The Empowerment and Understanding of Women of Gen X

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Sometimes when you “check GenX” you get checked instead! I still stand by this mesaage! #femaleempowerment #stereotypes #haircolor #genx #genxwomen #womantowoman #myownboss

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@assist2u 5 ай бұрын

I'm 62 years old and on behalf of the generation that dances on the line between Baby Boomer and Gen X thank you for being the voice of our generation. All these little entitled whiny brats have absolutely no idea what we went through to get this far. They should be thanking our generations for making it possible for them to be where they are now.

@nadinedaugherty2869 5 ай бұрын

I'm with you on the edge. I call myself a BoomerX.... born in a Boomer year but with the X experiences growing up! I have nothing in common with true Boomers. My dad was not in WWII. He was 12 when it ended. My experiences are nothing like my older cousins.

@heiditate6989 4 ай бұрын

I agree. I was born at the end of 1962 so a late boomer

@susannpatton2893 3 ай бұрын

I think some forget there wasnt a straight line for that. Not everyone was 21 and in the military, some were at home and too young for service and still grew up to have kids. @nadinedaugherty2869

@heiditate6989 3 ай бұрын

I'm 61 and I agree!

@Segra13 2 ай бұрын

I was born in 85. Since I was a kid the worker production has gone up and the wages haven't kept up. My mom is 75 and If my dad were alive he'd be in his 80s. I was raised more like Gen X than a millienal. I was taught to work hard, and started working (officially) at 14. But the road map has been blurry and it doesn't seem like there's much hope of anything getting better financially. Just working hard doesn't cut it like it did for my parents.. my parents have college degrees they were able to work while in school and pay as they went. I was told to go to college, but now I have 60k debt for a degree that hasn't helped me land a decent paying job. I'm not whining. But if the older folks have any helpful guidance to offer, it would be greatly appreciated. The landscape has changed and the terrain looks impassable.. loosing hope that there's a way up or out.. except death.

@valorie3157 5 ай бұрын

Amen Sister!! Gex X for the win! We worked damn hard for what we have, we made inroads for the women who came after us and then they whine that we didn't pave the way with rose petals🤷

@nadinedaugherty2869 5 ай бұрын

Well, little GenY or Z or whatever..... You want to know how to get around the corporate nonsense. I'm a BoomerX ... technically a Boomer but so close to the edge that my experiences are of the X. I was working at a corporation in the early 80s. We used color sprays for our hair. Fun and fast to change! A different color every night or day. And I wore it in my hair to work. And I wore the clothes I wanted to wear. Because as a BoomerX, I did and do what I want! And here's what happened at that corporation... I got several promotions, and several raises, in the few years I was there. I asked why me. Why not the ones who "fit in?" I was told, "Because you're a Maverick! Mavericks think outside the box. Mavericks have the best ideas for change and innovation. Mavericks make the best employees because they are the ones with the creative ideas! And that's why you're so valuable to this company!" But risk isn't what your generation is about. You were coddled and kept safe. You'll never think outside the box because the box is all you know.

@andersen6422 5 ай бұрын

Sit down, baby girl, you've just been schooled.

@deysareus 5 ай бұрын

As a latchkey kid that enjoyed making playground equipment out of building supplies left out on construction lots. I can’t say I’ve ever thought the color of my hair too important let alone someone else’s, but if that the hill she wants to “dye” on … have at it. No one had to figure out how to do my jobs for me or told me what to wear or how to look, I just did what I signed up for and got paid… I think that’s called adulting.😂

@ericgaskins571 5 ай бұрын

Hell yeah darlin. That's a gen x smack if I've ever seen one😅

@BM-hb2mr 5 ай бұрын

These kids ain't never gonna make it

@lorireed8046 5 ай бұрын

They want the retirement/own your own business Life. They don't want to work to get there! THAT'S their real complaint! Too dang lazy and entitled.

@rexgrl3 5 ай бұрын

Man, you nailed the little gutter snips!@@lorireed8046

@heiditate6989 3 ай бұрын

@@lorireed8046 yep!

@malissahays1352 5 ай бұрын

YES, WOMAN! PREACH! You are so badass! I love it!!

@ronbrewer2721 3 ай бұрын

How to get around corporate rules, OWN YOUR OWN COMPANY&MAKE THE RULES!

@tarajohnson0927 4 ай бұрын

YES QUEEN!!! 🙌🏻. I’m still in corporate America and IT is evolving-tattoos and hair colors are not much of a big deal anymore. And as gen-x, we dgaf anyway. But unless you wanna square up with a gen-xer, don’t ever say “privileged” or “retired” to us. And as a woman, you are supposed to empower fellow women. You missed our memo. 😉

@seek-healingheather4821 4 ай бұрын

Now, that was a Hella mic drop! BOOM!❤

@LovingSocialDistance 4 ай бұрын

I was the boss for 23 years. I don’t want the BS responsibility anymore. My supervisor also knows to leave me alone…

@GenXfrom75 5 ай бұрын

She didn’t “check” anyone… just looked like a fool.

