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One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In by Kate Kennedy

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Kate is great!  I wasn’t sure how much this would resonate with me as I’m technically considered a Gen X (1979) but 90% of it did.  Loved all the pop culture references and her dissection of how those have shaped us.  How flawed so many of them are yet they are precious childhood memories for us.  We loved Saved By the Bell but Slater treated Jessie like a dumb dumb. How feminism was tainted from an early age and thought of as some enraged woman.  

I love that she gives us permission to love surface level things - makeup, celeb gossip, bravo etc while also still allowing for deep meaningful connections with others.

I really appreciated what she shared in regards to infertility.  How ingrained it was growing up - playing Mash - how many kids we would have, only to later face that sometimes parenthood isn’t a choice.

I felt like a kid again reading about slumber parties, the mall, dream phone, Now and Then, CPK, gaucho pants lol.  She doesn’t corrupt those memories but expands our understanding of them. Giving space for love and growth.

I’ll definitely be reading more from Kate.
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