Boomers

From Adorable Baby Bulge to #BoomerRemover

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  • Margaret Morganroth Gullette Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/ageculturehumanities.v6i.133335

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Published

2022-09-01

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Morganroth Gullette, M. “Boomers: From Adorable Baby Bulge to #BoomerRemover”. Age, Culture, Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 6, Sept. 2022, doi:10.7146/ageculturehumanities.v6i.133335.

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Vol. 6 (2022): Age, Culture, Humanities (Forum: Contested Language)

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