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Visual Kei is one of the longest lasting subcultures within Tokyo, however, a new subculture trend is visually striking in a far opposite way. It 's called Yamanba and it has people at a loss for words. Most are conflicted as to whether this subculture is attractive or a joke. Yamanba dress features vibrantly colored ultra feminine clothing, long teased colored hair with extensions, and bizarre face makeup that will make anyone take a second look. Yamanba is virtually a female only subculture that

Luke Brown Professor Melissa Plaster English 1301 26 October 2015 The Hip Hop Genre and Culture The Hip Hop Genre can be reasonably argued, that the vast majority of musical production at any one time involves musicians working in relatively stable ‘genre worlds’ within which ongoing creative practice is not so much about sudden bursts but the continual production of familiarity such rules may guide the notes a guitarist may select to play the way a star may conduct themselves in public

Social Depression Depression is becoming more and more common in teenagers and young adults because of media. Media has played a role in increasing depression in younger generations, specifically with their body image and self-worth. There are photo shopped images everywhere and it is only human to compare ourselves to them, even though the images aren’t usually real. This causes them to think lowly of themselves and affects their self-perception. Media also romanticizes depression and other illnesses

New Day in Babylon is a book describing the long term effects on African American culture and consciousness from the short lived Black Power movement. The book was written by William L. Van Deburg. Van Deburg received his B.A. in history from Western Michigan University then continued on to attain his PH.D. in American History from Michigan State University. Some of his works include, The Slave Drivers: Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South, Slavery and Race in American Popular

Global Luxury Brands’ Strategies to Fight Recession Global luxury brands’ strategies to Fight recession Choi Soon-hwa Luxury brands are actively responding to the latest economic downturn, said to be the worst since the Great Depression, racking their brains to escape the grips of the falling luxury goods market. Indeed, the hit to sales has been particularly bad as industrialized nations, traditionally the main luxury good markets, have suffered greatly. With luxury goods consumers having

Race and Racism      Race and racism have been around since mankind made its first steps on the planet and it has brought upon violence, submissiveness, cruelty, and sexism into the world. A great representation of these themes and issues was brought by LeRoi Jones, who wrote “The Dutchman”. The play itself is a great representation of the relationships of races in America during the 60’s and can even been connected to today’s society. The Dutchman mainly focuses on the

Title "There will never be an N word at SAE" these are the words that were chanted by a frat group on a bus earlier this year. After hearing these racist words many were quick to point the finger and blame it on hip hop. For years this particular genre of music has been the target for the numerous acts of violence, and racism throughout the country. Could the explicit rap lyrics that describes living in low income housing, poverty stricken neighborhoods, and violent communities really promote such

The Inmate Subculture in United States Prisons: An Overview The Subculture Phenomena within Prisons To be able to discuss the issue of the inmate sub-cultures in prison I will first have to discuss what subcultures are and major reasons that they form. First of all the term subculture in general is kind of like a small culture within and not always accepted by members of a larger one known as a society. Societies as a whole are very large and contain many individuals within them, and let us

So with the release of Stan Lee’s latest anime. There has been plenty of mixed opinions on whether this new series is good or bad. The series I am talking about is THE REFLECTION!! Normally, I would wait until the third episode to give a proper analysis, but considering the hate for this anime seems to be very mixed. I’ll try to give some sort of middle ground on the topic. Ladies and Gentlemen, as always, I am The Gentleman Snark. Now let’s take a look at THE REFLECTION and figure out; Is it that

I have a huge dilemma on my hands. It’s a life or death decision. No, really I have to decide whether or not I want to wake up or not. Well at first you need to know the story from the beginning. Beep! Beep! Beep! Dazed, I shift in my bed and hit the snooze button. “Athena! Get your lazy but down here we’re going to be late if you don’t hurry!”, my mom shouts from the kitchen. Stumbling out of bed I threw on random clothes and run out to get to the bus stop before I’m too late. Soon after