@themaven2017 5 ай бұрын

You go, girl!

@Runswithwolves6323 5 ай бұрын

I already loved you...I love you more now!! You are a boss and she got owned!!❤❤❤❤😂😉😊

@martywolf2011 5 ай бұрын

Sing it Sister! And this is why I’m a fan 🎉

@firebirdtelevision175 4 ай бұрын

These kids don't understand. We were challenging the status quo before they were a twinkle in their daddy's eye.

@kimberlykovach6236 5 ай бұрын

Damn right! GenXers rule!

@Tiewaz 5 ай бұрын

My first thought was, "If you don't like something, leave." Then I was like, I get feeling like you can't when you need the paycheck. Especially these days. However, I'd seen a video of a clever way around it...this person had long, straight hair. When it was styled to drape one direction, the hair was black. When they ran their fingers through it to flip the drape to the other side, it was an amazing dye job of rainbow. That was my kind of rebellion. I also know that getting hair professionally done is hella expensive, too, both in time and paying the stylist for product and time. (I have curly hair, so this sort of rebellion is, alas, impossible for my locks.) My suggestion would be dye your hair...and get a natural hair wig while on the clock. My first non-natural hairdye styling required bleaching, and then rounds and rounds of hairwashing and blowdrying. Took over 9 hours to complete and I only had to pay for the product because it was at a hairstyling school my daughter was attending. Still cost me over $100 JUST for all the product used on my head. Easily would have been over a grand.

@dibbsjones 5 ай бұрын

I loved this so much I had to watch it several times.

@Wild-Moonchild 5 ай бұрын

You tell em Sherri!!!! You all better listen. Because when you fail, Gen X we are not going to pull your collective heads out of your arses. :)

@walkawayrenee4290 5 ай бұрын

Don't mess with Gen X.

@doloressims5677 4 ай бұрын

I dyed my hair purple. Totally freaked my boss out - had to undo it. 🤣

@rochellethundercloud346 2 ай бұрын

Sherri, you said everything we have been thinking

@starlablackwell1518 5 ай бұрын

Keep telling like it is🎉🎉

@sweettee8110 5 ай бұрын

Cleared!! She can have all the seats, with a seatbelt and be real still. Next!

@bonnierodger7719 Ай бұрын

I’m 57. You Ms. Sherri are beautiful, smart, and FUNNY! The youngin’s now, lack basic life skills. No wonder they lash out at you. Please keep making videos.

@redlady222 2 ай бұрын

Preach. They don’t understand loyalty. We are independent AF, but we will rally behind our own. Little girl needs to learn some respect.

@tonette9532 4 ай бұрын

I love my silver and have no intent to color it, HOWEVER, one of my best friends that I have known since high school has some of the coolest multicolored hair that you ever did see. When you get to a certain point in life, you care a whole lot less about what people think that you should and should not do.

@verdad1234 5 ай бұрын

Girlie told on herself. Tell me you’re a modern-day corporate serf without… Whatev. She’ll figure it out, or not.

@freespirit2005caa 4 ай бұрын

Perfect response! ❤

@TeacupHeart 4 ай бұрын

Me remembering when we dyed our hair with kool-aid because Mom and Dad said we couldn't, and the following backlash'...That lady needs to realize, the worst corporate can do is fire you, our parents could have murdered us, and nearly did. So either grow a pair, get some cute colored hair clip-ins for the weekend, or sit down.

@frauhase8895 2 ай бұрын

Greetings from a german woman born in '76. I dye my short Mohawk in every colour I want to. And my boss knows better than to complain. It is not easy nowadays to get educated employees that work hard and don't play all day with their smartphones. Or have to leave early because of yoga lessons or whatever.

@user-VIntuitive 5 ай бұрын

That girl needs to shut up now before all Gen x destroys that video. She won’t get away with it.

@lortiz-baca7720 5 ай бұрын

If it’s not actually the end of the world, simply; don’t sweat it. Because when shit hits the fan, you will not survive.

@jungleboots 5 ай бұрын

Oh. I thought it was because we were the punk generation and there is a hella of a lot more cool hair dye options today. 🤷🏼

@jenniferhill5001 3 ай бұрын

🧡 Respect sister 🤘🏼 I know there have always been women who hate on other women, but this level of disrespectful willful ignorance is ridiculous. In the late 90s I worked at a law firm. I was ordered to remove the eyebrow ring I had just gotten. I pushed back because I had ran it past my supervisor prior to getting it and offered to not wear it to work after it healed. They wouldn't budge so I made them fire me. I filed for unemployment and found another job. That's how you navigate the corporate situation. Bend when you can and don't compromise when you can't. You are way more valuable to them than they are loyal to you. They want you to believe there's a million people ready to take your job. It's closer to the truth to say there's a million jobs looking for good people. And some of them don't care what color your hair is.

