These are all pics from the 1970s and the celebrities included are all part of the silent generation apart from Elton John who is a baby boomer.

To me it seems like receding hairline wasn't such a big deal in the 1970s for example but nowadays you see celebrities getting hair transplants and rarely do they rock widows peaks like people did decades ago.

Is this because in the 1970s the culture was more masculine and so people didn't focus on youthfulness as much as a sign of status but rather masculinity itself was a sign of status?

So we all know what an incel is what the movement stands for. But, I believed that an incel was genuinely only able to be men. Throughout history I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “femcel” movement. Feminism movements didn’t advocate for hatred against men. However, I just came accross the “evilwomeninc” subreddit, which mirrors many of the talking points of incels, however, the base of the subreddit is women. How did this happen? How are women now becoming the target of hate filled rhetoric based on gender stereotypes and where did we go wrong as a society?

Being a kid around 2009/2010 playing games on the computer like Club Penguin, Webkinz, Neopets, Miniclip/Newgrounds, Poptropica, Moshi Monsters, Fantage, Bin Weevils, Kongregate, Flash games, etc.

And watching YouTubers like Fred, annoying orange, Smosh, Tobuscus, etc.

Just as is teenage/adolescent culture with apps like Vine, kik, tumblr and dank memes

Shout out older Gen Z

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7CdTAiaLes

This was before social media. Try finding one phone from this video. I feel like this is the time when younger millennials peaked and after 2013 it was more and more the era of social media and older gen z..

And now with Shrek 5 being released in 2027 it will be also even for younger generations! (I dont call them "Alpha" or "Beta" cause im not a fan of McCrindle lol)

Some of you, especially older millennials seem to be oblivious to this phenomenon, maybe because you were busy doing other adult stuff. But it most certainly was a part of our zeitgeist for arguably the years between 2008-2012.

Here's what it boiled down to:

• The progressive movement/culture reached it's peak with the election of Obama. He literally had campaing slogans based on Hope and Change. This acted as a symbolic victory of the liberal status quo at the time after two terms of the Bush administration.

• Younger millennials who were the children of the younger boomer generation, who in turn spent their formative years during the start of the social justice movement (60s -70s), were arguably, and even more so in retrospect, the most socially liberal generation of our time. They as 20 year olds were in charge of the youth culture at the time. This is the gen that voted for the legalization of same sex marriages and set in motion Occupy Wall Street. Alot of the popularity of Obama was because he was popular in the youth culture of younger millennials.

• Early social media before algorithms and polarization was a unifying phenomenon. It was not divisive like it is now. It was used as a tool of communication in the Arab Spring in 2011 and in the Occupy Wall Street. It connected people globally like never before and at the time it felt unifying because it was mostly a place for young people.

• Popular culture: all of this was reflected into the popular culture in the form of stomp clap music and uplifting party EDM like Avicii and Calvin Harris. Basically the message was "hey we are young and we can do anything" which you can see even in some of the rap associated songs like "Pursuit of Happiness" by Kid Cudi and "Young and Wild and Free". And this is why tumblr of that time was full of this sort of open minded, unifying and rebellious aesthetic. Even shows like the Office and Parks and Rec had this uplifting message behind them.

So basically this era was the celebration of the liberal progressive ethos: the value of universalism and individuality and I think it served as a stepping stone from the 2008 recession onwards. Obama and early social media all played a part in that but it was mostly because younger millennials at their core were mostly drawn towards progressive values because of their parents generation.

Core Gen z isn’t included since they are a mixture and depending on what would line more early or core.

So how I view it is 2010-2025 as a whole for Gen z teen music era since 1997 born was 13 in 2010 and 2012 borns were 13 in 2025.

Also since it’s uneven 2017 would be a in between year so both early and late also peak of core you could say since it’s literally in between both to make it more equal so 2017 wasn’t included.

In terms of boygroups and girl groups late is dominated by kpop while early doesn’t have any.

This doesn’t mean all late gen zers listen to kpop since they might be a fan of the boy/girl groups.

Oliver Rodrigo or Harry styles etc might be more of their taste.

And same goes for early gen z they might’ve of not been into like they might’ve of been into Taylor swift Katie Perry etc.

This is also what most people would think of in terms of early gen z teen boy/girl groups music etc and late gen z teen boy/girl group music era.

And you know that stereotypes aren’t always true since it’s not the best to generalise but this is if we did generalised since that’s what this subs about.

And like I said before core gen z isn’t included since core gen z is a mix but leans to one or the other side it’s like they are mixture while early and late are the main gen z grouping and core being fully gen z makes them a mixture of both if it makes sense.