Psychology Today | 11.05.2026 22:44Modern Life Is Rubbish was the title of the 1993 studio album from Britpop Indie band Blur. It was the working title of my book You're Not My F*cking Mother: And other things Gen Z say in therapy (2024).1 With the addition of the bracketed [Or is it?], "Modern Life Is Rubbish" was the title of my opening keynote at this year’s British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BCAP) Children, Young People and Families Conference, and now it’s the title of my new page here. In this, my first post for Psychology Today, I will explain why I’ve become attached to this phrase.
