...Polyamory Polyamory “from the root words Poly meaning many and Amour meaning love hence "many loves”." In other words people who love more than one person at a time but not only love but claim to be in love with all these people. And I feel like loving someone and being in love are two different things. Polyamory is said to be the “non-possessive, honest, responsible and ethical philosophy and practice of loving multiple people simultaneously.” (Polyamory Society) Not to be mistaken with swinging or what is “also known as wife swapping or partner swapping. It is also a non-monogamous behavior, in which partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others as a recreational or social activity.” People who participate in the lifestyle of polyamory live by a lot of rules. The rules vary but some are about whom will be allowed within the relationship, how people will conduct themselves within those relationships, and who will or won’t use protection with what partners. It is said that if you’re a cheater this lifestyle isn’t for you but I believe it’s just the opposite. Please do not get me wrong, I am not trying to knock anyone for their lifestyle but this seems more pleasure oriented than an emotional attachment. It’s supposed to leave room for you to explore different loves and not to close yourself off from loving or being loved in return. But I also think it does just that. It doesn’t give you the ability to fully love someone. As I stated earlier...
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...LONDON: THE SWINGING CITY Before Affluence and After Austerity SLIDE: London smog 1953 In the mid-1960s, London was the place to be. ‘Fifteen years earlier, few would have predicted that London would soon play host to the most swinging ball of the century’ (Sandbrook, 2006b)[i] In fact Hardy Amies had had a similar opinion when reflecting on the legacy of the Festival of Britain in 1951; nothing in it signalled the onslaught of the Swinging Sixties, making particular reference to the Britishness of design in the shape of Mary Quant and her artistic contemporaries which would have enormous further global impact (Banham & Hillier 1976)[ii]. In retrospect it is understandable; the gloomy and restrictive situation of the country locked in the interminable shackle of debt from which it seemed almost impossible to free itself, gave absolutely no hint at the transformation to come. Historical descriptions of Britain in the 1950s are invariably depressing (Akhtar & Humphries, 2001; Marr, 2007; Kynaston 2008; Sandbrook, 2006ab; Tarrant, 1990; White, 2008)[iii]. The word that tends to sum up these accounts is ‘grey’. Cyril Connolly, the writer and critic wrote in 1947 after the worst winter since records began followed by the worst flooding, that the British people had been reduced to ‘a neuter class …with [ ] drab clothes … - a careworn people … in their shabby raincoats, under a sky permanently dull and lowering like a metal dish-cover.’ (Gardiner, 1999:35)[iv] SLIDE: London...
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...LONDON: THE SWINGING CITY Before Affluence and After Austerity SLIDE: London smog 1953 In the mid-1960s, London was the place to be. ‘Fifteen years earlier, few would have predicted that London would soon play host to the most swinging ball of the century’ (Sandbrook, 2006b)[i] In fact Hardy Amies had had a similar opinion when reflecting on the legacy of the Festival of Britain in 1951; nothing in it signalled the onslaught of the Swinging Sixties, making particular reference to the Britishness of design in the shape of Mary Quant and her artistic contemporaries which would have enormous further global impact (Banham & Hillier 1976)[ii]. In retrospect it is understandable; the gloomy and restrictive situation of the country locked in the interminable shackle of debt from which it seemed almost impossible to free itself, gave absolutely no hint at the transformation to come. Historical descriptions of Britain in the 1950s are invariably depressing (Akhtar & Humphries, 2001; Marr, 2007; Kynaston 2008; Sandbrook, 2006ab; Tarrant, 1990; White, 2008)[iii]. The word that tends to sum up these accounts is ‘grey’. Cyril Connolly, the writer and critic wrote in 1947 after the worst winter since records began followed by the worst flooding, that the British people had been reduced to ‘a neuter class …with [ ] drab clothes … - a careworn people … in their shabby raincoats, under a sky permanently dull and lowering like a metal dish-cover.’ (Gardiner, 1999:35)[iv] SLIDE: London...
