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greenware-mobile · 2 months

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Cultural Shifts: How Mobile Phones Reshaped Human Interaction

The proliferation of mobile phones has not only transformed technological landscapes but also brought profound cultural shifts. These devices have redefined communication patterns, influenced social behaviours, and even altered the structure of our daily lives. This chapter delves into these transformations, exploring how mobile phones have reshaped cultural dynamics and social norms.

Redefining Communication

Mobile phones have revolutionised the way we communicate, making it instant and accessible from almost anywhere. The advent of texting, social media, and instant messaging apps has introduced new forms of communication that are less formal and more conversational. These tools have fostered a culture of immediacy, where responses are expected quickly and delays can lead to misunderstandings or anxiety.

The ease of communication has also led to the phenomenon of "constant connectivity," where people are expected to be available and responsive at all times. This shift has blurred the lines between work and personal life, challenging traditional notions of privacy and downtime.

The Impact on Social Relationships

While mobile phones have made it easier to stay in touch, they have also impacted the quality of our interactions. Phones often interrupt or diminish face-to-face conversations, a phenomenon known as "phubbing" (phone snubbing). This behaviour can detract from the richness of in-person engagements and may affect relationship satisfaction.

On the positive side, mobile phones have enabled the maintenance of long-distance relationships and reconnected lost contacts. They allow for a diverse range of interactions, from video calls that bridge geographical divides to collaborative online gaming that builds communities across continents.

Changes in Social Etiquette

Mobile phones have introduced new etiquettes and social norms, including when and where it is appropriate to use these devices. In many societies, it is considered rude to check your phone during meals, meetings, or conversations. However, these norms can vary greatly between different cultures and generations, leading to a wide range of behaviors and expectations.

The etiquette of mobile phone usage is an ongoing negotiation, reflecting broader societal values and the tension between connectivity and courtesy.

Influence on Cultural Consumption

Mobile phones have also transformed how we consume and interact with media. They serve as platforms for watching videos, streaming music, reading books, and browsing the internet. This shift has led to the rise of short-form content, tailored for quick consumption on small screens. Moreover, mobile technology has enabled the viral spread of memes, videos, and trends, rapidly influencing and reflecting cultural moods.

Creators now directly engage with audiences through platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, where users not only consume content but also create and share their own. This democratization of content creation has shifted the cultural landscape, elevating new voices and perspectives that were often marginalized in traditional media spaces.

Generational Differences

The impact of mobile phones varies significantly across different age groups. Younger generations, often termed 'digital natives,' have grown up with this technology and are typically more adept at integrating mobile phones into their lives. In contrast, older generations may see mobile phones more as tools than as integral components of their social lives.

These generational divides can lead to differing attitudes towards mobile technology, influencing everything from communication preferences to perceptions of etiquette and privacy.

Global Perspectives

Globally, mobile phones have had diverse impacts based on economic, social, and cultural contexts. In many developing countries, mobile phones have leapfrogged traditional infrastructure, providing vital services such as banking, health information, and educational resources. This has empowered communities and sparked economic development in areas where access to such resources would otherwise be limited.

However, this global penetration also brings challenges, including the homogenization of cultures and the potential loss of local traditions and languages as global connectivity favors dominant languages and cultural norms.

Conclusion

The cultural shifts brought about by mobile phones are extensive and multifaceted. As these devices continue to evolve, they will further influence human behaviors, societal norms, and cultural identities. Understanding these shifts is crucial for navigating the contemporary world, where technology increasingly shapes our ways of living and interacting.

In the next chapter, we will delve into the regulatory and legal landscapes that govern mobile phone usage, exploring how laws and policies are adapting to keep pace with technological advances and address the challenges posed by this pervasive technology.

