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A Twentysomething Takes Umbrage at Media Monikers

Time magazine's cover story this week is about "twixters," or kids in their 20s who move in with their parents and take more time to start their own families. Commentator Alexandra Robbins popularized the phrase "quarterlife crisis" and finds such generational labels a bit condescending.

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