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Clothing and personal artifacts ( Article on lady Chatterley adaptation tells a story of liberation through clothes)
From the moment Emma Corrin appears on screen in the titular role of Netflix's new adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover," her clothing mirrors the emotions of her character.
In the opening scene, Lady Constance Chatterley wears a demure, lace-trimmed wedding dress — a classically styled, fitting look for the young aristocratic woman she is.
Later, when she meets the gamekeeper, her future lover, Oliver Mellors, everything changes and her sartorial choices sync with her emotional and physical liberation. "
I wanted Constance's clothes to reflect the journey she goes on and speak of the romance and freedom she experiences," said the film's costume designer, Emma Fryer, in a phone interview.
That freedom is at the heart of why Lawrence's work scandalized the literary world when
it was first published in 1928.
The new movie, directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, is largely faithful to the book, yet presents its characters and different themes — class division, female empowerment, sexual consciousness — with a depth and sensitivity that's rarely been afforded to Lawrence's original work.
There are plenty of steamy, lustful sex scenes, sure.
Corrin's wardrobe is pivotal to highlighting that liberation and putting a fresh spin on the
ever-popular period drama genre.
Clothing you could wear today' While her outfits pre-Mellors span somber, heady fabrics in dark purples and reds, the clothes Corrin's Lady Chatterly sports once she begins to master her sexuality and, increasingly, her own life, shift toward more lightweight, sheer materials, muslins, and subtle layering (which was also devised to come off easily during those racy sex scenes).
There are breezy skirts and thin, simple camisoles, cozy cardigans and delicate petticoats.
The color palette changes as well, to baby pinks and sunny yellows, floral prints and gentle blues.
In the last part of the film, as she travels to Venice in the aftermath of the scandal around her extra-marital affair and is shunned by the high society she once belonged to, her style transforms again, embracing vivid greens, textured patterns, and bold pops of color by way of sashes — a hint, perhaps to her growing sense of self-confidence. "
There's a real sense of looseness as the film progresses," Fryer said of this sartorial evolution. "
Calendar Girls' shows senior women like you've never seen them (but probably should) Fryer started by extensively researching the period, studying 1920s fashion, photographs
and drawings from that era to create her mood board.
The aesthetic she found fit seamlessly with her vision of Lady Chatterley's metamorphosis "The whole decade from the end of the Victorian era going into the post-war years was incredibly interesting fashion-wise, because there was so much change," she said. "
To present Constance as the modern-day woman she is, the costume designer drew inspiration from current styles, too.
She visited Harrods and Selfridges in London, ultimately incorporating a few 21st-century
brands into the final looks, next to authentic pieces and custom-made 1920s-inspired items. "
Mixing and matching made it "sort of playful, light and very modern," Fryer added. "
It's clothing that you could wear today and actually feel great in."
Shift in a beloved genre This infusion of modernity puts "Lady Chatterley's Lover" in line with a trend among popular period dramas released in recent years, according to Faye Woods, associate professor in film and television at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. "
Many of today's period dramas try to approach history in different ways or through different perspectives — in the instance of Lady Chatterley, from Constance's point of view — to explore underrepresented stories, and sort of give a new spin to the genre," Woods said in a phone interview. "
Hence their popularity.
Little Fires Everywhere' author says new novel's dystopic vision is 'plausible — and plausible soon' Clothing plays a key role in the phenomenon, she said. "
Costumes in period dramas are so often focused on texture and touch," Woods said. "
By placing a strong emphasis on the fabric, the construction, and the details, they bring extra depth to the story, both in large-scale, lavishly depicted scenarios and really intimate settings, as they draw the viewer close."
In dramas where the plot predates contemporary feminism, in particular, female characters' wardrobes can serve to highlight the constraints those women live in but are trying to push against.
Lady Chatterley's shift from draped gowns to delicate fabrics is a case in point: Her "shedding" of formal dressing isn't just a style choice, but an act of freedom and defiance against aristocratic elitism.
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Cultural Appropriation or appreciation ( Article on Pelosi and Schumer’s Fashion Fail? The problem with white people wearing kente)
On Monday, in conjunction with the introduction of new federal police reform legislation, Democratic Congressional leaders came together in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol to kneel together in support of the fight for racial justice.
In addition to the symbolic gestures, the leaders, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, wore kente stoles, ceremonial African cloths originating from the west African nation of Ghana.
In doing so, they meant to honor Black lives.
Instead, they appropriated African culture.
Kente cloth is known as nwentoma in Akan, and according to Ashanti mythology, was inspired by the intricate weaving of Anansi the Spider.
Two Akan friends, enchanted by the design of the spider's web, returned to their village and began to weave kente.
But kente cloth is more than an artisanal product.
It holds social, sacred, and historic meaning for the Akan people, with the threads of gold, green, blue, red, and black each symbolizing a different set of values, such as serenity, fertility, renewal, and spiritual awareness.
It also has a deep historical connection for many in the American Black community who seek to foster connection between contemporary Black experience and the African diaspora.
The stoles are often seen at college graduations, worn in ceremonial significance by Black graduates seeking to honor both their educational achievements as well as acknowledgment of ancestral experience and wisdom.
Which is why seeing white people wear kente is so conflicting.
On one hand, it is easy to understand the sense of symbolism that many white leaders and activists see in the kente cloth, and their desire to wear it in solidarity with the Black community.
And no doubt many in the Black community welcome the outward gesture of allyship – in fact, it is reported the Congressional Black Caucus that provided the kente cloth for the act of solidarity by the Congressional leaders.
But as was quickly apparent on Twitter and elsewhere, many Black activists and cultural leaders are critical of the gesture, remarking that the wearing of kente cloth by white leaders was action that was more symbolic than meaningful.
In many ways, wearing kente is an act of cultural misappropriation: the use or adoption of another culture's symbols, dress, and rituals by those who are in a majority or more dominant culture.
While accusations of cultural misappropriation are often made when the symbols
or practices are used without the appropriate level of deference and respect, its critics also decry the inappropriate use of cultural symbols to advance unrelated agendas.
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For many, seeing individuals who do not share their same within or cultural background wearing their symbols in solidarity feels like allyship, but others find it offensive.
Which is why the wearing of kente by Congressional leaders this week is so risky.
On one hand there is no question it was done out of deep respect and appreciation for the African cultural heritage of Black individuals in America.
But it also risks promoting empty "virtue signaling" – the practice of individuals outwardly acting in a way that endeavors to demonstrate their sense of moral connectedness on an issue.
While there is nothing inherently wrong with making sure others know how one stands on an issue, virtue signaling alone doesn't create change.
In fact, using cultural symbols like kente cloth as a means of virtue signaling can actually diminish the meaningfulness of both the symbol and the intention of the
wearer.
It is both necessary and appropriate for Americans of all cultural backgrounds to explore ways to be better allies for Black Americans in the fight against systemic racism and historic racial injustices.
But rather than wearing symbols of the ancestral culture of that have deep meaning to many Black Americans, allies would be better served by taking meaningful actions to advance real social change, whether through activism or education.
Allyship with the Back Lives Matter movements is something that people can demonstrate without putting on a piece of cloth.
Wearing kente, however well-intentioned, is not the way.
Activism is.
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Cultural Appropriation or appreciation. Video on (Trudeau in India: Cultural appreciation or appropriation?)
Justin Trudeau dressed in the Indian cultural attire.
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is drawing criticism here at home over his extremely orchestrated family photo ops, Indians are wondering why he always looks like he’s going to a wedding. Farah Nasser has more.
One comparing him to P.C. Sorcar
They also tweeted why is Justin dressed like he wants to sing shava shava
The Trudeau family have been wearing colourful clothes during their visit to India
The tax payer paid for the trip
Steve harper wore a business dress when he visited the temple
Harper traveled with only his wife Florine
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Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation? Fashion and music (Article on when does cultural inspiration become appropriation in the fashion world?)
Cultural appropriation in fashion has sparked debate, and an exchange founded on equality could settle the controversy over looks by Chanel, Dior, Dsquared2 and others
Years before cultural appropriation became the buzzword it is today, pop sensation Gwen Stefani debuted her controversial single Harajuku Girls.
Inspired by Japanese street fashion, the song featured backup dancers dressed as
Harajuku girls, who doted on her from behind but never spoke in public.
While critics panned it as blatant cultural appropriation, Stefani called it cultural appreciation The debate brought into the mainstream by the No Doubt hitmaker over a decade ago still rages on today.
Journalists are no longer the lone authority; Twitter, Instagram and Facebook users make or break the controversy around any subject today.