@raeannaruby8306 5 ай бұрын

I'm gunna just do what I want. I'm too old to care

@morganzweifel2488 Ай бұрын

LOVE IT!!! What kills me is when they start rambling on about feminism, empowerment, 🤮! As you so perfectly stated in your video, we don’t need to talk about it, we just do it.

@elainesteinmetz9710 5 ай бұрын

HERE HERE !!..or should i say HAIR HAIR..work your way..do your days..then you can OWN your play..

@theresaduvall6857 4 ай бұрын

How dare a Gen z talk to a Gen X like that. You tell her Sherri.

@ivanwill 3 ай бұрын

Seriously, NICELY SAID!

@1Immortalmortal 4 ай бұрын

Amen

@SecretSquirrrrel 4 ай бұрын

Boom!

@meggrotte4760 5 ай бұрын

I didn't have privilege. I went through the most dramatic things in life that no one can comprehend Literally by the grace of jesus I did not become a statistic. I'm probably ten years younger than you. It was born in 79. This flash , if my hair goes gray , i'm dying at purple Or any other color I want I don't have my own business. I was doing social work overseas as a self.Supported christian missionary But it doesn't mean I can't have one later. I don't like it when people tell me what I can't or can't do The only one who has authority over me is jesus himself. I may not remember my childhood in teenage years.But I remember that spiritive not putting up with people's crap

@dellamills8219 5 ай бұрын

Truth!

@DexterRose 5 ай бұрын

well said

@belindahearn2662 5 ай бұрын

yes!!!!!

@tanjatorchia2284 4 ай бұрын

Bravo 👏 Encore 🎉

@Kellykittymom 2 ай бұрын

Yeah sis, tell her!!!

@lainimitchell6312 5 ай бұрын

I love you. That was great.

@yinyangphoenix 14 күн бұрын

Yes, sister!!! I am so with you!!! (Gen X here)

@user-qp3ko6sv3l 2 ай бұрын

GEN X WOMEN, BEAUTIFUL, STRONG AND UNSTOPPABLE!

@WildlyEclectic 2 ай бұрын

I STILL work in the corporate world (well, soft of, I'm a government contractor) - my hair has been purple, red (like fire engine red), pink, mermaid, blue . . . You can't tell me that it's THAT big a problem. If you CHOOSE to work for Boomer companies that have that requirement, that's on you.

@holliberry2614 4 ай бұрын

So nice to know that when the world fails.....Gen X will get to decide who we want to save with us....and who we will watch burn. Better be nice to us..... we know how to survive.

@msshellm8154 2 ай бұрын

Just 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Step up or shut up. ✅

@leesmith4774 5 ай бұрын

Hoorah.

@user-rp3mi8yc8e 25 күн бұрын

Your so right&awesome

@brindomicah1392 20 күн бұрын

Why is there so much hate for GenX now? We left everyone alone, we just want to be left alone. We took the good things we learned from our parents and we made adjustments to the negative ones. Could we come on social media complaining, yes but what does that change? Just because one door closes doesn't mean you give up, you just bust through another one.

@user-sc6zh3uk9b 4 ай бұрын

That is 100% correct I am a boomer I agree with you. Stand up and tell people how you feel be your own person and if they don't like it then they can just leave shut up and kiss ass.

@user-xf8rf4uc1u 3 ай бұрын

1:52 thank you didn’t see that one coming 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❌🙏🏼

@carriejones2231 3 ай бұрын

Fuck around and find out. Change the hair color. See if anybody notices. I walked into a library interview with tattoos, piercings and purple hair. Got the job. Competency shines above crap like that. Now, I'm an office manager with the same ever changing look. No one bats an eye.

@sherrischwartz6844 3 ай бұрын

Bless her heart, right😅

@nicolataylor6011 4 ай бұрын

She did well naming all those colours.. (gen x) sarcasm

@angelathompson1786 4 ай бұрын

Any questions?? 🎉😂🎉

@nicolebyers5651 4 ай бұрын

❤

@janalovespaper Ай бұрын

YAAASSSS!!!!! Thank you!

@AandB1998 2 ай бұрын

That’s the Sherri we all know and love! That Gen who the $&@# cares who said that was just a speed bump.

@cventura9048 4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍😁 Love it!

@jameslucas5590 4 ай бұрын

ROFL. LOL. GenX to GenX... Just tell them to STFU and observe. Then they might learn something.

