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My husband played a Presidents of the United States of America cover set tonight to benefit Amos House (homelessness & poverty) & Riot RI (a non-profit using music creation, critical thinking & collaborative relationships to foster collective empowerment & the development of healthy identities in girls, women, trans, & gender-expansive youth & adults). When I say that listening to the tagged beforehand was the right choice, I REALLY mean it. 👇🏻

Speaking of ONE in a Milennial, this is the ONE and only time I‘ve ever had to slow down an audiobook‘s playback speed — and I, too, came of age alongside Rory Gilmore! I‘m only a year older than Kennedy, so this was obviously nostalgic for me. She‘s great with wordplay but sometimes *too* verbose (which…pot, kettle). The AIM chapter was my fave. Would not recommend to folks outside of our generation (I think a lot of it would be unintelligible!).

“AIM…was a place that allowed me to transcend my social awkwardness in pursuing friendships and flirting with boys, where I could wow people with what I knew to be my strength even at a young age: words.”

…Also, just putting this out there: I loved this Ben Harper song way too much for someone who was afraid to smoke pot. 😅

“With America Online…you were forced to withstand…the [unique] sound of dial-up: after nearly five minutes of listening to combinations of beeping, screeching, & scratching, it began to sound like two machines in a cat fight. I don‘t know how to best describe it other than what I assume it would sound like if a melody of insanity sampled a smoke detector that desperately needed its batteries replaced & then hurled itself into a garbage disposal.”

This was a fun and humorous nostalgic book all about growing up millennial. The author uses her life experience to reminisce, but also do insightful cultural criticism of the millennial childhood and teenage years. It was fun and funny, with some heartfelt and important insights along the way.

I‘m the exact audience for this audio and so much of it hit! I was born the same year as the author so the cultural references (God must have spent a little more time on you 🎶) were so relatable. As a huge memoir fan, I was also totally fine with the MANY personal asides, which is honestly what I was expecting. Spice girls, weirdo purity rings, early 00s mean girls/sleepovers, a fellow swiftie🫶, and much more. Honestly, I could‘ve written this.

This was just a fun romp through millennial nostalgia. As a young GenX I don‘t have the exact same cultural reference points (I was in my early 20s when the author was a teenager), but Kennedy kept things fun and funny including silly poems and asides. A good #borrownotbuy!

This one was exhausting. I impulse read it because I thought the millennial references would be hilarious. Those parts were fun and I loved the puns and word play, but the rest was just a lot. I felt like we were working through childhood trauma and societal expectations, but with no real end game. It could have been edited down. It‘s not bad, I just felt like a disjointed trip through her childhood that was pretty stressful.

Another big summer read and another bail for me. I guess I‘m just not the nostalgia obsessed person like my peers.

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I felt so seen by Kate‘s writing and highly recommend this to all my millennial friends who liked American Girl dolls, used AIM, wore a tank top under all your tees, listened to the Spice Girls, went to youth group, desperately wanted to be cool, still think about the source of all our body image issues and like Taylor Swift. This one is for me and you!

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“Why would I ever let someone who drafts make-believe football teams make me believe I should be embarrassed by my interests?”

Listening to this book is like having a sleepover with your wise and hilarious best friend, your late-night heart-to-hearts brimming with nostalgia and epiphanies. I wasn‘t familiar with Kate Kennedy before listening and we‘re not quite the same age, but I felt instantly connected. ⬇️

Picked up a couple new books this weekend! My daughter and I will love playing Murdle together in the mornings (I first heard about it here on Litsy!) and One in a Millennial was an impulse purchase because it sounds right up my alley!

Only a couple years older than the author, I felt drawn to the cover & the almost immediate American Girl Doll references! While there wasn‘t as much overlap in pop culture faves as I had hoped (plus, the remake of The Parent Trap is not good…the original is where it‘s at!), I appreciated the wordplay, handwriting fun and a shared love of Lisa Frank! I think this would be a fun one for a book club to discuss! The ending makes me so happy for her!