London-based independent exhibition curator, Tory Turk, agrees. "
The reason why the subject of 'cultural appropriation' in fashion could be seen as
more problematic is because the jury has changed.
The social media crowd can decide whether it's cultural appropriation or cultural inspiration, and ultimately decide whether it is distasteful or not."
Cultural appropriation or "misappropriation" is when a dominant culture adapts elements from a marginalised culture and uses it outside the original culture's context – often without credit or against the wishes of the said culture.
Given the heavy dialogue around the subject today, the meaning is often lost, which can benefit or harm a high-end business.
So when Gucci, for instance, references the early 1980s hip hop scene and uses a renowned Harlem tailor's designs, it can dub it as paying "homage" to the culture. "
Gucci's 'New Renaissance' Cruise 2018 fashion show included references to periods of revitalisation spanning different eras, in particular the European Renaissance, the '70s and the '80s.
To Gucci's credit, it concedes reaching out to Day to celebrate the collection and his influence on the '80s hip hop culture.
Susan Scafidi, founder of the Fashion Law Institute and the celebrated author of Who Owns Culture: Appropriation and Authenticity in American Law, proposes a handy guide to settle the debate: "To distinguish harmful misappropriation from positive inspiration, I use a rule of three Ss: source, significance and similarity."
She suggests examining how oppressed and historically disadvantaged the source
community is to begin with, and whether the cultural product at issue is of great significance to the community or culture.
The more powerful the source community, the less significant the cultural product.
Designing with both inspiration and respect for other cultures in mind is a challenge that actually requires more creativity and transformative vision than just copying someone else's culture and claiming it as your own Susan Scafidi
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Scafidi adds that designers should consider creative collaborations with the source communities and their artists – a process that can bring "recognition and economic benefit to both sides".
While the jury is out on Gucci, a good example of well-intentioned cultural appreciation could be Brazilian luxury brand, Osklen's spring 2016 collection, in which it collaborated with an Amazonian tribe it referenced, the Asháninka.
In Chanel's case, it said it took "inspiration" from a boomerang used by long marginalised Aboriginal Australians and turned it into a glossy US$1,930 accessory.
Canadian fashion house Dsquared2 named its autumn 2015 collection "Dsquaw" – a derogatory term for Native American women, and incorporated traditional materials from the culture.
More recently, Marc Jacobs sent out a string of white models in candy coloured dreadlocks for its spring 2017 show, ironically citing inspiration from black culture
and cyber goths.
While most brands called their collections a "cultural exchange", many pointed out that the only party benefiting from this "exchange" is a privileged multibillion-dollar corporation.
It raises the question whether brands are entitled to a pat on the back or a free pass on appropriation for simply acknowledging a culture different from their own? "
Truly new ideas are a rare thing, therefore most creative or new ideas are the results of borrowed existing concepts – and therefore cultural constructs – that have been transformed and repurposed," says Linda Hewson, creative director at British luxury departmental store Selfridges, which houses and works with high-
end labels Burberry, Tom Ford, Miu Miu, and most of the aforementioned brands. "
Hewson says to avoid cultural exploitation, a brand must honour the integrity of a given concept or idea, even if it is used outside its genetic idiosyncratic context.
"
Culture is not an artefact to be frozen in time and preserved in a museum.
Businesses thrive on cultural exchange, and such inspiration can help members of long subjugated communities.
As Scafidi puts it: "Designing with both inspiration and respect for other cultures in mind is a challenge that actually requires more creativity and transformative vision than just copying someone else's culture and claiming it as your own."
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Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation? Warring perspectives (Article on singer Adele accused of appropriating Jamaican culture)
Yesterday, British singer Adele was accused of appropriating Jamaican culture after posting a rare bikini picture, which has since drawn tens of thousands of comments.
In the photo, Adele was dressed in a Jamaican bikini top, yellow feathers and tie-dye leggings, with her hair in Bantu knots- a popular African hairstyle, also known as "chiney bumps" in Jamaica.
The 32-year-old was celebrating the Notting Hill Carnival in London, which was scheduled for August 30 and 31, before the pandemic hit.
Known as London's "biggest street party," the carnival celebrates West Indians and African cultures, drawing enormous crowds in the streets to dance and party.
This was the first year, since the carnival began in 1966, that it was held virtually.
As her caption for the photo, Adele wrote: "Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London", with the British and Jamaican flags.
But many people, particularly Blacks living in London and the United States, accused the singer of cultural appropriation.
On social media, people raised the issue of Adele, a white woman, wearing Bantu knots, which is a cultural symbol from one that she doesn't belong to.
Bantu knots, like other Black hairstyles, are an integral part of Black culture.
And the origins and importance of many of these cultural symbols are often erased whenever they become popular with white communities.
But while some may have had a problem with Adele's look, many Jamaicans were in support of Adele showcasing their culture, in what they called "cultural appreciation".
Among the over 80,000 comments were Jamaicans who made it known that they were in support of Adele and others had blown her hair and outfit out of proportion.
"To all the ignorant non-Jamaicans dragging Adele for supporting the Jamaican culture, sit down!
You don't speak for us!",
said one supporter.
Another person wrote: "I love it.
As an ACTUAL Jamaican from the ACTUAL Caribbean, I love it!
It's an appreciation of our culture.
"Many of the singer's celebrity friends also approved of her look.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, whose mother was born in Jamaica, commented with two
love heart emojis and two Jamaican flags.
Jamaican musician Popcaan also shared a fist emoji and a love heart.
The disconnect on an issue like cultural appropriation between West Indians and African-Americans or Black Britons is mainly because, in the Caribbean region, culture sharing is generally accepted and even encouraged, while abroad, those already contending with overwhelming racism battle aggressively on a daily basis to preserve and protect their blackness.
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Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation? Warring perspectives (Article on foreigners in kimono: Appropriation or Appreciation?)
Intent and context matters.
Intent and context matters.
On many occasions, I've been told by Japanese nationals that I probably know more about Japanese culture than the natives to this country.
As flattering as the comment often is, I could never claim to know more about Japanese Culture than those who are born here.
If anything, I've just been fascinated by what I've discovered, and am eager to continue learning.
I'm simply taking advantage of my opportunities and experiences here.
In Japan, I'm always met with positive reactions when I wear my kimono out in public.
My first true outing in traditional Japanese attire was to attend a bon odori festival in Yokosuka.
These are the kind of events where everybody attend wearing kimono.
I own my own kimono.
Because I'm taller than average Japanese people, I had to do some online research and order my own set.
Ladies' kimono come in a variety of colors and designs.
And if for some reason you cannot find your size at a store, I promise you'll find a wider selection online.
Once I figured out my size, the harder step was finding a pattern that spoke to me.
For reference.
I'm a 73 inch male with an athletic build.
I wear a LL sized yukata.
After my daughter out grew her first kimono, I was able to find one at a thrift store.
The pattern featured a prominent Japanese cartoon character.
I've spent most of my life on the other side of the world, the So-Called West.
There are distinctive differences between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation.
There's nuance to it.
Yes, kimono have significant cultural value, but outrage culture needs to calm down.
Katy Perry wearing pseudo-kimono inspired clothing is not racist.
She isn't putting on a minstrel show nor is she conveying a Breakfast at Tiffany's vibe.
I see Katy Perry as a woman fascinated with a culture that she might not completely understand, and I think it provides an opportunity to start a substantial discussion.
Because wearing a kimono is a form of cultural appreciation, especially in Japan.
It's no different than wearing dirndls and lederhosen during oktoberfest.
Now, would I wear my kimono back in America?
Probably not.
I'd only ever wear my kimono to events in America that are less exploitative and more respectful to Japan.
I know that New York hosts Japanese festivals in Central Park and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
But, you'll never catch me dressing up for a comic book convention in a kimono.
It just doesn't feel right.
You would think living to Japan would expose me to people walk around in kimono on a daily basis, but that's not always the case.
Most Japanese people wear kimono exclusively to special events.
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Unless they have an occupational requirement to wear kimono daily, they don't.
Festivals, graduations, weddings and other events are typical occasions when they're worn.
It's kind of like American men and the perception of wearing a suits.
Most men don't even own a proper suit.
Wearing a suit is considered dressing up where I'm from.
The same sentiment applies to Japanese people and they're kimono.
Every once in a while, the U.S. Navy's public affairs office in Yokosuka collaborates with the local community to host a cultural exchange event where Americans are given a kimono to wear and mingle around the city.
We're paired with a group of Japanese locals and given the chance to chat and hang out while wearing our kimono.
Western identity politics does not apply in Japan.
Not only is it okay for foreigners to wear kimono, it's invited.