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...Mythes et héros : I put the swinging 60s in Myths and heroes because this decade change things in many fields, music, fashion, life style, politics, it was a free, glamourous, rebellious and modern decade. So we can ask how the 60s became a famous decade ? Fisrt, in the 60s lots of revolution and new kinds of hereos appear in music, fashion. In a second part, big changes, in equalty women/men new technologies, industry. In fact, in the 60s fashion became an important because of the start of consumer society and the whishe to copy the raising celebrities like twiggy the supermodel. People could choice between differents kind of styles. In class we listen an audio document which introduce the main styles in the 60s, the rockers with black clotthes and chains, the hippies with flowers and casual clothes and the mods which start thanks to Mary Quant and the mini skirt. It was a famous decade also because of the music became an important part of the british decade, the brand new bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones or the Who, and the music from America. Other hereos were born, the pirates DJs, the text page 34 show us the djs broadcast rock music and commercial which was ban on official radios like Bbc, poeple loved those radio because it was new and they feel like rebel because they disobey to the law. The pirates radio changes things because people start to open their cultural opinion. But the 60s change also in the lifestyle. In class we listen a recording, where people...
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...1 Proseminar “Born to be wild”: The 1960s in British and American Cinema in their Socio-Cultural Contexts A Cultural Studies Analysis of Alfie Table of Contents Introduction: Michael Caine - the phenomenon of stardom 1. 2. 3. 4. Great Britain in the Swinging Sixties British Cinema in the 60s Production background to Alfie Socio-gender situation of the Characters 2 3 5 6 7 7 9 11 13 14 4.1. Gilda 4.2. Lily 4.3. Ruby Conclusion: Alfie as an indicator for the cultural history of the 60s Secondary Sources: Filmography, Bibliography and Electronic Sources 2 Introduction „What’s it all about?“ is not only the famous last question of the protagonist in Alfie but also the title of Michael Caine’s autobiography. Born 1933 in London’s poor East End as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, he started acting in the late 1940s and soon became Michael Caine. Though he changed his name he never tried to hide his past and his Cockney accent gives away his working class origin. It was a hard and long journey to fame for Caine. His first steps into show business were acting with amateur groups, then playing some parts in provincial theatres and later some appearances on British television. It was only after more than 20 years that he got the audiences’ and critics’ attention for his role in Zulu. But it brought him rather critical notice than the hoped for éclat. In 1967 Caine’s career got a considerable boost when he was representing the main character in Alfie - a role that seemed...
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...20TH CENTURY DESIGNERS YourFirstNameYourLastName University title Course title: Lecturer’s name: Born to welch school teachers in 11 of February in the year 1934, Mary Quant is a renowned welsh fashion designer and present day icon in British fashion circles. Quant graduated from the Goldsmith College in London with a diploma in Art and ventured in to fashion. She is credited with the popularization of the miniskirt, an outfit whose invention she is silently credited with. During the swinging sixties, her designs tailored from the miniskirt, managed not only to capture her clientele, but the swinging sixties zeitgeist. For this invention she so flawlessly and successfully popularized, she received the OBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) award in the year 1966. As a design guru, Quant has inevitably developed long lasting fashion silhouettes in her artistic work of the miniskirt and the go-go boots. This is emphasized by the development of high boot and rain boot from the foundation laid across by Quant’s go-go boots. She has left her mark not only on the trends but also on a number of fashion designers whose work bear her mark such as Anna Sui, Betsey Johnson, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Marc Jacobs. Listed among the top 100 designers of all time, Rudi Gernreich is idolized for being the first to develop unisex clothing and the famed mokini. An American fashion icon of the early 60’s, Gernreich was born in 8th of April in the year 1922 to Vietnamese parents resident...
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...shower and shave.” We don’t wake up, we spring out of bed. We learned to sleep in our physical training (PT) clothes in order to save time in the morning. Jump into our running shoes, grab the razor and toothbrush and file into the latrine. We secure our items and line up in order of marching number. We are lined up downstairs in a grid pattern with tallest members of the flight lined to the front and right. We sound off our flights and accountability, listen to the safety briefing, and sing the Air Force song. Once commanded we march over to the track and exercise pad. We run two miles followed by an hour or two of calisthenics. Taught to shoot for the top of physical standards; for men we must complete sixty seven push ups in sixty seconds, fifty eight sit-ups in the next sixty seconds and run the mile and a half in nine and half minutes or less. We are chiseled through PT and discipline till everyone performs to the standard and the further an Airman is from perfection the harder they’re...
