Glitter

Brooches In the beginning, brooches were used as a device to pin up robes, coats or cloaks. Due to their functional use, they usually came in simple shapes. However they soon started to be used as a body adornment on clothes. As a matter of fact, they stated to become more decorative by using gold and silver and in the following centuries brooches took several shapes, designs and inspirations from nature like birds, flowers, animals etc. Hat Brooches started to set it’s trend from the 15th…

When you’re a parent, Christmas is all about the kids. The holiday season is upon us and Santa could use a little help. So where do you start? Here is a gift guide for kids from toddlers to teenagers with some of the current trends for 2017. • DISNEY JR. DOC MCSTUFFINS ALL-IN-ONE Preschoolers can diagnose their baby dolls in this nursery with accessories galore, including a light and sound stethoscope and a patient laptop that lights up and plays lullaby music. When all the boo-boos are…

When you walk into a toy section of a store you are instantly exposed to gendered toys and separate aisle for each gender. You don 't need directions to find the girls toys because there is an overabundance of pink or light color toys, glitter, and dolls. On the other hand, the boy’s section had dark colors like black and red, with action figures and toy cars. These gender stereotypes begin before birth. When a mother is expecting and the gender is revealed girl’s room will mostly be pink or…

minute video on the site YouTube, Greenpeace’s official channel hosts a short, twenty minute long documentary named “All that glitters is not Gold – The Truth about GE ‘Golden’ Rice”. In the video are claims, such as that the lack of beta-Carotene is not from the lack of the vitamin in the available foods, but that the people of the area are not eating properly (“All that glitters is not Gold”). While the documentary may sway people to join Greenpeace’s members and donate to their cause, it does…

“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe has its place as one of the strongest examples of Gothic Fiction in the literary world to date, and is therefore a spectacular candidate for close analysis. The most particular and interesting part of the odd short story is its style; more specifically how it’s style emphasises the allegorical nature of the work. Among the more unusual devices that Poe uses to deliver his message is the language and sentence structure within the text, which not…

What’s In A Name? The 2001 film Spirted Away is an animated feature by the well-known Studio Ghibli, about a young girl named Chihiro. Through a series of strange circumstances she can not find her parents and is forced into servitude at a bathhouse for yokai, or monsters and spirits from Japanese folklore. Despite it being geared towards a younger audience as a coming of age story, this movie holds a surprising amount of symbolism and thought-provoking questions. The power of words, so to…

merely outfits, but art. “We completely communicated through drag” affirmed Fayette Hauser (Pinchetti, 2014). They dressed in bizarre outfits with lace, fur, sequence, chiffon and to top it off, gaps of exposed skin was given the finishing touch of glitter. This style gave them a sense of freedom, it directs attention to itself; it gives itself to be read. This is what distinguishes the visual ensembles of spectacular subcultures from those favoured in the surrounding cultures (Hebdige,…

A decent headshot portrays confidence, it catches the person in their natural state and is taken by a photographer who makes that person feel comfortable. Also, it reveals a person's personality and sense of style. A poor headshot looks like it was taken with an iPhone at the beach during a vacation or at a local bar. Over preparation for a photo session with plenty of makeup and over-styled hair is not acceptable as a professional headshot. This article shares Grand Lens Photography's 5…

Slemmons who is a supposed “fat-cat” that flaunts his money when he gets the chance. Otis is a black man who is not very attractive and fat. Otis is the embodiment of the phrase,” Everything that glitters ain’t gold” and present the theme of appearance versus reality. He often talks of the many women he has while “his mouth is full of gold teeths” (210) and various gold jewelry. Even when he is caught in the bed with Missie May he pleads for his life…

As the conductor entered the silent hall, the lights over the audience started to dim until only the orchestra was illuminated. With his penguin-like coattails wobbling behind him, the conductor stepped onto the gray and worn-out podium, and checked each face of his performers. The small wrinkles on his cheeks slightly lifted as each member grinned back at the conductor. The dimly-glowing white baton began to rise in the air, and with a small twist in the wrist, slowly swirled in front of the…