There's no better form of validation than the local government sponsoring events like this.
They (the Japanese government) want to share these aspects of their culture with us.
Most importantly, they want Japanese folks to wear their kimono more often.
Kimono sales have been steadily on declining in Japan for decades.
But a movement exists to reverse this decline.
For one, the creative design of kimono designs are evolving.
Today you can find traditional Japanese attire made by both foreign and Japanese kimono designers.
Making people stand out as unique individuals in this monolithic society.
Wear a kimono.
Wear kimono to a festival.
Wear kimono to a summer fireworks show.
Wear kimono and take selfies under a cherry tree.
If you have an opportunity to wear a kimono in Japan, go for it~!
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Blackfishing as cultural appropriation (Article Tiktok star Addison Rae accused of blackfishing. Wjat is blackfishing ?
'Blackness is not a costume, it's a full life,' says El JonesIn the last year, many notable figures including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Jimmy Fallon have been accused of blackface, a harmful practice that reinforces Black stereotypes.
While a lot of these instances of blackface happened in the past, some say a more subtle
version of appropriation is happening today, and it's called blackfishing.
Last week, popular TikTok influencer Addison Rae — who is white — was criticized on social media after she posted a SnapChat story where she appeared to be wearing makeup much darker than her natural skin tone.
Some users on Twitter were quick to call it out as blackfishing.
What is blackfishing?According to El Jones, an instructor of social justice and community studies at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, blackfishing is when somebody who is not Black (often a white person) takes steps to appear Black, usually on social media.
This can involve darkening their skin with makeup, using products to mimic Black hair, thickening their lips with lip liners or injections and wearing Black fashions.
Addison Rae has yet to respond to the accusations on social media.
CBC Kids News reached out to her for comment and is waiting to hear back.
It's harmful, says expertJones said blackfishing is harmful because the people who do it "want to look like Black people, but they don't want to live like Black people.
"In other words, they want to appear to have Black features without experiencing the racism that comes with being Black, she said.
Additionally, Jones said people, like influencers, often commodify — or make money from — these features.
Features that, according to Jones, are often shamed and seen as "ugly, ghetto, or unprofessional" when on Black people, but suddenly become desirable and attractive when on a white person.
Further, Jones said they often pick and choose the parts of Blackness that they want to appropriate, which pushes the idea that Blackness looks a certain way.
"There are as many ways to look Black as there are Black people.
Blackness is not a costume, it's a full life," said Jones. "
In response, Hallberg told Teen Vogue that she was never trying to be Black.
She said that her skin just tans "very dark" and that she uses a dark makeup foundation because of the harsh skincare products she uses that tend to remove the tan from her face.
Kim Kardashian has also been accused of cultural appropriation and blackfishing several times in the past, including for wearing Fulani braids — a Black hairstyle originating from
the Fulani people of Africa.
Last year, she was accused of blackfishing for a photoshoot she did with 7Hollywood.
Some users on Twitter said it was a clear instance of blackfishing.
Kardashian has yet to directly respond to the accusations.
Back in April, white rapper Bhad Bhabie was accused of blackfishing after posting several
videos on Instagram of her with a noticeably darker skin tone.
Bhad Bhabie has since denied the accusations on Instagram Live.
What you can doJones said it's important to note that nobody is saying people can't enjoy Black culture.
There's just a difference between appreciation and appropriation.
"You can participate, but participating and enjoying and upholding doesn't mean becoming [Black] yourself.
"She added that if you see something you think is blackfishing online, it's important to not "like" or support it, and to think about how it and other images on social media make you feel.
From there, it can be helpful to talk with friends about the impact of these images and to understand why these images are harmful in the first place by building racial literacy.
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Blackfishing as cultural appropriation( Article on Blackfishing: types and motives)
In September 2020, Jessica Krug, a white Jewish associate professor at George Washington University confessed to pretending to be Black, issuing a lengthy apology on Medium for her transgressions.
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She wouldn't be the first white person who was accused of pretending to be Black, or "blackfishing" as the action has been called.
Around the same time, British pop singer Rita Ora was called out in a viral tweet that questioned her racial identity.
The tweet accused her of blackfishing: pretending to be (or altering her appearance to look) ethnically Black.
The revelation that she was a white Albanian left many fans feeling deceived.
Stars like Ariana Grande, Kim Kardashian, and TikTok's Addison Rae have also been slammed by some on social media, who've pointed out that the racial identities they project and their true backgrounds aren't the same.
Blackfishing, a term partly coined by hip-hop journalist Wanna Thompson, describes the phenomenon of non-Black influencers and public figures using bronzer, tanning, Photoshop, or even cosmetic surgery to change their looks to appear Black or mixed race.
The word stems from the racist practice of blackface, which involves putting on dark makeup to mock the features of a Black person, often for comedic effect.
Like blackface, blackfishing also treats Black features as a costume that can be removed at will.
Celebs and Instagram influencers have been charged with putting on a kind of digital blackface to possibly deceive their followers.
Two prominent influencers who have come under fire, Emma Hallberg and Aga Brzostowska, have both denied they have Black heritage.
A 2021 study published in the journal Social Media and Society said that social media platforms facilitate the practice—as well as its benefits"When you talk about 'fishing' of any sort, you're talking about duplicity," Gail Saltz, MD, a clinical psychiatrist told Health. "
The question is whether it's conscious, where you're purposefully fooling others and keeping up a practice for personal gain, or whether it's subconscious.
Both can occur in different kinds of scenarios.
"So why would someone blackfish—whether or not they intend to deceive others?
For a person to want to change their physical features so much that they take on the characteristics of another race, serious insecurities are likely to blame, LaToya Gaines, PsyD, a New York-based psychologist, told Health.
She points to Rachel Dolezal as an example.
In 2015, Dolezal made headlines for passing herself off as Black (she even served as the president of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington), yet actually is a white woman with no Black racial heritage.
"For someone like [Dolezal], I can imagine within her story there wasn't a lot of praise and appreciation for who she was as a person growing up," Gaines told Health. "
There possibly wasn't a lot of celebration about what was natural to her family and culture, which probably opened the door for her to adopt [Blackness]," Gaines added.
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That' "Adopting another identity of any sort, including an alternative racial identity, usually has to do with some sort of intense dissatisfaction with your current identity.
Whether that's insecurity or self-loathing, [you believe] that the other identity will get you something you don't have," explained Dr. Saltz.
Racial FetishismLeslie Bow, PhD, a professor of English and Asian American studies who researches the politics of race and sexuality, said that a person's desire to take on the traits of another race comes from "objectifying otherness."
Reducing a culture to a type is fetishizing, Bow explained. "
You reduce a whole culture to something you can appropriate," Bow added.
Someone who blackfishes might view Blackness as a commodity they can adapt in any way that pleases them, according to the Social Media and Society article.
Bow said that the thinking goes like this: "I want this entire people and population to be one thing and to stand for one thing".
Bow continued, "It's a reduction.
I can make Black women stand for this—their hair, clothing, look—and I can take it for myself.
"When a non-Black person commodifies the visual profile of people of color, they "trivialize it and glamorize aspects of it that are really a fraction," said Dr. Saltz.
Take Black hair, for example.
According to the 2019 Dove/Crown research survey, 80% of Black women feel the need to change their natural hair in professional settings.
Yet those who blackfish can transition between their natural hair textures and traditionally "Black" hairstyles easily and without discrimination—reducing these hairstyles to a trend or commodity, Dr. Saltz explained.
"That taps into a long history in this country of people [equating] what is 'cool' with 'Blackness,' without having to deal with the consequences of being Black, like the racism and state violence," Alisha Gaines, PhD, an associate professor of English at Florida State University and author of Black for a Day: Fantasies of Race and Empathy, told Health.
What Is Cultural Appropriation?
Advancement or Social CurrencyWith the rise in representation of people of color in media and entertainment and the success of musicians like Rihanna and Beyoncé, Dr. Saltz said that those who blackfish may see something to gain professionally or socially. "
It could be malingering, having something to gain by duplicitously putting myself forward
as this other identity," said Dr. Saltz. "
I want this job, this money, this opportunity, and this identity will make me get it.
That's a sociopathic malingering aim to get something," added Dr. Saltz.
It's almost the inverse form of "passing," a practice dating to the days of slavery and Jim Crow, whereby lighter-skinned people of color would try to pass for white for political and social gain.
The difference between blackfishing and passing, however, is that passing was a survival tactic for Black people living in a racist culture, Gaines explained.
Code-Switching: What Does It Mean and Why Do People Do It? "
Blackfishing for followers on social media is not about survival or navigating the threat of
racial terror, it's [about] social media likes," said Gaines.