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...Vincent Ho Mr. Trimm EN 1103-33 September 24, 2012 The Journey of Being the Tennis Player The moment I picked up a tennis racquet, I knew this was what I wanted to dedicate my time to, but it was not going to be an easy task to pursue. The summer before the beginning of high school was where it began. My friends and I would play tennis everyday for endless hours on the available courts provided in my neighborhood. We would often joke around when we had first started, but eventually it had grown upon us that it was serious. Not only did I enjoy playing tennis, watching the professionals play with graceful strokes and footwork was jaw dropping. The intensity of long rallies and competitiveness between two players in singles was nerve-racking, especially to see who would win the set point. One particular player that caught my eye was a gentleman from Switzerland, Roger Federer. Tennis critics, former, and current players have considered him the greatest tennis player of all time, even to this day. Watching him play tennis had become a daily routine for me. I would also record and watch videos of Roger Federer’s highlights to mimic them the next time I would go out to play tennis. From that point on, I realized that Roger Federer had become an icon for me. Knowing that I had the mindset of becoming a great tennis player meant ample amounts of hard work of training. To start off this ride, conditioning was one of the many important requirements. That had also meant...
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...would have no meaning to the people playing it. For instance, a young jazz musician playing Charles Mingus' song "Fables of Faubus" (which was about the wrong doings of governor Faubus) would have no meaning to the musician because he/she never lived that era. As for new, recent music, the artist plays what he/she feels in respect to the present. For instance, Herbie Hancock's new album came out about a month ago called "Possibilities". This album was called his "all-star project" (Downbeat; Pg 38) because it featured new artists like John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, and Paul Simon. The album depicts a movement of music in how a new form of jazz, soul, and pop our recent era has developed. The decade of the 1960’s, also known as "The Sixties", are known for it’s popular culture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, formalities and schooling. Conservatives refer to...
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...Aging and dying is a major part of a person’s life, even though no one in this world knows quite how long they are going to live or when they are going to die. The process of aging is defined as “a progressive decline in the maximum functional level of individual cells, whole organs, and entire organisms”. As people get older, the body begins to slowly lose its degree of wellness, which includes physical and mental declines. Generally, most people reach their prime for physical capabilities during their twenties and thirties, but they can also reach it later on in life. Over the years, researchers have come up with many different theories regarding the causes of aging. Some of these theories include the wear and tear theory, the cellular theory, and the genetic mutation theory. The wear and tear theory, basically states that over a period time, a buildup of damage from internal and external factors eventually wears the body out and starts to it break down. The cellular theory, proposes that when we are born our cells are limited to only reproducing a certain amount of times before they die, then our organs begin to slowly rot away. Researchers promoting the genetic mutation theory believe that all the mutated cells in our body increases with age, so as people get older they tend to have more damage and problems within their cells. Most of the signs of aging are shown through the outward appearance of a person, such as wrinkles, baldness, gray hair, etc., and other signs can be...
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...to come. 50s gave India the dreamy eyes of Nutan, peeking from her saree’s palloo, the mesmerising face of Madhubala and the candid Nargis enthralling one and all. Be it Dilip Kumar’s tear-jerking acts or Dev Anand’s inimitable style, they all revolutionised Hindi cinema. The unforgettable melodies gave us our first classics. The Eastman Coloured 60s The 1960s brought winds of colour. The themes continued to follow the rich and evil versus the poor and the rural good guy and the city bad guy formula. The decade brought in an air of transformation which diversified the traditional aspects of acting in Hindi film industry. Sangam, Guide, Dosti, Waqt and Teesri Manzil are some of the most remembered films of that time. The mood of the sixties was romantic. Shammi Kapoor’s jazz, Sunil Dutt’s mannerisms, Pran’s histrionics and Shashi Kapoor’s effortless acting gave audience a new flavour of cinema. Gorgeous...
