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Gen Z Is Romanticizing The 2010s. Can You Blame Us?
Gen Z has built an identity around mocking millennial culture: the side parts, the Harry Potter tattoos, the pumpkin spice, the motivational wall art. Fine. As a fellow Zoomer, I get it. But what’s ironic is that those same accounts keep romanticizing the exact era millennials came of age in – especially the early 2010s.
By Meredith Evans5 min read
Think Red-era Taylor Swift, One Direction posters, twee fashion, Coachella wristbands, the height of Tumblr. If you lived your twenties in that era, Gen Z envies you more than they'd ever say out loud. There is a thoughtful tweet responding to a video romanticizing 2012 that understands the yearning for this time period.