Silverriot -

We grew up on punk rock and mixtapes. We broke the dress code. We were the latchkey kids who learned that if something broke, you either fixed it with duct tape or you burned it down and started over. We don't know how to fade away. If you’re ready to join the movement (spoiler: you already have), here is the new manifesto. Print it out. Tape it to your fridge next to that MRI result.

Someday I’ll write the book. Someday I’ll take the pottery class. Someday I’ll tell them how I feel. "Someday" is a thief. The Silver Riot runs on "Today." Did you know that J.K. Rowling was 32 when she finished Philosopher's Stone ? That’s cute. Julia Child was 49 when she co-wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking . Harland Sanders was 62 when KFC became a thing. You aren't expired. You're proved . silverriot

It’s turning into a spectator of your own life. There is a strange purgatory that happens after 40. The music industry stops writing songs about you. Hollywood stops casting you as the lover and starts casting you as the "concerned parent who pays the mortgage." Advertisers assume you’ve already bought your one car and one couch, so they stop talking to you entirely. We grew up on punk rock and mixtapes