I took a Fiction Writing class once. I adored it. I’d take my coffee and my Moleskin and feel hipster as hell walking into the lofty classroom. One day, our instructor had us practice building our own characters.
Instead of allowing mentally wrinkled baby boomers to define our generation, I figured why not pull a Lena Dunham and define it on my own?
The other day I fell down the stairs, accidentally poured water in my coffee and said something so awkward in a meeting, I thought I was going to unzip my skin and crawl out.
As a part of her new Clinton Foundation project, “No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project,” Clinton gives the young women of New York University advice on how to thrive in their future careers.
Being 20-something is complicated. It’s rusty. A messy, unmade bed. We’re obsessed with thinking about where our life is going to end up. Our Pinterest boards certainly won't refute that.
"Here's a list of things all twenty-somethings should know."
The only upside to this whole "not having a job" thing is that I am definitely not alone. There are plenty other recent college grads who are in the exact same position as me, and we can all commiserate together.
When adults dismiss our generation it is just a way for them to absolve themselves of accountability of having destroyed the economy, food industry, environment and any reputation America has for being the land of the free.