Gen X: The Sun-Burned Renegades Who Built the ‘80s, ‘90s, and Still Rule in 2025 By Dana DickeyPublished August 15, 2025Shoutout to Emma Singer for digging the dirtImage credits: Getty Images (Ron Galella, Universal Pictures, HBO) It’s 1988, 11:18 AM EDT, and I’m a Gen X rebel sprawled in a suburban garage, skin scorched red from wakeboarding Lake Powell’s glassy...

Chapter 1: The Storm That's Coming Aspen's air hits you like a sharp slap right across the face—super cold and loaded with that fresh pine smell, mixed with a frosty edge that makes your lungs tingle and burn just a little every time you breathe it in. It's the kind of air that promises to clear your head out, make everything crystal sharp, or maybe it's just the universe's way of...