Trad wives are drawn to retro 1950s images of women as “happy housewives”
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The Tradwife movement confounding feminist critics is a reaction to our overburdened times.
William McInnes and Sigrid Thornton in the original series. Could a new Seachange possibly capture the romantic tensions of the original?
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Zombie TV shows are reboots with the same casts and locations. Seachange is the zombie virus’s latest victim but the zeitgeist has moved on and the show’s comic tone grates.
Hipsters take part in Berlin’s “Hipster Winter Cup” of throwing old vinyl records.
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Hipsters exhibit a nostalgia for the past that echoes right-leaning political movements around the world.
‘I used to love this track.’
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Being nostalgic about the past is linked to optimism about the future.
Instruments of nostalgia and psychological well-being?
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As retro video games become more popular, research suggests players could be looking for nostalgia – and the psychological benefits it brings.
The socialist traffic symbol Ampelmann, seen here in Berlin, constitutes an international brand empire. In the age of mass consumerism, what’s behind a nostalgia for socialist symbols and the sugarcoating of socialist regimes?
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In the age of rampant consumerism, there is nonetheless an odd nostalgia for socialist regimes and symbols. What does it mean?
Though Chief Wahoo won’t appear on uniforms, there’s no reason to think that the mascot won’t endure on signs, clothing and memorabilia.
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Research on the relationship between mascots and fandom shows just how tricky it is to truly eradicate a mascot from a region’s collective identity.
Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.
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Why is there so much consumer interest in recreating Christmas dinners from the past?
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Being misty-eyed about a perfect Christmas past will do you little good.
Stranger Things.
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Stranger Things is re-writing the ‘reference’ book on homage and intertextuality.
A controversial article in a respected academic journal recently made the argument for colonialism. Here, a man is carried by Congolese men in a photo from the early 20th centiry.
An academic article that asserted the benefits of colonialism caused an outcry and resulted in calls for its removal. A post-colonial expert explains why.
Winslow Homer’s ‘Boys in a Pasture’ (1874).
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There are two types of nostalgia. One promotes resilience and personal growth, while the other can lead to an obsessive quest to escape the present.
Kyle MacLachlan in the new season of Twin Peaks: has the Internet helped fuel nostalgia for TV shows from decades past?
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Twin Peaks has just hit our streaming services, again, alongside reboots of the X-Files, Gilmore Girls, and more. But, despite our nostalgia, they’ll never revive the specific time they were born in.
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The Star Wars saga is interlinked with its merchandising success.
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We need to look beyond the music industry to understand the rise of the comeback.
The new/old Nokia 3310 revealed at this month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
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Nokia’s decision to revise an old mobile phone classic should appeal to a movement of people who prefer to play with the older technologies.
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We all need a little trip to La La Land.
Part of a mural commemorating the 1936 Battle of Cable Street.
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The ‘hero’ of one year can prove to be the villain of later ones.
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The V&A’s current exhibition, Revolution, highlights that all is not rosy from the vantage point of 2016.
Corré blimey.
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Joe Corré’s stunt to end the Punk.London celebrations by torching lots of punk stuff misunderstands the movement completely.