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The gender-fluid look that fans love

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 Article is about gender norms- how people are playing with them, by wearing specific clothes or behaving in a specific way. Big part of the society thinks that this is the new thing nowadays. But if we look at the celebrities, we can realize something. For example, Mick Jagger, vocalist from The Rolling Stones, wore a dress on stage and his band had a long hair. He was an icon of hetero-masculinity, a leader of a rock band, so it was rather shocking. Such a famous person, David Bowie wore dresses and make up- he became an icon of gender-fluid look. And Twiggy, short hair, jeans- it also can be count as a "playing with gender norms". Now, we have an artist, Harry Styles, who is slowly becoming an icon of gender-fluid look today. There is a lot of hate comments in the internet about him wearing dresses, blouses wiuth puff sleeves, really colourfoul, with a floral print clothes and the jewelery- for example pearls. In the time of a toxic masculinity, I think that it is not only...

Joy in painting: Why sadness always creeps in

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"Is it possible to create a work of a pure joy?". Art shows us a little bit about life and emotions hidden in it. From saddness to happiness, these positive and negative ones. Based on "La Danse" and "Apples, Bottles and the back of a Chair" we can analyze what this painting symbolize and what artists tried to show us. "La Danse" by Henri Matisse It shows us a whirl in ecstasy, people dance, not caring what is going on or what they are wearing(literally). At first glance,  they are holding hands, they are stuck in the feeling of lightness. We see nothing but a joy these dancers are feeling in the moment. But if we look closer, we can notice that the grip between two dancer had loosen up. Girl is going to fall, but she is to overhelmed with happiness and joy to be aware of a danger. She's still dancing, but in a second her joy will end. "Apples, Bottle, and the Back of a Chair" by Paul Cezanne  On the painting, there are things decri...