Anamesa

I started to feel like my generation didn't have a place a while back. I knew that I wasn't a millennial. I was born in '96, which in most cases edges me out of the generation altogether, although some argue that up to 1996 are technically millennials. Millennials are people who reached young adulthood during the early years of the 21st century (which, according to the internet, started in 2001). Considering the end of the 21st century isn’t until December 31st, 2100, then technically you would consider someone born in 1996 to reach young adulthood during the early years of the 21st century. However, I’ve never met anyone near my age who considers themselves a millennial.

After millennials come centennials, the first generation of kids who were born into the new century and are known to have significant differences from the generation before them. Again, according to the internet, most sources say that centennials include those born after 1997. Without getting into technicalities, naming the differences between millennials and centennials is pretty much an off- the-top-of-your-head list. Centennials were pretty much born holding an iPhone while millennials were asking for iPhones as Christmas gifts.

For our generation, very unique and to itself, we are in-between. In-between two generations we don’t really fit into, forcibly placed into one or the other interchangeably at whoever’s convenience, and leaving us without a real place in time.

Anamesa: Greek translation for in-between. We are the in-between generation. We are the babies of the millennial generation and lead the way for centennials. We are relentlessly made a mockery by the generations before us, but have no place fitting in with kids who never had to knock on their friend’s door or call their house phone to hang out.

Anamesa: for the generation to grow up in a completely different world than they were born in. For the generation who watched technology go from something cool to have to becoming a necessity. For the generation who grew up learning about people fight for racial equality and women’s’ rights to becoming adults while the country burns in hatred towards its’ own people. For the generation that fought for love to be accepted, regardless of sexuality. For the generation who witnessed the birth and widespread explosion of social media. For the generation that has never had a place, now you do.

Anamesa, generation In-between. So then, who is considered generation In-between? I would consider it to be comprised of people born roughly around 1994 through 1998. We might have been young during the 90s and early 2000s, though our existence thrives off the culture of that time period. Pre-screen time concerns, we spent every minute we weren’t outside watching shows like All That, The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, That’s So Raven, Hannah Montana, Suite life of Zack and Cody, and Spongebob. Our personalities are sarcastic by nature, and our sense of humor is directly derived from the comedy in these shows. Movies like Mean Girls and John Tucker Must Die influenced our behaviors, and although Gretchen never made Fetch happen, she (and all the other characters from these movies) was able to create quite the cultural impact. We are the generation that strives to be educated and work for what they want. We are the generation who has fought for, achieved, and continues to advocate for equality for the LGBTQ+ community, and stand up for anything else we believe in whole-heartedly. We are the In-between generation, unique to every other.

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