@johnshupe6384 Ай бұрын

To be able to have your hair color any color you want in the business world comes with time and putting in your dues. Becoming so valuable and powerful that no one would think about questioning why your hair is bright blue or whatever. It will be seen as a power move that you can't make when your in your 20's, no real work experience and on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder. You got to get to the top before you can be individual. This also applies to owning your own business. Most of the time you have to conform, at least for a while, to corporate norms for appearance until again you become valuable and powerful enough to have an individual style: think Elon Mush, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and the list goes on. Some of them may wear suite but they are suites with a personal style that makes a statement. Even Donald Trumps hair was more conservative back in the day as was his style. So shut up, pay your dues, become valuable in some way and you too can run around with purple, pink, green hair someday.

@Masque1262 Ай бұрын

Are you hiring?? I don't know what you do besides kick ass and take names, but you're a leader I can look to (not just a boss).

@sherrischwartz6844 3 ай бұрын

HELL YEAH 🎉 💕

@adriennevincenti5969 3 ай бұрын

You go girl❤

@sandybanks2579 2 ай бұрын

You act, you will be treated.

@ninis810 4 ай бұрын

God I love you! 😊

@AN-vx2ls 2 ай бұрын

That’s easy you earn it. Either you own your own business or become so valuable they can’t fire you (however, this applies to men BTW).

@alanthibodeaux2888 Ай бұрын

Slim Sherri for President.

@zuzauramek9850 3 ай бұрын

It's funny that these Angry Young Women/Men think they can school and attack Old Pissed Off Ones. Young gurl sits down, take care of your life, and stay awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwway from our lives. (yes I am from 1977 and I am Old Pissed Off One)

@m_d1905 4 ай бұрын

Little girl, temporary wash out dye exists, wigs exist. Stop whining and make a damn decision and do it. Or maybe start your own business. The later isn't that easy I agree, but it's a choice.

@TheSecow 8 күн бұрын

❤from canada

@VintageCardinal 3 ай бұрын

When you get through the corporate world and start your own business, then yes, you can dye your hair whatever you want. Hair color doesn't define you. If it does you have identity problems.

@jamietodd8983 3 ай бұрын

I love it's " I am A Boss Bitch"!! I love the fact you speak what's on your mind and you use my favorite words Fuck!!! 😂 Did you know that Samuel L Jackson's favorite word to😊😊

@Exiled.New.Yorker Ай бұрын

Dying our hair is the consolation prize for unemployment disability and poverty.

@nicolenox7882 3 ай бұрын

I am 47 and have dealt with discrimination and sexism my entire life. I am a high level corporate person and I do what I want becuase I have proven my worth a thousand times over and wil have to every god dammed day for the rest of my life. I have paid my dues. I have my blue and purple hair becuase I am just that fucking good. I can say fuck the rules and everyone who has a problem with it. I have made it easier for the kiddies to level up. So suck it up, level up or fuck off.

@amberbriem8412 4 ай бұрын

Noice! Love you baby!

@Denny-ix9sx 5 ай бұрын

One of our silly children came to us and said that life would just be perfect if the corporate overlords would allow them to wear pink hair coloring at work. No need to be nasty in your response. Just remind your daughter, -*(In that moment, she is your child who is seeking guidance.)* -that it doesn't matter what they restrict. Because they can't inhibit your natural beauty. And that is all that any of us will ever need. That's a more proper Gen-X response.

@valorie3157 5 ай бұрын

The Better Gen X response, use temporary hair color and wear it to work. Corporate America isn't as restrictive as you think... Since when did Gen X give a fugg about convention. No risk, No reward

@tressas2030 3 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😎

@veronicahildinger2018 Ай бұрын

Oh look - a whiney millennial. They’re so rare. Get your camera out. I guess she shut you down -NOT. You’re my hero.🎉❤

@taz598 2 ай бұрын

LMAO its sad that they need us to explain something that is common sense......the boss makes the rules ...so if you want mermaid hair....become the BOSS then you can make all the rules you want.

@IamMCCUSA 3 ай бұрын

😂 💯✅’d!

@rachelle6339 3 ай бұрын

Well she’s jealous that she can’t live like you.!

@stellastarbrightk7563 4 ай бұрын

No we look good they look bizarre and dipped in kool aid

@wheelieblind 7 күн бұрын

Oh people in the 1920's were coloring their hair lol, just be glad we don't assume your coloring it for the same reason they did back.

@donotneed2250 3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤔🫡🫂🫂👍🏼👍🏽

@cagal6437 10 күн бұрын

Hmmm kid. It's almost as if you should think about changing where you work if hair color is that important to you. Honestly these gen X woman sporting the fun colors aren't the ones telling you that you can't dye your hair. So maybe get irked at the real cause of your irritation instead.