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...powerful. The way they dressed, and music that was listened to reflects to who they were and what they represent and allowed them to express themselves. . The 1960’s was a major part of American history in so many ways. The 70,000,000 Baby boomers taking over the decade now growing into their teens, came with a lot of change that is still progressing and profound in a major part in our society today. The mid sixties was a time where United States culture stimulated from being exceedingly conservative and up tight to new and insightful ways of thinking. With many of these mind opening changes, it carried a new contrasting culture that would be known as the hippie culture. The hippies brought with them a new sexual revolution that broke the common boundaries for all American culture. Drugs became popular and prevalent in US culture with the majority public as well as within the hippie culture in this new era, drugs were becoming a major part of American culture, as well as new scientific research, into the benefits of psychedelic drugs. The Cultural Revolution in the sixties produced many groundbreaking ideas that are still present and changing in our society today. As In the 1960’s were widely known as the decade of peace and love but in reality you couldn’t hide the big issue, and that was minorities especially African-American were struggling to gain freedom from segregation. The war to gain freedom for all minorities was a challenging obstacle to overcome which we still see...
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...European Union The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC) formed by six countries in the 1950s. In the intervening years the EU has grown in size by the accession of new member states, and in power by the addition of policy areas to its remit. The EU operates through a hybrid system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental decisions negotiated by the member states. Important institutions of the EU include the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Central Bank. The European Parliament is elected every five years by EU citizens. The EU has developed a single market through a standardized system of laws which apply in all member states. It ensures the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital, enacts legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintains common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development. A monetary union, the eurozone, was established in 1999 and is currently composed of seventeen member states. Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy the EU has developed a limited role in external relations and defense. Permanent diplomatic missions have been established around the world and the EU is represented at the United...
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...Mary at Williamsburg. After leaving college in 1762 he studied with George Wythe. In 1767 he was admitted to the bar. Thomas married in 1772 to Martha Wayles Skelton. They had one son and five daughters but only two lived to maturity. Martha died in 1782 leaving Thomas a widow. Thomas never remarried. Writers like John Locke, Algemon Sidney, Francis Hutcheson, Henry Home, and Lord Kames had an enourmous influence on thomas's political philosphy. thomas had been raised in the Anglican Church but he developed a dirstrust of organized religon. thomas had intrest othe thatn politics such as archeology, fishing, horticultur, riding, and playing violin.Other than a political office, Thomas had other jobs like beign a lawyer. After retiring at sixty-five, Thomas divided his time between his plantations at Monticello and Poplar Forest. His major activity was guiding the creation of the Uiniversity of Virginia. He turned to music, architecture, chemical experiments, and the study of religon,...
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...WHAT SIGNS OF MOD CULTURE ILLUSTRATE A DOMINANCE OF MASCULINE AND EUROPEAN INFLUENCE SEEN THROUGH THE CREATIVE MEDIUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC AND FASHION? Danny Lowe A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree BA (Hons) Fashion Photography London College of Fashion University of the Arts London Date: 15th April 2012 i Declaration I, Danny Lowe, certify that this is an original piece of work. I have acknowledged all sources and citation. No section of this literature review has been plagiarised. Signed: ….......................................................................................................................... ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract List of Illustrations Introduction Methodology Literature Review Chapter 1: Chapter 2: Chapter 3: Historical and Cultural Contexts – Defining the 'Mod' and Youth Cultures in Post WWII Britain Americanisation – Music, Motives and Movement The Signs of Style iv v vi ix xi xi xvii xxi xxii xxiv xxvi xxviii xxix xxxii Interpretative Analysis Photography: Music: Fashion Conclusion Bibliography Appendix iii Abstract The purpose of this research study is to identify the signs of masculinity and European influence that dominated aspects of 'Modernist', or Mod, culture and lifestyle. The Mod is a British subculture which developed in the 1960's. The first stage of this study involves introducing the subcultural theories attributed to the Mod...
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