"In an interview for her latest movie, Ayo Edebiri was asked about what it's like to be a member of Generation Z. She reacted as if she had been accused of a terrible crime. "I'm literally turning 30!" she responded. "Me and Rachel are always in articles that are like, 'These girls, who you think are young, are actually turning so old. You'll never believe who's about to die.'""
"Born only two weeks apart in 1995, they're both solidly millennial but close enough to the boundary that they're frequently asked to portray members of the younger generation, only to bristle when people confuse the actress with her parts. Generational boundaries are junk science, true in broad strokes but nonsensical up close; a Gen Xer born in 1980 has a lot more in common with a millennial born in 1981 than they do with someone born in 1965."
Ayo Edebiri, born in 1995, insists she is turning 30 and resents being labeled a member of Generation Z. Rachel Sennott, also born in 1995, is publicly associated with Edebiri despite limited shared screen credits. Sennott created HBO's I Love LA, featuring Maia, a millennial talent manager dealing with undercutting leadership and costly housing. The show frames a Gen Z satire from a millennial cusper perspective, acknowledging generational differences while distancing the protagonist from Gen Z excesses. Generational boundaries are presented as unreliable in close comparison; adjacent birth years often share more commonality than distant ones.
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