New York literary subtweet war of 2014

Why the ‘selfie generation’ is disappearing from the Internet

FAFSA’s attempt at meme humor royally backfires

’90s nostalgia will make your kids dumb and uncreative

Fullscreen is building an off-YouTube subscription video site for millennials

How ‘Frasier’ became the most nostalgia-proof TV show of the ’90s

Pivot is television programming for the ‘new greatest generation’

You’re all wrong about millennials and internships

A century from now, the ‘#SELFIE’ music video will explain the way we lived

Homeless selfies give you yet another reason to hate millennials

Sick of the word ‘millennial’? We’ve got your fix

What does the open Web mean to Generation Y?

Millennials to baby boomers: ‘We suck and we’re sorry’

The tip-shaming tweet got a food truck worker fired

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