Those who blackfish view Black features as a thing that sells films, music, beauty products, and more, according to the Social Media and Society research article.
Even more important is that blackfishing can be done without any of the negatives that come with living as a true Black person. "
People who blackfish do it because they're marketing an appropriated commodity that they can then walk away from," said Gaines. "
It's creating a space in the market that sees the aesthetics of Blackness as cool and capitalizing on that," Gaines added.
Fitting In Or Showing SympathyIn an increasingly multicultural society, people who are not Black are learning more about inequality and racial injustice.
They're also being exposed to more coworkers and peers who are Black or mixed race.
Dr. Saltz explained that blackfishing might be a way for non-Black individuals to show their concern and solidarity—or a way to overcompensate for their real identity.
"In a situation where someone is feeling intensely attached to or identified with someone of another race or culture, they might appropriate those elements," said Dr. Saltz. "
From white people of 1960s counterculture wearing afros and dashikis to the streetwear
boom of today, donning another ethnic group's traditional hairstyles and clothes becomes a means of declaring affinity or sympathy for that group—but without recognizing the implications of it. "
Appropriating these styles became a cultural declaration of where one stood ideologically," explained Dr. Saltz. "
It was a recognition of the beauty, the power, and wanting to be liked," Dr. Saltz added.
The impulse to want to express sympathy or solidarity isn't wrong, but blackfishing is not
the way to do it. "
We're seeing more images of [Black people] embracing our natural hair and having darker skin, and there's a story behind the journey of us getting to this point of embracing it," said Gaines. "
As we become more mainstream and those images become more mainstream, white people can use their white privilege to mimic these images and our ways of making ourselves feel beautiful, without really understanding the story or struggle behind it," Gaines said.
What To Know and When To Seek HelpDr.
Saltz acknowledged that not everyone who blackfishes is aware of the cultural implications of treating ethnic features and styles as a trend or commodity. "
This is feeling secure enough to do whatever you would like to your body, irrespective of the implications of this," said Dr. Saltz. "
We're in a time where we're understanding that it's never just a 'style' and they're fraught with real suffering," Dr. Saltz added.
Bow wants those who blackfish to consider that they have the ability to stop the charade
at any time. "
You have the freedom to walk away from that.
Black people do not have that freedom," said Bow. "
They can't pick and choose or compartmentalize.
That's the notion of the privilege of it—the idea of taking it on as a masquerade or a costume though it appears to be an homage, like a Halloween costume," Bow added.
Privilege and a lack of understanding of the implications are often at the root of blackfishing.
But sometimes psychological issues are a motive for blackfishing.
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Article on Nancy Pelosi and the new women in congress, fashion was defiant statement of purpose and resistance- the Washington post o
At the start of the 116th Congress, fashion was not merely a footnote, it was a rallying cry, a defiant gesture, a point of cultural pride — a glorious, theatrical declaration of self.
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It was white suits and pink dresses, Native American artistry, a Palestinian thobe, a kente
cloth stole, a hijab and a skintight pencil skirt with a fur stole.
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Choose your planThe main news story from Capitol Hill was, of course, the phoenixlike rise of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
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But even before she was sworn in as speaker of the House, it was impossible to miss her as the television cameras swooped high and low over the sea of dark suits on the House floor.
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Alas, despite an influx of women — a record 102 in the House — men still dominate, and
those men continue to favor a palette of navy, charcoal and black.
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Pelosi's bright fuchsia dress was like the plumage of a brazen bird, one with the audacity not just to fly with the flock but to lead it.
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It was the aesthetic opposite of what she'd worn only the day before, when she went striding through the halls of the Capitol in a discreet suit the color of cement.
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This was an entirely different ensemble for a momentous day — one not just for the cameras, but for the history books.
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Pelosi and her flock. (
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Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) If there is any color that has ever come close to defining a gender, it's pink.
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Culturally, it has long been assigned to girls.
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And for generations of women who were stereotyped and bullied into polite smiles and reassuring deference, pink was their bane.
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Over time, pink ribbons came to symbolize serious women's issues — although typically discussed in soft and fuzzy tones.
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But this is the era of pink pussy hats.
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The color has been reclaimed and redefined.
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It is not about patience and calm or the kumbaya balm of we-are-all-equal.
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The new pink is aglow with outrage and the insistent demand that past wrongs be rectified.
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Ad (0:00) - 1:15 Nancy Pelosi was elected and sworn in as Speaker of the House on Jan. 3, and pledged to pursue transparency, truth and compromise in the 116th Congress. (
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In a November CNN interview, Pelosi noted that no one is indispensable, "but some of us
are just better at our jobs than others."
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That wasn't overconfident swagger.
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It was honest.
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But it was the kind of honesty that women mostly don't offer up about themselves, because that's not what little girls in powder pink were taught to do.
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They were taught to whisper with humility.
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Fuchsia roars.
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Elizabeth Warren is sending you a subliminal message with her sleeves These women of the new Congress, some of them, actually a lot of them, did not shy away from using fashion as a tool, from taking that quintessentially female pastime — the one derided for
being frivolous — and turning it to their advantage.
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They used their attire to lure the cameras, to start tongues wagging and to make viewers
reconsider their preconceptions about how Americans are defined, who has the right to lead and, ultimately, what power looks like.
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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the first Palestinian-American elected to the House, wears a traditional Palestinian gown. (
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Social Media/Reuters) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) wore a Palestinian thobe in honor of her mother.
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Tlaib, who is the first Palestinian American elected to Congress, recalled in an essay for Elle that as a child, she would watch as her mother sat on the floor stitching and embroidering the gowns with a lamp at her side.
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The decision was a statement about Tlaib's background and a future in which it can be as
welcomed in the United States as Western European roots are.
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Similarly, Rep. Debra Haaland (D-N.M.) expressed her Native American heritage in turquoise jewelry and immaculate embroidery while also underscoring one of her campaign promises, which was to focus attention on missing and murdered Native American women.
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African American congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) had a kente cloth wrap draped around her shoulders.
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Each of them used fashion to press the point that diversity is essential to the power dynamic.
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Rep. Debra Haaland (D-N.M.) wants to draw attention to missing and murdered Native American women. (
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Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with Vice President Pence, for which she removed her fur stole. (
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) paired her red-carpet hairdo with a form-fitting floral pencil skirt and a dove-gray fur stole for her swearing-in.
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The ensemble was frothy and lighthearted.
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It was a little sexy but mostly sassy.
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It was a rejection of stuffiness.
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It was the antithesis of gruff, white-haired men in dark suits.
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And if anyone thought it was inappropriate or silly, well, the only response to that sentiment is that Sinema won the election and her constituents surely knew exactly what they would be getting — which is not their grandma's senator.
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From left, Democratic Reps.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Barbara Lee, Jahana Hayes, Lauren Underwood and Sheila Jackson Lee wait for Pelosi to accept the gavel as speaker. (
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Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who came to the United States as a refugee from Somalia, wore a hijab at a time when both Muslims and refugees have been vilified.
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She also wore white, as did Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-
N.Y.).
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Their attire stood out as symbolic of a new beginning, as well as a nod to the women's suffrage movement.
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As Pelosi noted in her speech, this year marks the 100th anniversary of women having the right to vote.
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Their color choice underscored the occasion and asked: What are we doing with our vote?Rep.
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Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wears a hijab and white — the color of the women's suffrage movement — during the opening session of the 116th Congress. (
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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) At the State of the Union, fashion puts women on mute Fashion communicated a visual story about the day's place in the country's ongoing narrative and the ways in which these newly sworn-in congresswomen define their roles and themselves.
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Their choices placed them within particular communities; the setting — Capitol Hill — connected those varied communities in a singular national dialogue.
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The fashion was personal and political.
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Individual as well as universal.
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Fashion in this context was not about looking au courant or attractive by some arbitrary standard.
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Fashion was a statement of intent.
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What do these women plan to do?
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Blow off the dust; listen to as many voices as possible; be bold.
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Their opening gambit was made plain and eloquent in their clothes.
10.
Article on Democratic women are once again wearing all white to the state of the union.
This year's State of the Union comes at a particularly contentious time: in the midst of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
During this fraught political moment, Democratic women arrived to the event in all-
white attire, continuing their streak of using color-coordinated outfits to send a striking visual message to the president.
This year's suffragist white dress code is intended to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which was ratified in 1920 to grant American women the right to vote.
Like last year, some congresswomen have also donned a green "ERA Yes!"
button to endorse the renewed effort to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, which would
enshrine equality between men and women into the US Constitution.
