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“It took burning out for many of us to arrive at this point. But the new millennial refrain of “Fuck passion, pay me” feels more persuasive and powerful every day.”
― Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation – A Cultural Critique of Capitalism, Debt, Hustle Culture, and Exhaustion
― Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation – A Cultural Critique of Capitalism, Debt, Hustle Culture, and Exhaustion
“The Moon has known my first breath, all three times I’ve taken it, and She loves me all the same.”
― Come Tumbling Down
― Come Tumbling Down
“Most of us would rather read a book than stare at our phones, but we’re so tired that mindless scrolling is all we have energy to do.”
― Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation – A Cultural Critique of Capitalism, Debt, Hustle Culture, and Exhaustion
― Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation – A Cultural Critique of Capitalism, Debt, Hustle Culture, and Exhaustion
“I . . . but I’ve been awful to you. Why would you intercede on my behalf?” I shrugged. “Because we’re more than the substance of our scars, and I loved you before you hurt me.”
― A Killing Frost
― A Killing Frost
“We were raised to believe that if we worked hard enough, we could win the system - of American capitalism and meritocracy - or at least live comfortably within it. But something happened in the late 2010s. We looked up from our work and realized, there’s no winning the system when the system itself is broken.”
― Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
― Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
Robin’s 2025 Year in Books
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