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brown-skinned-gal · 10 months

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Rat Girl Summer

A few days ago at work I told my supervisors about the slowly growing cultural phenomenon that is sure to take over the lives of all sad nicotine addicted girls who haunt their local dusty liberal bookstores looking for love–Rat girl summer. Now, being that I live in a small town with an agricultural university living and breathing at its center it’s only a sad consequence of a sick and deeply rooted curse that the only reactions I received were dead eyes, smirks laced with ignorance, and humorless unrelenting deadpan questioning. Upon realizing that I was the only one in this fucked town that gave a shit about the cultural relevance of my generation I quickly resigned to internally rolling my eyes and explaining in layman terms what it meant to embody the essence of Rat Girl Summer. The more I tried to explain the cultural phenomena to the uninterested, the more I began reflecting internally on what it meant to me personally and to be honest I realized that there is a rawness to it. A resigned acceptance of one's own femininity and how it fits into the larger capitalistic framework of the world, while at the same time realizing that to be a woman is to be a god.

When I think about Rat Girl Essence, I’m reminded of the word Cunt and how its etymology contains origins from the Indian Goddess Kunti–mother of Karna, and Pandavas–who is said to be a goddess of fertility and wisdom. I think about the Tiktok where it quotes Frida Kahlo who says: “I don't give a shit what the world thinks. I was born a bitch, I was born a painter, I was born fucked. But I was happy in my own way. You did not understand what I am. I am love. I am pleasure, I am essence, I am an idiot, I am an alcoholic, I am tenacious. I am; simply I am ... You are a shit.” And isn’t it true to the nature of Rat Girls to be reminded that to be a woman is to to be fucked, to be love, to nurture and forgive with grace but to also be angry, to be crazy and insane, to be a billowing force blowing in the faces of those who dare to question our existence. To be a woman is to embody the breadth of the word CUNT in every way. And it’s once a rat girl transcends to this level of understanding and acceptance that there exists a sense of distilled and resigned peace. A nirvana of neverending ecstasy because we have unlocked the secret to it all. To be a woman is to be God. And in that same depth of emotion lives a sadness. And I think at the root of this sadness festers an overall energy of dismay and discouragement that has been plaguing the mental state of generation Z for years. Could it be the growing inhabitability of our Earth due to global warming and climate change? Or possibly the ever growing pressure of the boots of congress on the necks of the American People? Or maybe it’s just the endless inundation of information (good and bad, Helpful and useless) via media that has played a role in growing attitudes of nihilism and pessimism that seem to be adopted again, by those around me. Nevertheless, we can all agree that now more than ever people are sad, and lonely, and feeling hopeless. And if we can learn anything from how culture plays a part in the human experience, it’s that what is hot is a direct reflection of what is happening in the world that is producing it. So what really is Rat Girl Summer? What does it mean? To me, If Rat Girl Summer was a hot new cereal hitting the shelves of your local EREWHON, the ingredients would read: Intellectualization of everyday decisions, Compassion and pity for the male specimen, resigned acceptance of one's role in the world, along with a deep undercurrent of practicing empathy and compassion. But it’s also so much more. So much broader. What does Rat Girl Summer mean to you?

#Rat girl summer #Feminism #feminist literature #philosophy #Rat Girl #femcel #divine feminine #goddess worship #goddess

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WEEK 10: Digital citizenship and social media governance

The article "#NoSnowflakes: The toleration of harassment and an emergent gender-related digital divide, in a UK student online culture" by Haslop, O'Rourke, and Southern explores the issue of online harassment in UK student online culture. The study examines the ways in which young people navigate online spaces and the role that gender plays in their experiences.

The authors conducted an online survey of over 500 UK university students, asking them about their experiences with online harassment and their attitudes towards it. The results showed that a significant proportion of students had experienced some form of online harassment, with women and non-binary individuals reporting higher levels of harassment than men. The authors argue that this gender-related digital divide is a result of the pervasive sexism and misogyny that exists within broader society.

