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Millennials in focus

The lives and politics of Generation Y

22 March 2016

  • A sex education class at a school in Oxfordshire.

    I’ve come of age in the porn generation. Here are some of the problems we face

    Ellie Olcott
    The easy availability of hardcore pornography for teenage boys is having an effect on how they relate to girls, but nothing is being done about it

21 March 2016

  • Patrick Greenfield

    Millennial men want parental equality – will anyone let them have it?

    Patrick Greenfield
  • A man looking hopfeully at a lemon yellow vacancies board in a jobcentre

    'It was the toughest decade of my life': our readers on surviving their 20s

    Sarah Marsh and Guardian readers

19 March 2016

  • Young people on London Fields, Hackney

    Rediscovering class could give millennials the power to improve our lot

    Ellie Mae O'Hagan
    Struggling young people need to remember that in 21st-century Britain, class is not cultural but economic – and then find strength in solidarity

18 March 2016

  • Jordan and Johnny Rotten in the 1970s

    Young people don’t have tribes any more. We have smartphones instead

    Jack Jones
    Once there were mods, rockers, punks and skinheads. Now, online possibilities are infinite and we can curate our own individual worlds
  • a man lying on grass under blue skies and a big fluffy cloud, looking delightedly at his tablet

    I'm the same age as the web, and it's shaped my life – for the better

    Emma Gannon
    Being exposed to social media at a young age was an education: I wasn’t surprised by being trolled on Twitter and I’m no longer tempted by Facebook ads

    • ‘In Iraq I would have died quickly. Here I feel I am dying, but very slowly’

      Interviews by Sarah Whitehead

    • Young people needn’t feel pessimistic. We can pioneer new ways of living

      Lucy Webster

    • Twenty things to do in your 20s

      Suzanne Moore

17 March 2016

  • Sarah Marsh

    Millennials, do you prefer a night in over a night out? Share your views

    Sarah Marsh
    Research from the Office for National Statistics could suggest those aged 18 to 35 are ditching the club scene in favour of quiet nights in on Snapchat or Facebook – is this the case?
  • Millennials grew up with Harry Potter – so how did it change their lives?

    How Harry Potter changed my life

    Elena Cresci and Guardian readers
    The tale of the boy wizard and his scar helped shape the childhoods of Gen Y. Here, some millennials tell us how JK Rowling’s series influenced their lives
  • Tim Burgess in 1989, aged 22.

    What would I tell my younger self? It doesn’t matter – he wouldn’t listen

    Tim Burgess
    Life in the Charlatans meant my 20s didn’t really finish until I was about 36. What got me through was not taking things too seriously

16 March 2016

  • Rhik Samadder

    Your 20s start out like a Tom Hanks movie, then the cracks start to appear

    Rhik Samadder
    The secret to surviving and thriving in your 20s is to screw expectations: your power to personal responsibility ratio will never again be so golden

15 March 2016

  • A young man suffering from Social Anxiety stands alone as a group of people walk past rapidly. gstock depression

    Why are millennials so anxious?

    Rose Bretécher, Ronnie Joice and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
    Anxiety seems to be a common complaint among Generation Y. Our writers discuss contributing factors such as underlying instability around housing and careers
  • Graduates from Birmingham University

    The Europe debate matters most to millennials – and we want to stay in

    Megan Dunn
    The EU is of immense value to Britain’s students. As young people, we must make our arguments heard because we will live with the result for a long time
  • VV Brown at the Glastonbury festival in 2009

    My 20s? I turned down Oxford to become an artist

    VV Brown
    We danced on tables and believed we could take over the world – and all the mistakes, failures and questionable decisions set me up for the security I’ve found in my 30s

14 March 2016

  • Anti-austerity protest in London, June 2015

    How should the budget help millennials? Our writers’ verdict

    Frances Ryan, Stephen Bush, Isabel Hardman, Owen Jones and Lola Okolosie
    From childcare to housing and pensions, these are the issues that Generation Y need George Osborne to tackle on Wednesday
  • Women protesting against topless page 3 pictures

    22 reasons why it’s good to be a millennial

    Daisy Buchanan
    Don’t believe the naysayers – being young has never been so good. From better tech, TV and travel, to knowing what we want from the world and our place in it
  • Peter Tatchell

    My 20s was a decade of science, socialism and sleeping in cemeteries

    Peter Tatchell
    By ditching my Christian upbringing and making discoveries in sexuality, politics and travel, I paved the way for a life of championing human rights

11 March 2016

  • Students protest against cuts to free education, London, November 2015

    The Guardian view on millennials: a deepening age divide, and the growing pains of Gen Y

    Editorial: Indebted at college, commodified at work and ripped-off by high rents, young adults cannot get ahead like their parents once did. Gen Y must make itself heard at the ballot box
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