Fads and trends

There are many trends going on in todays world, especially in health.One day it can be eating a grapefruit for a week,chia seeds, or even wearning body wraps.One of the most crowd pleasing fad diets going on today is Juicing.Juicing is a homemade juice that is made of seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables to detoxify your liver,kidney and other organs.It…

The definition of “cool” is dependent on the unique characteristics that allows something to stand out from the mainstream fads of modern society. Characteristics, including the novelty, the design, the function, and the overall appeal, are what makes something “cool” to us, the consumers, and it is these characteristics that are most evident in trends related to clothing and fashion. Clothing functions as not only a social necessity, but also a versatile mean of self-expression and cultural…

Throughout the numerous decades in society the perception of coolness has constantly been changing. This is evident through how certain fashions trends, forms of media, and a plethora of many other things come and go. I believe certain world events, influential people, as well the emergence of new technology drastically affects one’s perception of what is cool and what is trending. We will start off in the 60’s where the emergence of hippie culture occurred. During the 1960’s The Cold War was…

By definition of middle schoolers, to be beautiful means that someone is physically attractive and enticing, but it also means that a person is content with who they are. For the past one hundred years, beauty trends and icons have changed drastically through each decade. Whether it was Hollywood’s Golden Age or the Roaring 20s, something new was thought of as beautiful at the height of each and every decade. In some decades it was desirable to have an hourglass figure, while in other decades it…

dinner to the ringing of a bell. With her neighborhood friends she played games, rode bikes, and skated on skateboards. However, they never wore helmets or knee pads, and seat belts were never used passed infant car seats. When asked about popular fads, Marlena replied, “Big hair, parachute pants, and MTV was all the rage.” ATM’s, microwaves, touch tone phones, and the Internet were all invented in her youth. In 1986, in the 6th grade, Marlena watched the Space Shuttle Challenger explode on…

Internet is Doing to Our Brains: The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr, Carr explains how the internet is changing who we are, our IQ, and our ability to work. Carr describes how the internet changes who we are as a person. Through social media and online trends, we stray away from who we are and change ourselves to fit in with our peers. "As the psychotherapist Michael Hausauer notes, teens and other young adults have a "terrific interest in knowing what's going on in the lives of their…

Social trends have been one of the main vehicles in shaping our world since the beginning of time. These trends are expressed in many different ways and the popular ones tend to have the most widespread and beneficial impacts in society. Social trends are not only beneficial but also crucial to the growth and development of society in that they inform and educate, promote new ideas, and bring about unity among diverse groups of people. One great way that social trends impact society is that they…

soccer ball-and everything in between. What if all these channels vanished in thin air and all that was left were a few news channels? For the most part, it was like this before the 90’s. 90’s television sparked many ideas, from the latest fashion fad to a serious discussion about sexuality or maybe the latest cool kid slang.Many of these shows were the pioneers for the mainstream TV shows of today. Pop culture was heavily influenced by the small screen, and would…

America is known as the land of opportunities. In Laurence Shames’ essay, “The More Factor”, he discusses how America has an obsession with the concept of growth and having more. According to Shames, the quality of life and other values have been underdeveloped, since Americans value having more. In the context that Laurence Shames uses the term “frontier”, it does not show any contradiction, when saying that the American “frontier” culture focuses on measurable expansion, and then using the…

and think. A half-billion dollar sect of the toy industry is controlled by the underdeveloped minds of a generation too young to remember the first episodes of Full House. Fidget spinners have dominated the toy market, quickly becoming the hottest trend, bringing pandemonium to schools, homes, and social media accounts across America. They were first invented in 1993, by Catherine Hettinger, who designed them for people with ADHD, autism, and anxiety as a way to manage symptoms (Calfas). In the…