Maybe the reason why apparently empty messages like these resonate with my generation is that we don't have any icons of our own.
When someone recently asked me why people my age (I'm 21) listen to bands from our parents' generation, I had to explain that, with a few exceptions, we don't have any real musicians any more. Without massive advertising campaigns, a lot of the "music" you can buy today, like Beyonce, wouldn't exist.
We're a voiceless generation. We have nothing we can point to and say: "This is us, this is where we stand." We're lost and silent and we don't know what to do about it. We're sold a parody of culture that we buy because, well, what choice do we have?
This is a Gold Star article. There is some real insight in here. This is in line with how I feel about where we are right not culturally.
