Mumsnet paused a “boomer” thread this morning, and…

[CurlewKate]

…just for a second I thought ageism was being taken seriously. Sadly, no.

I grew up on stories of my parents and their baby boomer friends' political activism. My mum's defiant nursing care of (illegal) abortion patients in the 60s. My "uncle's" bravery at being an out gay Jewish man in the 70s. Civil rights marches. Greetham Common etc.

So it amazes me when people see boomers as old fashioned. Those I knew fought to change the culture and were successful.

I’m one of those pesky activists too!

To be fair, I know plenty of my generation who could be termed as old fashioned but I don't think they were ever activists when they were younger nor effected change for the better. When I look back I wish I had done even more than I did but as the saying goes 'every little helps'!

Indeed @Eskarina1 - I had friends a couple of years older than me in the US who were very involved in anti-Vietnam War protests (the men were really at risk then).

I'm technically a "boomer" as I was born at the end of the 1950s, but I hit the contractions of the late 70s and 80s, rather than the economic boom times. 15% mortgage rates anyone?

I was aware of the "hope I die before I get old" and the "never trust anyone over 30" catch-phrases, but I know that I respected those who taught me because I was in aweof what they could teach me. I was taught at university by women who were 'firsts' - first female professors, first female academics to lead departments, to be Deans and so on. They blazed the path that I've been able to follow.

The current anti-boomer rubbish forgets this. Women on MN forget what their mother's generation did to ensure they could live as they live. Today's 20 and 30 year olds can be very ignorant.