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Il s’agit de Mimèsis, Mesdames.
Est-ce que cet article va être une énième plainte vindicative contre l’exploitation du corps de la femme dans le merchandising ? Oui. Vous voila prévenus. Comme cette publicité qui a gagnée le très beau prix de « nudité n’ayant aucun rapport avec son contenu ». J’aimerai savoir exactement à quel moment les hommes rassemblés autour d’une table, se sont dit : « Tiens, on va mettre une jolie fille toute nue. Elle va vendre ».
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Impressionably Fashionable
Where do you go when you are looking for the latest fashion designs? Or want to see what is à la mode on the High Street? Or perhaps, just want to see what’s going on in the city? Well, the internet. Right? Or a fashion magazine. I think that if we were to be suddenly transported to the 19th Century we would be in for a big culture shock! No internet, no modern conveniences…and yet, society of the 19th Century, in some respects, is considered to be more cultured and sophisticated than our own. More genteel, certainly! Impressionists such as Renoir, Cassatt, and Monet: these were the people…
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Impressionist, and proud
Underdogs have taken note and reclaimed terms that were once hurtful or derisory: ‘queer’ has become a positive label for the LGBT community, ‘nerd’ and ‘geek’ are no longer insults but badges of honour (thanks in part to the Gleeks), ‘slut walk’ participants have tried to de-stigmatise the word, and the Tea Party movement’s ‘tea-baggers’…well, that’s a bad example. But this ‘current’ propensity for linguistic reappropriation is not such a modern phenomenon… The Impressionists came to be known as such after a 10-year battle for recognition. In 19th-century France, artistic esteem could only be attained by recognition by the Academy of Fine Arts and the displaying of their artwork in…
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