While the State of the Union is essentially a speech, it's also a form of political theater —
something CNN described last year as "irresistible prime-time drama."
For Democrats, the event has been an opportunity to highlight their opposition to the administration without explicitly saying so.
For the previous three years, women lawmakers have made political statements with their outfits.
During both the 2017 joint congressional address and 2019 State of the Union, legislators also wore white to highlight women's issues.
The all-white attire was especially stark in 2019, given the large number of first-time congresswomen present.
House Democrats wear black as they participate in a photo-op at the U.S. Capitol prior to
President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address.
House Democrats wear black and a red "Recy" pin during Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union address.
Alex Wong/Getty Images In 2018, women wore black to demonstrate their solidarity with the Me Too movement, in addition to a red "Recy" pin to commemorate the life of civil rights activist Recy Taylor.
Taylor, who died in December 2017, was kidnapped and raped in 1944 by six white men who never went to prison for their crimes.
Despite the organized outfit campaign, some Democratic lawmakers decided to entirely boycott the speech this year.
Hours before the address, Reps.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Maxine Waters, and several others announced they would not attend.
"The State of the Union is as much a media event as it is a speech," said Suzanne Leonard, a Simmons College professor and director of the graduate program in gender and cultural studies, in an interview with Vox. "
It's the ability to, during a national event, present their dissent without words.
I would argue that these coordinated colors and fashions are speaking back to the president's verbal language in their own way, with a visual language.
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They've often organized specific fashion moments for public events — from pussyhats to "It's Mueller time" T-shirts to synchronized State of the Union looks, which can be seen during the televised event.
Long before Trump's presidency, television was a medium he dominated.
From acting cameos to his reality show The Apprentice, TV has fundamentally shaped Trump's public persona and professional life; he understands that certain elements of drama and outrage, even in a political setting, make for spectacular television.
In the lead-up to the Senate impeachment trial, Politico reported that Trump was fixated
on how his defense team would perform not just in front of senators, but to the American audience watching at home.
The State of the Union is Trump's biggest televised speech of the year, where he's in his element, front and center.
One of the few things out of his control is what other people are wearing.
For Democratic lawmakers to coordinate their dress is, as Leonard explains, "a savvy way
to signify dissent without words," made even more significant the fourth time around.
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Article on Pelosi, other female democrats wear black to mark ‘somber’ Trump impeachment vote
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and a group of female Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday wore dark clothing on Capitol Hill to mark the House's vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump.
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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), who was wearing a dark grey coat with black lapels, told The Hill that some female members of Congress typically wear red on Wednesdays to show solidarity with issues such as human trafficking and women's heart health awareness.
But they decided to wear darker colors this week to mark the "somber" occasion, she said.
"Normally we wear red [on Wednesdays] and we said, 'We can't do that today.'
So, many of the women are in darker colors because it is a somber day," Dingell added as
she left the House floor.
Pelosi, Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Kendra Horn (D-Okla.), who represents a swing district, were among the lawmakers spotted on the Capitol wearing black.
The Speaker told NBC News that she was "sad" about the day's proceedings.
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Female Democratic lawmakers arrived in the House chamber wearing a variety of colors.
Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko (Ariz.) also gave a forceful speech condemning impeachment while wearing a black coat.
The Democratic-controlled House is prepared to vote on two articles of impeachment charging the president with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Nearly every House Democrat is expected to vote in favor of the articles, which would make Trump just the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.
Ahead of the vote, Pelosi told her Democratic colleagues that they would be "derelict" in
their duty if they did not vote to impeach Trump.
The impeachment vote follows a House inquiry largely based on allegations that Trump pressured the Ukrainian president to announce investigations into his political rivals.
12.Article on Obama was blasted for wearing Tan Suit. Now, It’s used to contrast him with Trump.
Ronald Reagan wore tan suits during his presidency.
So did Dwight D. Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
But on Aug. 28, 2014, when President Barack Obama showed up for a White House news conference dressed in beige, the light-colored suit became a matter of national import.
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Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., fumed that the suit pointed to a "lack of seriousness" on the president's part, cable news shows held roundtable discussions, fashion critics and image consultants weighed in, and TV news reporters conducted man-on-the-street interviews to find out what the
people of Northeast Ohio thought of the controversial look.
Five years later, however, Tan Suit Gate has taken on a different meaning, coming to symbolize the relative dearth of scandals during the Obama administration.
On social media, just about every news item about potential conflicts of interests within the Trump administration and the president's flouting of norms is met with some variant of "Remember when Obama wore a tan suit?"
In the past week alone, the tan suit comparison has been leveled against President Donald Trump's assertion that he is "the chosen one," his demand that U.S. companies leave China, and his desire to hold next year's Group of Seven summit at his Florida golf resort - just to name a few examples.
In 2014, Time magazine offered a compelling explanation for why the tan suit - specially fitted for
Obama by Georges de Paris, the Washington tailor who had outfitted every president from Lyndon B. Johnson onward - commanded such outsized attention.
During the first term of his presidency, Obama streamlined his daily routine by whittling down his wardrobe options. "
The unintended consequence, however, was that over the course of nearly six years, Americans grew accustomed to seeing the president dressed in either navy or charcoal unless he was at, say, an Easter service.
When Obama showed up in the briefing room in beige, it was "tantamount to seeing a performer out of costume," Time wrote.
Reporters and political commentators went berserk, outdoing themselves with puns like "Yes we tan" and "The audacity of taupe."
Before long, style experts were weighing in: GQ deemed the suit "terrible," and Esquire labeled it a "monstrosity.
"Some looked for deeper meaning, noting that Obama had worn the suit on a day when he was slated to discuss whether the U.S. would step up its military response against the Islamic State in
Syria - a question that the president sidestepped, telling reporters, "We don't have a strategy yet.
""Khaki is a sort of wishy-washy color, neither white nor brown, and hence seemed a particularly
odd choice for a discussion of wishy-washy military policy," New York Times chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman wrote, questioning whether Obama was "trying to purposefully look like a fence-sitter."
On the other hand, she added, khaki "is also a color associated with the military.
Was he trying to show his support for real action?
Or subconsciously hoping listeners might associate his gear with a more aggressive potential approach, even if he didn't articulate that?"The Washington Post's Robin Givhan had a different take. "
It says more about official, federal, political Washington that anything other than a dark suit with
a white shirt and red tie counts as some sort of aesthetic heresy," the Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic told The Fix. "
That is a conservative two-button suit in a color that is perfectly appropriate for the time of year and the occasion.
This was not a 'formal' news conference."
The suit was a little too big, "as they always are."
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There's no way I don't think any of us can excuse what the president did yesterday," King, the New York congressman, told Newsmax TV.
The Republican was mostly agitated by Obama's unwillingness to commit to increased military operations in Syria, but it didn't help that the president had walked out in "a light suit, a light tan
suit" to deliver that message.
"ISIS is watching," King said. "
If you were the head of ISIS, if you were Baghdadi, if you were anyone in the ISIS, would you come away from yesterday afraid of the United States?
Informed that other presidents had worn tan suits before, the Republican replied that Obama "could have worn whatever he wanted" if he had taken a stronger stance on ISIS. "
I thought the suit was a metaphor for his lack of seriousness," he concluded.
Watch: White House Decked Up For "Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" Trump Organization Found Guilty In Tax Fraud Case Trump Organization Found Guilty In Tax Fraud Case For further commentary on the subject, the Associated Press reached an image consultant in Los Angeles, who thought the suit failed to convey the message that the president was a power player, and a Republican campaign strategist, who thought the tan suit was fine.
The discourse arguably reached its apex when the ABC affiliate in Cleveland sent its reporters to stop random Ohioans on the street and find out what they thought of the president's outfit.
The overarching theme of the two-minute segment was that absolutely no one cared.
"If he wants to wear a tan suit, he can wear a tan suit," one woman said.
Another asked, "Why are we so concerned about the color of a suit?"The administration, meanwhile, remained unfazed. "
The president stands squarely behind the decision that he made yesterday to wear his summer suit at yesterday's news conference," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters the next day. "
It's the Thursday before Labor Day.
He feels pretty good about it.
"Months later, when the 2015 State of the Union rolled around, staffers tweeted out a picture of the infamous tan suit and suggested - facetiously - that the president might wear it to deliver his speech.
Cracks about the suit became part of Obama's repertoire of dad jokes: He told attendees of a September 2014 awards dinner for the Congressional Black Caucus that he would have worn his tan suit if the event wasn't black tie, and joked at his final news conference in January 2017 that he had been "sorely tempted"
By then, the controversy had started to feel like a memory from a more innocent time, when a beige jacket was the most important issue dividing the nation. "
Remember when all we cared about was President Obama's tan suit?"
