Square Pegs - GenX at Work
01/15/20 • 29 min
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What was it like to begin a career in the early 1990s and what’s it like to be middle-aged now in the workplace? Eve and Sacha talk about what they wanted to be when they grew up, what they thought they’d be, and what actually happened.
In this episode:
- GenX’s entrepreneurial spirit
- How the recession of the early 1990s impacted Sacha and Eve's career trajectories
- The impact of the Internet on GenX
- Ageism in the workplace
- The value of experience
- Why Eve and Sacha both ended up running their own businesses.
Plus, advice for surviving and thriving professionally no matter your age.
Resources
Connect with Us!
Visit GenXStories.com for more GenX stories and information
Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify or Apple iTunes.
Follow along on Instagram
Send us an email at [email protected]
Learn more about Eve here
Learn more about Sacha here
Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message!
What was it like to begin a career in the early 1990s and what’s it like to be middle-aged now in the workplace? Eve and Sacha talk about what they wanted to be when they grew up, what they thought they’d be, and what actually happened.
In this episode:
- GenX’s entrepreneurial spirit
- How the recession of the early 1990s impacted Sacha and Eve's career trajectories
- The impact of the Internet on GenX
- Ageism in the workplace
- The value of experience
- Why Eve and Sacha both ended up running their own businesses.
Plus, advice for surviving and thriving professionally no matter your age.
Resources
Connect with Us!
Visit GenXStories.com for more GenX stories and information
Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify or Apple iTunes.
Follow along on Instagram
Send us an email at [email protected]
Learn more about Eve here
Learn more about Sacha here
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Showing Our True Colors - Body Image and Beauty
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On today’s episode Eve and Sacha discuss what it was like growing up as “two chubby Jewish girls” in a land of skinny, (mostly) blond shiksas.
- Sacha tried to fit into the standards of beauty while Eve rebelled against it.
- Sacha talks about being a makeup junkie since age 3, while Eve never really learned about makeup.
- The impact that musicians like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper had on Eve and Sacha growing up.
- What’s up with YouTube make-up tutorials?
- How has the idea of self care changed over the years and what it means now to us.
- What we do now to take care of ourselves.
Connect with Us!
Visit GenXStories.com for more GenX stories and information
Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify or Apple iTunes.
Follow along on Instagram
Send us an email at [email protected]
Learn more about Eve here
Learn more about Sacha here
Next Episode
Sign of the Times
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Are GenXers really the “slackers” we were once called? History proves quite the opposite. Never ones to sit by and be comfortable with the status quo, GenXers questioned everything--from the racial injustice that was rampant in the 90s to the “greed is good” mentality of the 80s.
During this episode, we take a look back at how growing up in the 80s and 90s shaped our own activism. We discuss Eve’s stint at the ACLU during college, free speech, Third Wave Feminism, reproductive rights, Anita Hill, #metoo, and Sacha’s introduction to protests during the “Take Back the Night” marches at the University of Wisconsin, and how the 2016 election jolted us back into activism.
Plus, we talk to Elisa Camahort Page, one of the founders of BlogHER and the author of “Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All” about how she started BlogHER, what drove her to write her most recent book, who inspires her, and how to make a difference.
Resources
New York Post article about homeless man at Whole Foods caused backlash
Connect with Us!
Visit GenXStories.com for more GenX stories and information
Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify or Apple iTunes.
Follow along on Instagram
Send us an email at [email protected]
Learn more about Eve here
Learn more about Sacha here
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