Generation Storyteller

How younger generations can conquer the moral narrative

Meghan McNamara
5 min readNov 9, 2018
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From the minute details recounted on our Facebook pages to our Instagram “stories,” 240-character laments, and Pinterest-inspired DIY needlepoints, for younger generations, the digital narrative has existed for much of our lifetime.

Social media is woven into the social fabric of our lives. We created it, grew it, and [in]advertently developed a culture around it. And, as it has grown and morphed into a daily fixation, we have also adapted it to fit our needs, sharing mundane, thrilling, and sometimes profoundly personal experiences in a much more public way than the generations before us.

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The accessibility of these digital megaphones has allowed for grass-roots campaigns to soar, for younger generations to take an interest in the political system and become more informed, and for movements like the Women’s March and #metoo to become a household conversation, thereby galvanizing vast contingents of the country [and the world], who have historically had neither a voice or a platform.

When we talk about the partisan division and rhetoric that has been building to a zenith…

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Meghan McNamara

She/Her. @StillhousePress founding editor, marketing maven, creative writer, book fiend, kitty lover, ardent traveler, sommelier, yogi socialist.