Nick Gillespie on a Century of Youth Icons, From Flappers to Hipsters

If
youth is wasted on the young (and it is!), it’s also a constant
source of desire and anxiety in American society. There’s virtually
no social panic or cultural love affair like the ones about the
kids these days, whether it’s fear of fawning over flappers; hating
on or hailing hippies; or freaking out or rhapsodizing over ravers.
Millennials and even-younger kids are dismissed as a narcissistic
“Generation Selfie” that is dangerously self-obsessed. At least
when they are not being praised as independent and
individualistic. Nick Gillespie takes you on a  quick tour of
a century’s worth of mesmerizing, terrifying, cringe-inducing youth
icons. 

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