Every decade has its staples—the fads and pop culture trademarks that define those ten years of a new generation of teens and young adults. The 70s, are well-known for peace, hippies and disco. The 80s bring about mental images of big hair, leg warmers and the debut of MTV. The 90s, aka the start of our generation’s existence, was run by grunge, boy bands and the start of the digital age. In the early 2000s we obsessed over Abercrombie and Hollister, Myspace and finally being allowed on Facebook, burned CDs and illegal music downloads, flip flops and ripped jeans, and so on. But, now we are at the peak of the next decade, the 2010s, defined ultimately by our generation: the 90s babies, all grown up. When our kids look back on our prime years, just as we did our parents’, how will they define us? What will Google holographic images show them of mom and dad? Let’s reflect:
Social Media
Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Tumblr, Pinterest, Vine, Tinder; the chance to be whoever you want to be—even a Catfish.
Hipsters
The people who invented “screw mainstream”, and brought back the thick-rimmed glasses and mustaches. *takes drag of cigarette*
Basic B*tches
Home of the pumpkin spiced lattes, Kendra Scott, monogrammed everything, 3XL t-shirts, yoga pants…I literally can’t even.
YOLO
That’s the motto…that has led to many bad decisions, including swag (more vocabulary from 2010s).
The Jersey Shore Regrets
From the “poof” and orange skin, to the short, tight dresses and fist pumping, we’ve all experienced the Snooki phase. Timehop will never let us forget.
The Kardashian obsession
Now, we rave over contouring, ombre, bandage dresses and big butts, via Kim K. and the rest of the bunch, including Caitlin (another decade moment going down in history).
Netflix
And chill. Or binge…alone…with pizza.
The Diet Trends
Welcome to the decade of juicing, gluten-free, organic and vegan everything. And kale.
Food trucks & frozen yogurt
…for those of us not dieting: at a location near you. Literally, everywhere.
Taylor Swift
We cried to “Fifteen”, danced to “Shake it Off”, and have major squad goal envy over the genre-confused goddess.
Twerking
It’s like the twist. But with your butt. upside down. On a wall.
Selfies
A revolution in itself: the front-facing camera, the selfie stick, maxed out photo storage, and self-proclaimed models.
Throwback Nostalgia
Along with our trademark, #ThrowbackThursday, we brag about being from the 90’s, listen to music from the 80s, dress like we’re from the 70s, and quote Mean Girls daily.
Fifty Shades of Grey
This’ll be a hard one to explain to the kids.
Apple Apocalypse
We have Steve Jobs to thank for gamer moms (we see your high score on Candy Crush, mamaj75), genius babies and insomnia