There is a common trope in the music industry in which a young pop starlet decides that she’s all grown up, and that it’s time for the rest of the world to know it too. As a result, she starts writing raunchy songs and dressing provocatively with the hopes of aging her fan base and proving that damnit, she’s not a little girl anymore. To apply this concept to literature, the pop star is J.K. Rowling, and her means of asserting her place amongst the grown-ups is her newest novel, The Casual Vacancy.
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Unique style is marked by the fact that it is personal. By this I mean that it is something that should belong to you and be a composite of all the political and cultural things that represent you. But by emulating the “Odd Future Style” (for lack of a better term) you’re presenting yourself as someone who is drawing influence from a certain group of individuals, who frankly, (oh puns) look like little boys. -
See, in the little time that I have lived, I’ve learned a few things. One of the more important ones is the notion that if you act like a preteen, you will be treated like one.
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It’s easy to note the generational differences between students of today and their parents; going to college is harder, the job market is less than desirable and the prevalence of technology is inescapable. But we also differ from our parents in other ways.
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The influx of terrorists in comic books and America’s quest for a hero
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The art of zombie-fying literature The works of Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters are among the most beloved classics that have been taught in…
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How the Human Terrain System challenges tenets of anthropology By Jenni Zellner For the past five years, the Human Terrain System has been employing “social…
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How politics branded fashion over time By Jenni Zellner Fashion is extremely prevalent in society. Regardless of how invested you are in fashion, it is…
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By Jenni Zellner In today’s society, Internet usage has become an overwhelming epidemic. If it weren’t enough that people find it necessary to post every…
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