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The new politics of fashion

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Clothes are central to personal aesthetics and individuality. Hence it is suggested that one must steer clear of the fashion trends that continue to objectify men and women through demeaning, violent and gratuitously sexualized images and practices by shopping in locally owned stores and hunting out independent designers.

Author: Bergeson, Laine
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2003
Evaluation, Personal appearance

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Good life, good death: The only way to learn from the reaper is to accept he's there

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Human beings are gifted with the ability to contemplate their own demise, and this weird blessing makes them simultaneously obsessed with death and in denial about it. Perhaps humans would do best by learning to balance the fear of dying with its power to make them better at the art of living.

Author: Bergeson, Laine
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2005
Psychological aspects, Analysis, Fear of death

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Requiem for a tux

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A discussion regarding the fashion trend which has penetrated into the young generation is presented. It is suggested that one should use the clothes to convey cultural, ceremonial and even revolutionary messages.

Author: O'Brien, Glenn
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2005
Fashion

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Subjects list: United States, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Clothing and dress, Clothing
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