This intial article ties into the uprise of the recent spotlight on celebrity, Andrew Tate. A former kickboxing champion who has become a prominent figure in the "manosphere,” (Rich, B & Bujalkagence, E 2023). It’s argued that Tate’s appeal lies in his ability to present himself as a successful and confident “alpha male,” someone who has overcome adversity and achieved success in his personal and professional life, acting somewhat as a role model to the generation of young boys (Rich, B & Bujalkagence, E 2023). However, Tate plays a big role within the “manophere” including the promotion of toxic beliefs toward women and gender roles within society making him highly controversial within the online society and further leading to opinions like that seen in the UK survey. Tate has been seen making comments like, “I think the women belong to the man,” across multiple social media platforms, amplifying these messages into men and boys (Rebel Celebrity c. 2023). From a personal perspective, in 2022 I saw the rise of Mr Tate across TikTok with multiple videos of young boys asking others to ban together with Andrew or creating videos using direct quotes from him to show their support. However, the comment sections within these videos were not favourable of this perspective which is positive to see that the vast majority’s opinions to not align with those supporters.

I think in today’s society there is a lot of misconception regarding various gender divides and due to the ethics of the social realm it's leading to online harassment.

Rebel Celebrity c. 2023, ‘Andrew Tate Quotes: 2023 updated, Rebel celebrity, viewed 5th May 2023, < https://rebelcelebrity.com/andrew-tate-quote-sexist/ >

Rich, B & Bujalkagence, E 2023, ‘The draw of the 'manosphere': understanding Andrew Tate's appeal to lost men,’ The Conversation, February 18th, viewed 5th May 2023, < https://theconversation.com/the-draw-of-the-manosphere-understanding-andrew-tates-appeal-to-lost-men-178870 >

Haslop, C, O’Rourke, F & Southern, R 2021, #NoSnowflakes: The toleration of harassment and an emergent gener-related digital divide, in a UK student online culture, Convergence, 27(5), p.g 1418–1438.

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“OK Boomer” isn’t just about the past. It’s about our apocalyptic future.

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It’s not really about age — and it’s more complicated than just memes.

For a long time now, the cross-generational dialogue between baby boomers and millennials has been built atop several recurring themes. Boomers — the generation born roughly between 1946 and 1965 — scoff that millennials expect “participation trophies” for doing the bare minimum. Millennials say boomers are “out of touch.” Millennials (born roughly between 1980 and 1996) are “killing” once-stable industries like cereal by saving money, spending less, and “eating avocados.” Boomers have “mortgaged the future” in exchange for hoarding wealth while also voting to end necessary social programs. Millennials would rather complain about student debt than buckle down, work hard, and “get a job.”

If anything, teens have been subjected to even harsher rhetorical maligning. Members of “Generation Z,” born roughly between 1996 and 2015, are portrayed as addicted to their phones, “intolerant” of their elders, and stuck in a “different world” thanks to the internet.

With all this repetitive back-and-forth — seriously, there are bingo cards — it’s no wonder the most polarizing meme of the year is a two-word dismissal of the whole debate. “OK Boomer,” which floated into the internet mainstream and rapidly gained traction this fall, is an attempt by millennials and Gen Z to both encapsulate this circular argument and reject it entirely.

“OK Boomer” is meant to be cutting and dismissive. It suggests that the conversation around the anxieties and concerns of younger generations has become so exhausting and unproductive that the younger generations are collectively over it. “OK Boomer” implies that the older generation misunderstands millennial and Gen Z culture and politics so fundamentally that years of condescension and misrepresentation have led to this pointedly terse rebuttal and rejection. Rather than endlessly defend decisions stemming from deep economic strife, to save money instead of investing in stocks and retirement funds, to buy avocados instead of cereal — teens and younger adults are simply through.

The conversation isn’t through with them, however, not least because the rise of “OK Boomer” has provoked concurrent backlash from baby boomers, many of whom have misread the meme, and feel it is motivated mainly by ageism. But that misreading also feeds the meme — because baby boomers failing to understand the point of “OK Boomer” is, well, the point of “OK Boomer.”

Don’t get it twisted. It’s important to understand that what really lies behind “OK Boomer” is increasing economic, environmental, and social anxiety, and the feeling that baby boomers are leaving younger generations to clean up their mess.

