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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-you-need-is-to-be-told-you-suck/ This is a post about finding someone in your life who is critical of you. I’m part of the over-esteem generation. Our grandparents were more likely to be cold, distant and reluctant to praise or coddle. When our parents raised us, they over-compensated for their lack of praise by building us up with doting affection and constant positive reinforcement. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-you-need-is-to-be-told-you-suck/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-you-need-is-to-be-told-you-suck/#item4184 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gen-y-and-the-art-of-sounding-deceptively-clever/ A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gen-y-and-the-art-of-sounding-deceptively-clever/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gen-y-and-the-art-of-sounding-deceptively-clever/#item4133 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youths-code-of-silence-on-hard-drug-use/ A 21st birthday, with a house full of family and grandparents. The birthday girl and all her friends come from middle class families who are supportive and loving. They all attended good schools, work casually, go to uni and have active social lives. It sounds like a scene of suburban tranquillity, so why is the only thing going through my head is: am I only the person who’s noticed that the birthday girl and many of the friends are completely wasted on drugs? Talking to the mum and another girl, all I can think is ‘how can she not notice? She has to know. Is she too embarrassed to say something?’ feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youths-code-of-silence-on-hard-drug-use/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youths-code-of-silence-on-hard-drug-use/#item3980 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-perils-of-love-in-the-time-of-geny/ He spotted her from across the room did Matt, a friend (and his real name). It was two weekends ago and the cute brunette in the corner of the South Brisbane house party was just his type (“Leggy, petite - like Summer from The OC but with huge cans’‘) and he was enamoured. Eager to find the perfect pickup line, Matt found out her name and hastily typed it into his iPhone Facebook app. “She’ll have a favourite movie, or something on her profile we can have a sweet convo about,’’ was his reasoning. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-perils-of-love-in-the-time-of-geny/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-perils-of-love-in-the-time-of-geny/#item3786 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/call-me-old-fashioned-but-its-ok-to-get-married-young/ Recent ABS figures showed marriage in Australia is becoming more popular, while divorce rates are falling. They also showed the average age we’re getting married has increased to 29.6 for men and 27.7 for women. For this to be the average, plenty of people are still getting married in their 20s or even late teens – but it’s not for lack of people telling them they’re making a mistake. It’s rude to tell people they’re making a mistake when they’re buying a house, changing careers, or deciding to have kids. Why, then, is it OK to berate people for getting married when they’re young and in love? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/call-me-old-fashioned-but-its-ok-to-get-married-young/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/call-me-old-fashioned-but-its-ok-to-get-married-young/#item1112 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-speech-on-gen-y-was-about-tough-love/ In a speech to Young Labor seven months ago I said that generations were often unfairly criticised by the ones which preceded them. The young adults of Generation Y are often generalised as being plagued by apathy and indifference. They’re sometimes called lazy and ungrateful for the many perceived advantages they have over earlier generations. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-speech-on-gen-y-was-about-tough-love/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-speech-on-gen-y-was-about-tough-love/#item754 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gen-y-is-picky-you-call-it-snobbery-we-call-it-tactic/ When I was 19, I started mapping out my career plans. I was in my second year of university when I decided to volunteer as an unpaid intern for two full days per week at a magazine publishing house. My baby-boomer father never understood how I could do it for two years without pay (while working weekends in retail, where yes, I dealt with the worst customers imaginable and cleaned up kid vomit from the floor of my store), but I had faith in the fact that it would one day pay off. One day was not this week, because this week, Employment Minister Mark Arbib is urging Gen Y to readjust their ideas about work and employment, stop the “snobbery” associated with certain means of work, and take whatever jobs they could get. For someone whose attitude to work has more to do with paying university fees and funding my internet bill than snobbery and a class act on the career ladder, Senator Arbib’s comments did not go down too well. And I was not the only one to notice. Generation Y has long bore the brunt of the attention-seeking, lazy, power-hungry generation that refused to put in the hard yards for their future, something which the Senator might have capitalised on in his address to a young labor conference last week. What he failed to recognise is the fact that Generation Y has suffered long enough as a result of this stereotype, and as such, was ditching conventional forms and methods of work in favour of something that works for them. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gen-y-is-picky-you-call-it-snobbery-we-call-it-tactic/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gen-y-is-picky-you-call-it-snobbery-we-call-it-tactic/#item742 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/mind-your-language-if-youre-making-a-parse-at-me/ [*Ed’s note to Gen Y: that isn’t a typo in the headline. It’s a cool joke, and Lucy explains it further down.] I think I realised I was different when I corrected the grammar of my extremely attractive barista.  It was a Monday morning; he was frothing milk as we chatted idly about the drunken antics of our respective weekends.  All the usual stuff - the people we knew in common, the places we had almost run into each other, the quality of the cocktail jugs at various Sydney locations.  He might have been carefully watching the temperature gauge rise on that little jug of milk, but we both knew where the real heat was.  Just as I was about to casually invite him to a rock gig he dropped a clanger. ‘Yeah I like World Bar.  Dave and me were there last Thursday.’ feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/mind-your-language-if-youre-making-a-parse-at-me/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/mind-your-language-if-youre-making-a-parse-at-me/#item689 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tips-for-pollies-wishing-to-connect-with-gen-y/ Barack Obama is so Gen Y, even though he’s 47. Just this week he was copping a grilling on American station CNBC about government economic intervention when he stopped for a second, eyed off an annoying fly, and obliterated it ninja-style. “Now, where were we?” he asks the interviewer. What a chiller. Pan left for a second to Kevin Rudd, 51, who when put in a similar situation, pulls out the painful to watch sauce-bottle-shake chat in a desperate attempt to appear “with-it”. With added cringe-benefits. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tips-for-pollies-wishing-to-connect-with-gen-y/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/tips-for-pollies-wishing-to-connect-with-gen-y/#item380 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 A girl dressed like an idiot recently told me she refuses to buy new clothes. Wearing an eye-gougingly disastrous mix of 70s era Bowie, 80s Cyndi Lauper and cargo pants, she told me she only shops at ``vintage boutiques’‘. But before you ask, her eyelids were not fused together until the age of 22. She dresses that way because she’s ``anti-consumerism’‘. That’s right, our human kaleidoscope is an intellectual.