Caped wonders with super powers have been created throughout history during times when people were in dire need of "heroes". They could fly or do a Houdini from the arch-rival's snare. But, these heroes stay on the comic book (or the silver screen). Hence, we in the real world face challenges ourselves--sans super powers. Whether it's families breaking apart or declining literacy in the country, it is we who answer the call from where we are, with what we have.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Beauty and madness
It's not just a magazine cover. For as media and culture analysts (as well as women with a deeper level of self-awareness) know, whatever are on the cover of certain publications have a way of dictating cultural standards and trends. To some degree they may also reflect what's going on in society. By the way, this was Twiggy on a 1967 issue of Seventeen magazine.
Great article on teen magazines and the message they propagate here
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