“OK Boomer” is an instantly relatable cry of frustration to many people

The earliest mentions of “OK Boomer” can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the phrase was used as an insult by the forum’s anonymous users, aimed at other anons who seemed out of touch. But the phrase really took off this year on TikTok, as a rebuttal to angry rants by baby boomers about kids these days. A song by Peter Kuli & Jedwill known as “OK BOOMER!” — the verses define boomers as racist, fascist Trump supporters with bad hair — became a popular song choice for TikTok sing-along videos this fall. Teens on the platform used the song’s intro and chorus as a rebuttal to annoying run-ins they’d had with seniors policing or judging their behavior:

Sometimes, the complaints teens are referencing in these videos are typical generational conflicts. But more often, they’re politicized, with teens reacting to adults who are judging things like their gender expression, their financial choices, their approach to job-hunting, or their leisure activities. The broader background to all of this resentment is the perceived irony that while boomers nitpick and judge younger generations for their specific choices, it’s the boomers’ own choices that created the bleak socioeconomic landscape that millennials and Gen Z currently face.

“Everybody in Gen Z is affected by the choices of the boomers, that they made and are still making,” teen entrepreneur Nina Kasman told the New York Times in October. “Those choices are hurting us and our future. Everyone in my generation can relate to that experience and we’re all really frustrated by it.”

“[T]he two words [OK Boomer] feel downright poetic after years of hearing my generation blamed for ‘killing’ everything from restaurant chains to department stores to relationships,” wrote Grist’s Miyo McGinn in early November, “even as so many of the challenges people my age face — student loan debt, general economic instability, and, of course, a rapidly warming planet — are the result of short-sighted decisions made by earlier generations.”

This broader socioeconomic aspect seems to have gotten lost as the meme spread throughout the mainstream, however. Many people became aware of “OK Boomer” through the October New York Times article, which focused on teens who had taken the meme offline and were turning it into merchandise and fashion statements. Almost immediately, people rushed to sell “OK Boomer” merchandise and attempted to trademark the phrase, and brands began to use it on social media — completely missing the inherent critique of capitalism that the meme enfolds, which led to more eyerolling.

But millennials who mocked the instant trendiness of “OK Boomer” were drowned out by the meme’s intended targets: boomers. Some began claiming that “boomer” was an ageist slur equivalent to “the n-word,” while others merely discouraged the use of “boomer” in the workplace. Media outlets opined that the meme was “dividing generations.” Gen Xers offered the “both sides” take. In the Washington Post, history professor Holly Scott reminded everyone that boomers were once activists too.

All of this response helped further cement the meme as a dismissive retort to boomer condescension — and as it spread, its political aspects became more pointed. On November 4, 25-year-old New Zealand politician Chloë Swarbrick used the phrase as a rebuttal to one of her older colleagues in Parliament after the man heckled her during a speech about climate change. The moment occurred just as she was discussing the urgency her generation feels to prioritize and deal seriously with the problem, and explaining her frustration that previous cycles of lawmakers have failed to do so.

Swarbrick was castigated for bringing the meme into a political forum — but as she herself made clear in a subsequent essay for the Guardian, the meme represents a wealth of generational political concerns: “My ‘OK boomer’ comment in parliament was off-the-cuff, albeit symbolic of the collective exhaustion of multiple generations set to inherit ever-amplifying problems in an ever-diminishing window of time,” she wrote.

The point of Swarbrick’s climate change speech was that younger generations feel they can no longer rely on older generations to help solve major and daunting environmental and economic issues. And many baby boomers seem to be making her point for her by misunderstanding what “OK Boomer” is about.

What many boomers think “OK Boomer” is about: ageism and entitlement

“As a baby boomer myself, I have mixed feelings about the latest linguistic weapon of generational warfare being deployed against us,” Bloomberg’s Tyler Cowen recently wrote in response to the meme. Cowen touched on what he saw as the meme’s ageism and attempted to reframe it as an ironic compliment to boomers, asserting that boomers are still the boss. “The phrase ‘OK Boomer’ is itself an implicit and indeed somewhat passive admission as to who is really in charge,” he decided.

