Post #4: The Generation "Zalpha" Stereotype
Hello and welcome back to A Teenager Tries to Understand , my blog about navigating the world as a teenage girl. In my fourth post, I wanted to discuss the stereotypes I and many of my peers face as members of Generation "Zalpha," in other words, born on the cusp of Generation Z and Generation Alpha. As you might already know, Generation Z bridges the gap between Millennials and Generation Alpha, with its birth years usually spanning the mid-1990s to the early 2010s. Because precise boundaries are widely debated, with definitions shifting between 1995 and 2012, the exact transition remains unclear. To account for this overlap, researchers created the mini-generation "Zalpha." A portmanteau of Gen Z and Gen Alpha, this label specifically applies to those born on the cusp between 2009 and 2013 who share cultural traits of both eras. Since I was born in 2011, I identify with Gen Zalpha, instead of being classified into a clear generation like Gen Z or Gen Alpha. I gre...