The defining feature of xteens is their "technological bilingualism". They are the last group to have an entirely analog childhood—remembering landlines, rotary phones, and Saturday morning cartoons on VHS—yet they were young enough to adapt effortlessly to the digital explosion of their early twenties.
Xteens often feel like "generational orphans," not fully identifying with the cynicism of or the blithe optimism of Millennials . xteens
: They made mixtapes on cassette in high school but were downloading MP3s on Napster by college. The defining feature of xteens is their "technological