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Oscars 2022: How they could make history

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  In this year two LGBT actors were nominated to get Oscar in the same year- Kristen Stewart and Ariana DeBose. In the 1900s, LGBT cinema was some kind of a fringe interest- it means that it was considered as something not interesting for the large amount of viewers. This wasn't in the mainstream. But now LGBT is in the spotlight more than ever. Even big celebrities as Angelina Jolie and Lady Gaga are the only open LGBT actor in singer, who were awarded before, so now it's different that in the Oscars 2022, Kristen Stewart and Ariana DeBose where nominated at the same time. Maybe it’s the begging of the big, unite society, where all of the people are living together- they are equal(maybe I’m being irrationally optimistic). And I think it's good. The society became more tolerative and supporting to LGBT community- we are spreading awareness of the today's problems! There’s one main disadvantage- some of the people are going to far with this “supporting”. As if somebo...

The Woman in White and the meanings hidden in a masterpiece

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  In this article,   Beverly D’Silva is analysing colour white in paintings- especially from the James McNeill Whistler’s masterpiece- “Woman in white” from the 1861. The model was Joanna Hiffernan- and she wasn't only a muse to the artist, but also a companion. On the painting, we can see a woman in some sort of the white gown with big eyes and long, copper, hair hanging loose. A lot of the art critics were trying to find out the meaning behind colour white- masterpiece has a lot of it! The most reasonable idea was that model’s white garment is linked with the purity, morality, heaven, virginity, faith, perfection. This thesis is supported by the work   of Dante's – “The Divine Comedy”- when we were rising to heaven, it gets brighter and brighter- there's one conclusion whiteness associates with heaven and heaven associates with purity. Despite heaven, colour white is also linked with many religious as the transitional stage.   There were also another explanat...