Cowen’s column was a strange echo of an August essay by former Deadspin editor Megan Greenwell. As she was exiting Deadspin, she wrote about the tone deaf and inexperienced changes the site’s new parent company, G/O Media, had brought to the newsroom. Beyond discussing specific issues at Deadspin, Greenwell’s essay was a larger swipe at the hubris of tech companies and corporate moguls for assuming that they, not the journalists whose media outlets they were ruining, were “the adults in the room.” This attitude prompted an eventual wholesale rejection by Deadspin’s editorial staff, as they chose to resign en masse rather than submit to the whims of the bosses they felt were out of touch.

John Taggart for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Deadspin employees work inside their office in Manhattan, New York, on November 1, 2018.

In a very real sense, that same tension between condescending, older authority figures and younger ones who reject them is at work in the “OK Boomer” meme. Boomers like Cowen are simultaneously anxious about the meme’s ageist implications, and eager to assert their wisdom over younger generations. In response to this line of thinking, the Twitter hashtag #boomeradvice recently went viral — but instead of praising boomers’ knowhow, the point of the tag was to mock the most out-of-touch advice, often about work, job-seeking, and finance, that boomers had given millennials and teens.

"Just call/go in and ask if they're hiring!" #BoomerAdvice https://t.co/1CgnpiHbhS

— Bree! (@iKhaleesi_) November 9, 2019

What’s largely missing from the “elders know best” logic is any acknowledgment that it’s part of the problem, and that younger, well-read adults might also have wisdom and insight into the problems they’re dealing with.

It doesn’t help that studies have found that older people are more likely to judge younger people harshly compared to qualities they have themselves. As Vox’s Brian Resnick recently explained, a study on a phenomenon called “presentism” showed that “adults who are more authoritarian are more likely to say kids today are a lot less respectful of elders than they used to be. Adults who are more well read say kids today are a lot less interested in reading than they used to be. And adults who are more intelligent (as approximated by a very short version of an IQ test) are more likely to say kids are less smart than they used to be.”

So if an older adult sees themself as financially successful, respectful, and job-loyal, the study suggests they might be more likely to view a younger person as a financially irresponsible and insolent job-hopper.

This is all arguably a new iteration of the “kids these days” generational cycle that every era experiences — at the very least, the backlash to the “OK Boomer” meme underscores the belief held by many millennials that boomers have never understood their generation. But because of the cultural and political moment we’re in, the stakes feel much more fraught and high-risk than other generational clashes.

What “OK Boomer” is really about: economic anxiety, the threat of environmental collapse, and people resisting change

“I talked to my dad about it and he said the reason the ‘boomers’ get so mad is because they feel as if they earned the right to say such things to us kids because they worked hard for what they have,” said Adriana Lepera, who talked to Vox via Instagram. Lepera, a popular TikTok teen with over 120,000 followers, made a viral “OK Boomer” TikTok reacting to a conversation she had with her grandfather. She used the meme to respond to his assertion that she should be working — even though she doesn’t even have a driver’s license yet, which she says makes it harder for her to find a job.

“After my [“OK Boomer”] video, I got a few comments from ‘boomers’ explaining how many jobs they had and how hard they have to work, proving the joke to be true,” she told Vox.

Lepera admits that today’s teens do have it easier than boomers did in some ways. “Today’s kids are getting things handed to them and that’s not what the boomers like to see so they make cocky comments because they believe that they are ‘superior,’” she said.

But she also argues that boomers miss the point — that crucial things are a lot harder. “We are working hard to get fewer jobs,” she said. “That’s why we’re mad, because all of the boomers made it to be like that.”

Teens like Lepera understand that “OK Boomer” is driven both by their generation’s deep economic and environmental anxiety, and by progressive values that are only getting firmer over time. Younger generations are more diverse, less religious, and, crucially, more directly impacted by economic inequality than their forebears. “Ok, Boomer, millennials actually earn 20 percent less than you did,” GQ declared last week. Millennials who value work culture, advancement possibilities, and quality of work over quantity are finding their paths to promotions blocked by baby boomers — but when they change jobs or careers in search of these things, they find themselves branded with the false stereotype of being disloyal job-hoppers. All the while, jobs remain scarce, student debt remains high, and the economic scandals of the Aughts have led to millennials being more cynical than their elders about the benevolence of corporate overlords.

