10-16-2021, 01:55 PM
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(10-16-2021, 12:29 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: So what does the name Katniss mean?
"Generation Katniss were the elementary schoolers during Bush’s second term (2005-2008) which can commonly be referred to as “McBling era” and teens during Obama’s second term (2013-2016) which can commonly be referred to as “Vine/EDM Era.” "
What does "McBling" mean, and what does “Vine/EDM" mean?
Shouldn't generation names come from something familiar to people beyond the pop subculture of a sub-generation itself?
I would agree that pop culture isn’t everything when it comes to generations. However, I still think it plays a role in shaping each cohort.
Katniss refers to Katniss Everdeen. The name was coined in 2015 by Noreena Hertz from the College of London. Her range was 1995-2002 and she said that many of the people born between those years share Katniss’s characteristics such as anxiety, distrust of traditional institutions, generosity, lonliness, and creativity. My range however did add 1994 and 2003 into it because I believe they are on the edges of this cohort.
The culture of the McBling era or Bush’s second term, and the Vine/EDM era or Obama’s second term, helped shape the teen culture of these cohorts respectively. Like I said earlier they aren’t the main defining aspects of these cohorts, but they can serve a role in shaping the types of cultural experiences members of these cohorts faced.
Still, the main defining aspects for 1982-1991 (using 7-17 as a growing up range) is primarily growing up post-Cold War pre-recession (1989-2008) and the main defining aspects for 1994-2003 (again using 7-17 growing up range) is primarily growing up post-9/11 pre-COVID (2001-2020).
The term Gen Katniss may be a placeholder for me right now. There is also the term “Zillennial” though Im not a fan of it since it seems like its trying to connect itself to Gen Z when it is its own different thing.