HuffPost asked in August 2017, when the three-year anniversary of Tan Suit Gate arrived.
Earlier that month, Trump had declared that there were "very fine people on both sides" at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville where a counterprotester was murdered.
Amid the ensuing uproar, Cody Keenan, a former Obama speechwriter, reminded people that not too long ago, giving a speech in light-colored clothing was "classified as a press conference disaster.
"Five years after its White House debut, the tan suit has taken on a life of its own.
Trump critics cite the dust-up as proof that Obama was held to a different standard than the current president - due to his race, his political affiliation, or both - so often that it's almost become a cliche.
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Comics have also turned the flap into a punchline: Earlier this year, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" produced a look back at "the worst scandal in presidential history," complete with montages of the breathless cable news coverage and a clip of Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs saying that the suit "was shocking to a lot of people.
"PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comFashion critics, for the record, still largely agree that the suit was bad.
But they're shocked, in retrospect, that it came to dominate an entire news cycle.
Post a comment "To say that Obama had a flawless presidency is to gloss over his penchant for drone strikes and unpopular immigration policies, to name a few," Esquire, which had initially panned the suit, wrote in August 2018. "
As far as personal 'scandals,' though?
The suit was pretty much it, which makes the attention it drew even more insane."
13.Article on A fashion psychologist explains why purple was the perfect inauguration colour.
Yesterday's inauguration, in which Kamala Harris became the first female Vice President of the United States, was a pivotal moment watched worldwide, and one which will be firmly stamped in the history books.
Everything about the event, and what the politician chose to wear for the historic occasion, was symbolic.
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From her decision to dress in an up-and-coming designer from a minority background (the talented Christopher John Rogers) to her choice of pearls, every aspect of her outfit held meaning, as did the bright and regal colour that she wore on that world stage.
What the inauguration outfits signal Not simply a bright, eye-catching hue, there was a strong significance behind Harris choosing to wear the colour purple on inauguration day, something which former first ladies Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton also chose to do, and which first lady Jill Biden did the evening before.
The most obvious reason for doing so was a show of unity for the United States of America, with purple traditionally representing a bipartisan colour, the blending together of red and blue.
There could be no better message to send to the American people at a time where they have seemed politically more divided than ever.
The story of Kamala Harris' inauguration pearls But this is not all that purple represents.
As Shakaila Forbes-Bell, fashion psychologist, consultant and founder of Fashion is Psychology explains, there are also associations with women's suffrage, peace, and with nobility, making it an even more fitting choice.
"Saturated hues like the ones Kamala Harris and Jill Biden adorned to the inauguration have been found to elicit pleasant feelings," Forbes-Bell told us. "
In western cultures, cool colours such as purple and blue have also been associated with feelings
of comfort, security and peace.
The last four years have been incredibly tumultuous, marred by scandal and socio-economic turmoil.
These clothing choices signify the changing tide of this leadership and allude to more positive, exciting and dignified times ahead.
joe biden sworn in as 46th president of the united states at us capitol inauguration ceremony JOE RAEDLEGETTY IMAGES "Moreover, the colour purple is not only emblematic of the suffragette movement, but it also has historical associations with nobility – making it the perfect choice for Harris, who has broken barriers and changed the face of history with her historic appointment.
"Ultimately, the new vice president and first ladies past and present used every tool at their disposal to send a positive, powerful, peaceful message on such an important day.
"Colour can be utilised as an implicit affective cue to elicit certain emotions and the bold colour choices of vice president Kamala Harris and first lady Jill Biden have done just that.
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14. Video on Harris’ remark sparks right-wing media outrage. Hear what happened in the room
In a meeting about disabilities, Vice President Kamala Harris introduced herself by identifying her preferred pronouns and describing her clothing. The remark sparked outrage in right-wing media. CNN's Brian Stelter speaks with Lydia X. Z. Brown who was
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in the room with Harris to discuss what really happened during the meeting.
She said ‘I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit’
The reason for her description: for many blind people and for people that have disabilities given a visual description can help provide important context. Not every blind person benefits but plenty of blind people do.
15. Video on culture shock: Punctuality
In Africa/ In the middle east of South America they work in blocks of time. Like half a day but certainly not in minutes as long as they achieve what they need in that block of time then exactly
when is less important that’s not to say they are less efficient or effective, but they work at their own pace.
In French society punctuality is not the highest priority but if you arrive late in a restaurant don’t expect a warm welcome. The French take their food very seriously so lateness is a sign of disrespect to their efforts. You have to pay some serious compliments to their waitress to get on their good books.
China showing your impatience is rude. Be prepared: many meetings begin 5 minutes ahead of schedule
The American expression time is money can be taken very little in the US.
Vietnam deadlines are often ignored, testing your patience and eagerness to do business. You’re more likely to succeed adopting a steady, slower pace
The sub-continent time can seem pretty cheap her but as a visitor your punctuality is expected. Patience is key. If you try to rush things, you will end up offending your host. They are in control; they must not be seen to lose face with your impatience. But when you need something in a hurry it can happen like new suit.
Iran expects your Iranian counterpart to be late to cancel or to rearrange.
16. Article on proximity to power: What west wing office layout says about the Biden administration.
It's an adage in any high-pressure office: proximity is power.
Nowhere is that more true than the West Wing.
President Joe Biden begins his term with a team of seasoned Washington operators whose placement inside the building provides clues to who will be close at hand in moments of crisis and who is most likely to encounter the President when he's working from his office.
Unlike his predecessor, who professed a love for governing by chaos and whose aides were constantly jockeying for face-time, Biden appears more likely to go by-the-book.
Officials say his meetings are run more traditionally, with a set list of attendees and usually an agenda.
And the door to the Oval Office won't be kept open for aides to drop in, as in the Trump-era.
Traditional gatekeepers such as the chief of staff and an executive assistant will have the kind
of control over Biden's schedule that didn't exist during periods of President Donald Trump's tenure.
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But the opportunity that comes with a choice workspace remains.
And the value of prime White House real estate is even higher, considering how many aides are working remotely during the pandemic.
It's not about whether the offices afford a majestic view of Washington, considering many of
the work spaces have little to no external views at all.
Instead, the proximity to the Oval Office offers an unspoken nod to the hierarchy surrounding the President.
Office space can also be used to elevate a particular official or issue critical to the President's
agenda.
Biden has placed Jeff Zients, his Covid response coordinator, in an office on the second floor, lending stature to his role in combating the pandemic.
Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, senior advisers to Biden who are longtime members of his inner circle, are setting up shop in small offices just steps from the Oval Office and the President's private dining room.
They take over rooms once occupied by advisers such as Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon during the Trump administration, David Axelrod during President Barack Obama's and George Stephanopoulos when Bill Clinton was president.
At the end of the hall, Ron Klain, the chief of staff, has a corner office with a fireplace and an outdoor terrace.
Aside from the Oval Office, it's the most spacious office in the West Wing.
Vice President Kamala Harris also has a large office just next door, along with far more spacious quarters in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which sits next to the White House.
Jennifer O'Malley Dillon and Bruce Reed, who serve as deputy chiefs of staff, also sit in the narrow alcoves with close access to the Oval Office.
Situated right outside the Oval Office are staff who act as Biden's personal aides and manage
the room's operation, including the "director of Oval Office operations" – a position once held by Trump's former bodyguard.
In the other "corner offices" on the first floor of the West Wing are the national security adviser and the press secretary.
Both frequently attend meetings with the President.
Ordinarily, their deputies and assistants would crowd the desks outside their offices.
Yet the coronavirus pandemic has altered how the building is filled.
Gone are the days of aides stuffing into offices for brain-storming sessions or meetings.
The Biden administration is taking the pandemic remarkably seriously – far more so than the
last occupants of these offices – and many advisers are not allowed in the West Wing.
The pandemic has scattered some key aides who would ordinarily work from the West Wing to other parts of the White House campus, officials said, with myriad Covid-19 precautions in
place, including regular testing, universal masking and other safety measures.
"Additional aides are working from home and using a variety of tools to stay in touch and carry out their work," a White House official told CNN.The White House counsel, the directors of the National Economic Council, office of legislative affairs and domestic policy are all expected to be on the second floor of the West Wing, along with those heading up the fight against coronavirus.
Unlike in the Trump administration, no family members will occupy formal roles or offices in the West Wing.
And unlike in the Clinton administration, the first lady will not have a West Wing office.
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Jill Biden will work from the traditional first lady's quarters in the East Wing of the White House.
