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Teenage Wasteland

The American Mind

CHAPTER

The Great Midlife Crisis Is Upon Us

The great gen X midlife crisis is upon us, and it's just amazing to watch that play out in different ways online and real life. I feel like the ones who probably have no or fewer children are probably getting hit the hardest here. It really does feel like once you hit your 40s as a as a woman, when do you look in the mirror and you're like, holy crap? The other thing I thought about was Spencer, something I wrote in my response to your, your book feature on the American mind about age dysphoria.

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