After I published this article, it dawned on me that popular Internet parlance has a phrase like this in people's minds thinking of Boomers telling the younger generations to lift themselves up by the bootstraps - which is obviously not the point of the article!
https://franssen.substack.com/p/complaining-is-a-lack-of-responsibility
Having a look at one of Miles Mathis' "favorite films" and the social commentary relevant at the time.
Some thoughts on the modern state of women!
https://franssen.substack.com/p/the-lindsay-clancy-trial
New Substack is up!
https://franssen.substack.com/p/the-dominant-ideologies-of-the-day