Some alumni from the Obama administration may find the West Wing looks slightly different
from when they left four years ago.
Under Trump, the carpets were changed out, walls were painted and some of the hardware was refreshed during a renovation early in his term.
Air conditioning and heating systems were also replaced.
But the scale of the space has remained the same.
Aside from the offices in the corners of the building, the working spaces are minuscule – particularly for officials accustomed to more spacious conditions.
17. Video on 10 surprising ways to offend people in other countries
A thumbs up isn’t always friendly (in Iran and parts of the middle east) it means ‘up yours’
When someone in Japan gives you their business card, handle it with care. Putting it in your pocket would cause great offense.
Making a compliment like “I love your couch” in Arab and African nations can make your host feel awkwardly obliged to give you the item
When drinking in Japan, it is impolite to fill your own glass. You should fill the glass of the person
beside you.
In Muslim countries and India it is very rude to use your left hand to eat. The left hand is reserved for bathroom duty.
Going to a dinner party in Argentina. Make sure to be about an hour late, as it’s a sgn of green to
be punctual
Slurping your soup is considered impolite in western cultures. In Japan it’s good manners and shows you are enjoying your food.
Simply smile to insult someone in Korea. Smiling at a stranger is an indication that you think they are stupid
The “okay sign” is very rude in Brazil and Turkey. It signifies a similar shaped part of the human anatomy
Don’t beckon someone with your finger in the Philippines. Its considered fit for dogs and is punishable by arrest
18. Article on Ruth Bader Ginsburg(a supreme court justice)
Fought against gender discrimination
Husband was drafted for military service for two years
At Harvard, Ginsburg tackled the challenges of motherhood and of a male dominated school where she was one of the nine females in a 500-person class
She faced gender-based discrimination from even the highest authorities there, who chastised her for taking man’s spot at Harvard law.
Ginsburg directed the influential women’s right project of the American civil liberties
She fought not just for the women left behind but for the men who were discriminated as well
Ruth began her career as justice and left off as an advocate, fighting for women’s right
Instead of creating sweeping limitations on gender discrimination, she attacked specific areas of discrimination and violation of women’s right one at a time, so as to send a message to the legislature on what they can and cannot do
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Her style in advocating from bench matches her styles from her time at ACLV: slow but steady and calculated
Until her death, Ginsburg worked with a personal trainer in the supreme court exercise room and for many years could fit more than both justices Breyer and Kagan 19. Video on the millennials show what ‘Old’ looks like/ Disrupt aging video
Age is just a number, no matter the age you can still do what the younger generation Can do
As long as you are growing and learning then age doesn’t matter
When people start stopping that’s when they start getting old 20. Article on Hedy Lemarr (biography)
Hedy was an Austrian American actress during MGM’S “Golden Age” who also left her mark in technology
She helped develop a early technique for spread spectrum communications
She starred in such films as Torrilla flat, lady of the tropics, Boom Town and Samson and Delilah with the likes of clark Gable and spencer Tracey
Lamarr was also a scientist, co-inventing an early technique for spread spectrum communication – the key to many wireless communications of our present day
Upon the release of her first American film, Algiers, co-starring Charles Boyer, Lamarr became an
immediate box office sensation
Often referred to as one of the most gorgeous and exotic of Hollywood’s leading ladies
Lamarr earned recognition in a field quite different from entertainment
She and her friend, the composer George Antheil, received a patent for an idea of a radio signaling device or “secret communications system” which was a means of changing radio frequencies to keep enemies from decoding messages 21. Video on when Scott Peterson thought the cameras stopped rolling
Scott when he thought the cameras stopped rolling
I am upset. So …. About my big tv debut. How will it air? Two parts, right?
He began to cry, he faked his tears
Once more … watch him switch gears in an instant
He switched it up 22. Video on Amy Cuddy your body language may shape who you are?
Amy cuddy discussed different postures
The research on body language reveals that we can change other people’s perception and perhaps even our own body chemistry
Folding up is an example of a low-power pose
Touching your neck is a low-power pose
Risk tolerance
: when you are in a high-power position 86% will gamble
Low power position 60% will gamble
Testosterone change
: high power people experience about a 20% increase
Low power experience about a 10% decrease
Cortisol change: High power people experience about 25% decrease
Low power people experience about 15% increase
Our nonverbal govern how we think and feel about ourselves
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Our bodies change our minds
Our minds change our behavior
Our behavior changes our outcomes
Amy said it’s not about the content it is about the presence, Enthusiastic, captivating, comfortable, Authentic, confident, passionate
Fake it “till you become it”
Tiny tweaks = Big changes
Try power pose and share the science 23. video on how political leaders use handshakes to demonstrate power( getting the upper hand, patting and jerking)
Secrets of body language:
A part on the back is one way to demonstrate power
Getting the upper hand is another way of demonstrating power( they always stand at the left of the picture)
If someone shakes your hand it should be straight and firm
Grabbing someone at the elbow to show who is the leader
Trumps awkward handshakes with world leaders:
The pull in handshake, the grab and jerk
He always thugs and shakes
Trump starts with a submissive gesture and pulls in and pat their hands
24. video on political leaders sometimes have exaggerated walks to convey power
Secret of body language:
Putin has an animal power, he walks having his shoulders bouncing, makes gestures and very active
George bush has a more traditional and a very American power, very little movement between the shoulders 25. At other times, their efforts to show dominance involve “Last man through the door”
Secret of body language:
Barak and Arafat struggle for who goes last but Barak wins
There is fear and power struggle in big bold body language
Bush puts his hand on Tony’s back and taps him to show dominance and power
26. Pandemic influences: Touch
Article on hungry for touch? You’re not alone - the pandemic is making us crave skin to skin contact
Touch is a silent sensation
And before covid 19, various forms of touch in people’s daily lives- hugs handshakes, picking up objects – were probably automatic gestures
“Now we are aware (of touch) in at least two new ways”, neuroscientist Aikaterini Fotopoulou told the Sunday magazine’s Piya Chattopadhyay
Fotopoulou says that touch plays a crucial role in people’s physical well-being
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Submitted by Aikaterini Fotopoulou, why touch makes people tick commissioned by London’s welcome collection museum in collaboration with BBC, the touch test was a self – selecting study with nearly 40,000 participants from 112 different countries
It was conducted using an online questionnaire between Jan 21 and March 30, 2020. It found that as the pandemic progressed, even those who lived with other people began craving more touch
she said that on average, the skin-to-skin contact people have missed the most during the pandemic has been friendly touch like hugs
how to stay in touch with our basic senses in isolation, she explained that the brain responds to touch in two ways
The research found that young animals isolated from the touch of their parent got sicker, suffered increased anxiety and were prone to dying sooner than those who were not isolated
She’s exploring how people who have felt pain or experienced social rejection react when someone touches
She’s found that if the touch is affective, feelings of physical or emotional pain, or social rejection
are “down regulated” or soothed
It also plays a crucial role in physical well-being
Fotopoulou how to satiate ‘touch hunger’ the touch test also revealed that the lack of touch is making people crave it more
Fotopoulou explained that this hunger for touch is related to the brain’s desire system
“But no need to despair: Fotopoulos said thar there’s no evidence to suggest touch deprivation will have serious, long-term effect
Fotopoulou found that there are ways to stave off the short-term effects as well, such as stress and loneliness
Perhaps her research found that viewing the act of touch partially substitutes the actual sensation
She said that human to human touch, led to reduction in anxiety, a greater tolerance of isolation and fewer feelings of loneliness 27. Comfortable (video on Joe bidden giving endless hug to Hillary Clinton)
Joe bidden wouldn’t let Hillary Clinton go
She tries to tap out, she lets him go but he doesn’t
He put his hands on the wife of defence secretary Arsh
He always gets too close and tries to smell their hair
Hillary and Obama have also come a long way in their history of hugging
They hug so close and gaze into each other’s eyes
Looks like a cover of romance novel 28.
Amber Heard Cross-Examination: Body Language Expert Reveals What's Going On
Summary
In light of this video, the conversation in this video is focused on Amber Heard's body language and lack of genuinity in her actions toward johnny Depp.
The guest speaker in this video, Dr. Louise Marla, is a body langue expert who analyzes amber heard reactions and relates Miss Heard’s whole
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movement in the whole video every time when speaks of her encounter with johnny Depp and what occurred between the two.
Dr. Louise said that Ambers's body language during the trial was all over the
place - giving the example of amber taking deep breaths and then holding
that breath when she speaks - which is similar to that of a person that is under great stress.