But many of those offended by “OK Boomer” seem to understand very little of this. They’re instead sticking to their guns about the workplace, according to the teens who don’t trust them. “I feel as if they aren’t changing with the times,” Lepera told Vox. “They believe that how they did everything when they were younger, we should do as well.”

Whether it’s justified or not, boomers are largely perceived as resistant to progressive change. In 2016, boomers were more likely to vote for conservative options like Brexit and Donald Trump than younger voters; statistically, boomers are less concerned about climate change than younger generations. And even after overseeing decades of financial prosperity that’s arguably wrecked the economic future for decades to come, the richest baby boomers continue to amass wealth for themselves in the face of debilitating economic inequality.

Baby boomers, however, also have to contend with their growing obsolescence. Boomers as a voting bloc are outnumbered by millennials, and there’s an advancing push among millennials for greater voter turnout; in the 2018 election, Gen Z, millennials and Gen Xers collectively edged out the voter turnout of everyone older than them.

So the older generation is being told its advice is out of touch, and that boomers are out of touch, at a moment when their views have less traction in the current economic and political landscape than ever. Perhaps that’s why so many of them keep misunderstanding the meme — thereby strengthening the meme’s basic point.

The debate around ‘OK Boomer’ is a new spin on the old debate over millennials — and an even older debate about kids these days

We all know the immortal cry that parents just don’t understand, but in this case, the media and the cultural narrative around the meme isn’t helping — especially since attempts by the media to “explain” the meme or “clap back” keep missing the point about why millennials are mad. Some attempts to “explain” the meme have come across just as out of touch as the meme’s targets.

We desperately need younger editorial voices at places like WaPo. Imagine thinking millenials give a shit about “expanded entitlement programs.” https://t.co/mnbYCfLdqQ

— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) November 5, 2019

In an attempt to provide a retort to the meme, Myrna Blyth, the senior vice president of the senior advocacy group AARP, stated in an interview that boomers are “the people that actually have the money.” This widely shared quote came in for massive criticism and ridicule, and the AARP quickly apologized, reminding everyone that ‘isms that divide us are not ok’.

But Blyth’s statement is a peak example of boomers missing the point. A big cause for the resentment toward boomers is the perception that boomers are hoarding wealth. (This perception is accurate; the average baby boomer has a net worth that is 12 times more than the average millennial.) In particular, her quote highlights the pattern of boomers failing to realize that the perceived ageism of the meme, even as a joke, is a stand-in for rational economic anxieties.

Still, expressing this frustration through the meme seems to make boomers less inclined to listen, which just leads to doubling down on all sides. As novelist Francine Prose put it in an op-ed for the Guardian:

The accepted explanation and justification for all this is that the old have ruined things for the young: we’re responsible for climate change, for income inequality, for the cascading series of financial crises, for the prohibitive cost of higher education. Fair enough, I suppose, though it does seem unjust to direct one’s anger at the average middle-class senior citizen struggling to survive on social security rather than raging at, let’s say, the Koch brothers the Sacklers, the big banks, and the fossil-fuel lobbyists who have effectively dismantled the EPA. OK, Morgan Stanley, have a terrible day.

But to the TikTok teens, the boomers’ sensitivity to the meme just makes them hypocritical. “They feel as if they can say whatever they want about our generation and no repercussion,” Lepera told Vox, “but when we make a joke about them it’s the end of the world.”

In the end, the debate around “OK Boomer” might be another iteration of the endless parade of internet-fueled ideological debates in which neither side is listening to the other. For frustrated millennials and teens, “OK Boomer” is an emotionally valid response to boomer condescension, but to frustrated baby boomers, the retort is insolent and disrespectful. You say, “OK Boomer,” and I hear, “your entire generation has irrevocably destroyed human civilization.” Let’s call the whole thing off?

Perhaps, in the future, it’s worth eschewing the meme altogether and having one more conversation across the generation gap. Or, if you’re a boomer, you could take Lepera’s advice:

“Just like take a joke and calm down boomer ”

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timalexanderdollery · 5 years

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“OK Boomer” isn’t just about the past. It’s about our apocalyptic future.

