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If you raged listening to the Billy Corgan interview on the 'New York Times' Popcast, you are in very good company with every other Gen X woman who had the displeasure of listening to it too. Abbe Aronson, Jenny's resident sexpert, had a visceral reaction in part because it reminded her so vividly of the issues she's seen dating middle-aged men of all stripes. She details it for us at the link in bio. Um so did you hear Billy Corgan say Gen X women are broken and that’s why he couldn’t date us? Yep. Reaction story up today on Jenny! Our favorite quote from @abbearonson’s story may be, “Middle-aged men are in crisis. And for once (maybe once and for all?) women do not give a fuck about helping them get through it.” Read it at the link in bio! #genx #billycorgan When L. Calder was diagnosed with breast cancer, she wanted her doctors to completely demolish the ticking time bombs she'd been living with. She writes about what it's like to live with a flat chest after opting not to get implants after her mastectomy. Read her story at the link in bio. Raise your hand if you're ready to clock out of self-improvement? ✋ Not the kind where you do things you've always wished you could. The kind where you feel like an unrenovated home that always has another project needing to be done. This week Megan Dalla-Camina writes about this issue for us. Read her opinion at the link in bio. Do you feel compelled to improve yourself at all times? Not necessarily because you want to, but because that’s what you feel is expected of you? If so, today’s story is for you! Head to the link in bio to give it a read and let us know what you think. All of you ‘Rent’ groupies (and any others like Jenny founder @lilizarghami who haven’t seen it!), listen up! Tonight’s the 30th anniversary livestream concert. We’ve linked it on our story at the link in bio. Putting it here too: https://jennymag.com/2026/10/22/i-was-a-teenage-rent-groupie/