Christina Animashaun/Vox

It’s not really about age — and it’s more complicated than just memes.

“OK Boomer” is an instantly relatable cry of frustration to many people

What many boomers think “OK Boomer” is about: ageism and entitlement

John Taggart for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Deadspin employees work inside their office in Manhattan, New York, on November 1, 2018.

"Just call/go in and ask if they're hiring!" #BoomerAdvice https://t.co/1CgnpiHbhS

— Bree! (@iKhaleesi_) November 9, 2019

What “OK Boomer” is really about: economic anxiety, the threat of environmental collapse, and people resisting change

“After my [“OK Boomer”] video, I got a few comments from ‘boomers’ explaining how many jobs they had and how hard they have to work, proving the joke to be true,” she told Vox.

The debate around ‘OK Boomer’ is a new spin on the old debate over millennials — and an even older debate about kids these days

We desperately need younger editorial voices at places like WaPo. Imagine thinking millenials give a shit about “expanded entitlement programs.” https://t.co/mnbYCfLdqQ

— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) November 5, 2019

Perhaps, in the future, it’s worth eschewing the meme altogether and having one more conversation across the generation gap. Or, if you’re a boomer, you could take Lepera’s advice:

“Just like take a joke and calm down boomer ”

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shanedakotamuir · 5 years

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“OK Boomer” isn’t just about the past. It’s about our apocalyptic future.

Christina Animashaun/Vox

It’s not really about age — and it’s more complicated than just memes.

“OK Boomer” is an instantly relatable cry of frustration to many people

What many boomers think “OK Boomer” is about: ageism and entitlement

John Taggart for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Deadspin employees work inside their office in Manhattan, New York, on November 1, 2018.

"Just call/go in and ask if they're hiring!" #BoomerAdvice https://t.co/1CgnpiHbhS

— Bree! (@iKhaleesi_) November 9, 2019

What “OK Boomer” is really about: economic anxiety, the threat of environmental collapse, and people resisting change

“After my [“OK Boomer”] video, I got a few comments from ‘boomers’ explaining how many jobs they had and how hard they have to work, proving the joke to be true,” she told Vox.

The debate around ‘OK Boomer’ is a new spin on the old debate over millennials — and an even older debate about kids these days

We desperately need younger editorial voices at places like WaPo. Imagine thinking millenials give a shit about “expanded entitlement programs.” https://t.co/mnbYCfLdqQ

— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) November 5, 2019

Perhaps, in the future, it’s worth eschewing the meme altogether and having one more conversation across the generation gap. Or, if you’re a boomer, you could take Lepera’s advice:

“Just like take a joke and calm down boomer ”

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ladystylestores · 4 years

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Yezael to Debut Spring 2021 Collection Off-calendar on TikTok – WWD

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The spring 2021 season was supposed to represent a leap for designer Angelo Cruciani’s Yezael brand.

The Italian artist, civil rights advocate and designer had originally planned to join the official Paris Fashion Week calendar with a physical presentation after five years of taking his designs on a roving trip across different international fashion showcases, including Altaroma, Shanghai Fashion Week and Mexico Fashion Week.

With COVID-19 wreaking havoc and physical shows replaced with digital showcases, both in Paris and Milan, Cruciani — not one to rest on his laurels — had to rethink his plans and decided to go off-calendar and present his coed collection on TikTok on July 13.

“We didn’t believe it was right for us to jump on the Milan Digital Fashion Week calendar along the way, because when you start structuring your brand I think you should choose one platform and as long as it resonates with your strategy, stick with it,” the designer said. “I decided to show on the Monday of transition between the two fashion weeks because the language we are committed to explore [with this collection] sits in the middle of the two.”

With an audience of teenage fans — especially across the U.S., China, Japan and South Korea — grappling with fear and anxiety caused by COVID-19, Cruciani said the Gen Z-friendly platform felt particularly right for the moment.

“The language of TikTok is a great way to express our optimism as it engages both the models and the audience with a fun take on the presentation format,” the designer contended. “Regardless of your background, on TikTok you can play and reconnect with your childhood spirit, with irony and creativity.”

Models won’t walk the runway, instead embracing some of the famous challenges that have become viral on the social network.

This positive attitude conveyed through the presentation format equally applies to Yezael’s fashion.

A look from Yezael’s spring 2021 women’s collection. Courtesy of Yezael.

Drawing inspiration from the Harvard Study of Adult Development — one of the longest-running studies on happiness that has followed a group of men since they were teenagers in 1938 — the spring 2021 showcase “addresses the human need for relationships,” which both him and the study consider pivotal in spurring happiness, a topic, he said, that is particularly relevant after “COVID-19 has forced us to stay apart and stop taking our friends and family for granted, understanding that this need to build relationships is not a given.”

Don’t expect the usual “happy collection” peppered with floral motifs and colorful designs, though. Cruciani wanted to get rid of all stereotypes, with clothes bearing instead uplifting phrases in the form of embellishments, jacquard motifs and embroideries. “They become a manifesto of what we and our clients want to express,” the designer said.

In tune with his multifaceted approach that embraces not only fashion but also the arts and social initiatives aimed at fostering inclusivity, acceptance and social justice, Cruciani decided to rethink his spring lineup during lockdown, as what his team was working on before the pandemic hit Italy and the world started to appear “meaningless all of a sudden,” he said.

“Fashion is not only ornamentation. It’s a system studying society, it’s a world looking at the world and for this reason we have a responsibility,” he said. “In the past it was often disregarded, as designers would rarely take stances or come out, preferring to stay behind the scenes when it comes to cultural and social issues” for fear of compromising their business and sales, he said.

The winds are changing as a new generation of creative types is embracing the more outspoken path — one marked by ruggedness and complexity, he mused.

“Global [fashion] markets definitely want to avoid complications, but it’s our responsibility to break the rules and foster inclusivity — across gender, race, body shape, disabilities. Inclusivity is not a trend, it’s a necessity,” he noted. “I always tend to be discreet, I don’t want to do politics, but I like to give my contribution through fashion and the social initiatives I promote.”

A longtime vocal supporter of the LGBTQ community and of civil rights, Cruciani has employed different means — from painting to site-specific installations and even flashmobs — amassing, for example, 1 million people across 120 squares in different international cities in 2016 to raise awareness of human rights to spread a message of social justice. He also regularly collaborates with Milano Pride, the organizing body of the annual march in support of the LGBTQ community and other nonprofit associations such as Amnesty International, Legambiente and Casa delle Donne.

Yezael’s designer Angelo Cruciani. Courtesy of Yezael.

“Since I started the Yezael brand in 2015 I’ve had a ‘bipolar’ approach. There’s always been a side of my personality and creativity dedicated to the arts and another one committed to fashion creation. When I started to explore the notion of love as part of my body of work — using the heart symbol both in fashion and art — I soon realized that what I was doing in fashion was my primary form of expression so I abandoned painting and street art and started to organize flashmobs and create artworks with people,” the designer explained.

In 2016, the two forms of expression collided when Cruciani showcased his Army of Love collection during that year’s June edition of Pitti Uomo. Nazi uniforms were repurposed and covered in heart-shaped motifs as a means of “provocation, suggesting that if love had infiltrated society, probably some horrific tragedies in our history could have been avoided,” the designer recalled.

While acknowledging that fashion fosters inclusivity probably more than other industries, he also offered it represents “a bubble, an hyper-protected environment. The real challenge is to extend that inclusive bent to the broader society. Still in many workplaces, there’s discrimination that, I believe, comes from a certain misogyny and aversion for femininity that’s within us all, including gay and straight men.”

Having recently scored a gig on Netflix’s “Next in Fashion,” alongside other bubbly industry figures such as Daniel Fletcher and Angel Chen, Cruciani anticipated new projects with the streaming platform are a work in progress.

To this end, after Monday’s TikTok showcase, he’ll be back to his daily busy routine until “we’ll see each other on Netflix again,” he concluded.

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