However, when amber would cry, she would only cry from the bottom of her face and no tears or emotions would be seen in her upper face, which
is quite unusual - as she can also be seen closing her eyes and disconnecting from people, however, what is unusual is that she will close
her eyes, move her head but her eyes are still straight forward. Her body language speaks volumes as she is unaware of what she is portraying and is uncoordinated.
She claims that amber heard is unaware of her motions and movements despite being a world-known actress.
She is seen contradicting herself by stating that he did things yet once she realizes that it contradicts her current agenda, she changes her wording and is seen giving vague and wrong answers.
These contradictions can be seen in her body language as she shifts from sad to stern to sad to crying to all of a sudden recalling what had happened with a straight face. She even changes her voice when she talks
about him throwing the phone, and from the looms of the situation at hand, the voice she uses to describe that situation doesn't match the severity or undertone at all.
She mentioned she went to alcoholics anonymous and it is proven that many people can have drugs and alcohol throughout their life and they're not affected but of course, there are those of us that are affected, and long-term drug and alcohol abuse can lead to cognitive process impairment.
She believed that she had a cognitive impairment or personality disorder and is seeking approval from the jury which is why she is trying to get them on her side. She is stating and omitting facts in the case and being intentional with the manipulative tobe she is using when recalling events that would cause negative backlash on johnny. 29.
Susan smith interview - A true crime behavioral analysis
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Susan was convicted of the homicide of her two sons, Michael (3) and alexander 14 months. She put them in the car and pushed them down a ramp and into the lake where they had drowned. She initially lied and said someone hijacked her car and tied her kids to the back seat when she instead pushed them down a boat ramo and they died in the car.
When they analyzed the video, yes I may be true what her words are saying about wanting to hug them and missing them, however, she is eye blocking and there can’t be a single bit of grief shown, no concern, no snot, no tears, no forehead creases - she is faking. She is only closing her eyes to avoid the stares or glances, there is zero chin movement. She is adjusting her hair while crying, she doesn’t have real tears to wipe. She also picks on her left hand when something doesn’t line up.
Baton gesture -0 when a person’s words doesn’t line up with their gestures. Her words, actions, gestures and stories aren’t lining up which is a unique case so for this we would call it gesture arrhythmia or misalignment arrhythmia.
She is seen moving slowly to show that she is thinking about what she is going to say next, and not expressing the right emotions; she thinks she is showing us what we want to see, however it isn’t lining up properly. Compared to her husband who is saying everything he is thinking and seeing word for word, she is doing the opposite. Showing two different sides to the human emotion.
With her husband, if you look at his eyebrows, he is showing concern yet when you look at her she isn’t showing concern. Yet she said they had been kidnapped, she never had a plea for the kidnapper to bring the kids back and zero eye contact with the audience who may have her kids.
She is avoiding eye contact to prevent herself from crying and doing things t0 fix her appearance like licking her lips and saying how good of a mother
she is. She said she met and witnessed the person that took her kids, and even had an artist describe them yet she never did anything emotionally to show she was in distress. Her lips are being licked to show they are bright (maybe from crying), her eyebrows aren’t up, down or anything they are just flat. She even does the morris tongue jet which is what babies do when rejecting bad food. She even does that when talking about mummy and daddy.
she is very agreeable, she only speaks about herself and how good she is most times, no show signs of remorse in her behavior and keeps herself as the focus.
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CHAPTER 8 (Building and maintaining relationships)
1.video on Georgetown commencement speaker Daniel Pink
The experiment is a technique that social psychologists have used since the early 1980s to measure what’s called “perspective taking”
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The ability to get out of your own head and see things from someone else’s point of view
What really matters is context. One dimension of context is power
Power leads individuals to anchor too heavily on their own vantage point, insufficiently adjusting to others’ perspectives
Here the key (the major key), in general not all the time, but lots of the time
there’s and inverse relationship between feelings of power and perspective-
taking
The more powerful someone feels, the worse, typically his or her perspective-taking abilities become
High status people in organizations and in society typically aren’t very good perspective takers but low status people they’re usually great at it
A rich body of science shows that in general the more powerful people feel, the more their perspective taking abilities degrade
The biggest mistake is thinking you are the smartest person in the room 2. video on Italians defy coronavirus lockdown by filling the streets with song
Stuck at home due to coronavirus, Italians unite by filling the streets with a song
‘Canto della Verbena’ is the traditional song from Tuscan city
A lockdown in Italy had quarantined millions
More than 1000 people in Italy have died from the virus 3. video on Germans sing Bella Ciao from rooftops in solidarity with Italy
People in the Bavarian town of Bamberg, Germany, took their rooftops and windows to sing ‘Bella ciao’, an Italian resistance song, in solidarity with Italy where the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise
4. Video on Daniel Goleman, discussing emotional and cultural intelligence: ‘Empathy and compassion in Society: Changing Culture in the Workplace.’
Daniel says a leader is anyone who has a spare of influence
Compassion goes beyond giving
The student where told they were going to give a practice sermon and half of them were given a bible topic and a time to prepare
Half of them were given the parable of the good Samaritan and the other half were giving random bible topic
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When they go to the other building each of them passes someone who is bent over pain, the question is, do you stop to help
The real question is does it matter if you’re pandering the parable of the good Samaritan, the answer is no.
The real factor was how much time people felt they were under, this is the story of our life’s we are all pressured and we all have, any opportunities to help but we may not notice them
There is a spectrum in first noticing the person in need, tuning in, empathizing, understanding what’s happening to the person from their point of view and then if they are in need having compassion for them and then taking action
Attention is a mental factor under siege today
We are now paying more attention to our emails, text messages, tweets and
so on. When we should be doing other things
There was a study done at Harvard, 25 people were given an iPhone with a special app which at random points of the day, are asked two simple questions: what are you doing now? And what are you thinking about
50% of the time people were thinking about something else
The most focused people were does who were making love, how they answered the app
The least attention to what you are doing now was paid by people at work
Three things: commuting, sitting Infront of a computer and work. Those were the most mind wonder
Our connection to people is also under siege, if empathy and compassion depend on those in people were also in some trouble
The social brain was discovered when neuroscientist stop looking at one brain, one body and one person and started looking at two brains two bodies and two people while they are interacting
The result was an entirely new circuit of the brain, the discovery came in the lab in Italy when they were studying motor activity of monkey’s on neuron at a time, this was an accidental discovery
Mirror neurons activate in us, what is going on with the other person, what they are doing, what they are intending, their feelings. It gives us an instinct
inner map of what’s happening with the other person. This is what keeps our interaction smooth. This is what lets us get along in life without having to think about it
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If you see someone in pain the circuitry in your brain that is active will light up, we do feel other people’s pain and that’s one of the ways we know they need help
What the social circuit does is make emotions contagious, it is an invisible brain to brain link, it is very important at work
If a team leader is in a very positive mood, people on the team catch the mood and performance goes up
If the leader is in an angry mood or anxious mood people in the team catch that mood and performance goes down
How they leave the other person feeling matters in business
There are three ingredients of rapport: full mutual attention, occurs as a natural follow on it is a nonverbal secrecy how they respond beautifully and
automatic and that’s done by oscillators(how we respond to somebody Infront of us), feeling good (flow is the state when you get into optimum performance )
If a manager wants to have a real connection, you step away from the computer leave your phone, stop your daydream and pay full attention Infront of you
If you ask people on a team, they will tell you designated leader but if you ask who the most influential person is on the team they will name someone
else so in other words the functional leader of the team is not necessary the extensible leader and we are all leader which means we have this fair of
influence
Compassion could be very settled, it could be just being very positive, very kind to a person any paying attention
Continuation Daniel Goleman - Leadership and Compassion - Empathy and Compassion in
Society 2013
In this video, we are introduced to the speaker Daniel Goleman who states that having a conference on empathy and compassion is a wonderful thing and suggests that there should be many more of these happening all over the world.
He begins to talk about leadership and compassion and expands on the definition of both. To him, a leader is anyone who has a sphere of
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influence and we all do have that sphere within ourselves. Compassion goes beyond giving explicitly or giving in more subtle ways.
He begins a story about a social psychology experiment that was done at Princeton Theological seminary with divinity students who were told they were going to give a practice sermon and be evaluated on the sermon and they were each given a bible topic and time to prepare. Half of them gave a sermon on the good Samaritan and the other half are given random bible topics - however, when they go over to the other building to
present, they pass someone that is bent over in pain and in need of help.
The question is do you stop to help? It doesn't matter the bible verse you are about to preach to the world, everyone is on a time crunch and they are pressured by that and we may not notice the person, or empathize with what's happening. Even in our daily lives people or couples go to restaurants to look at their phones, emails, and much more.
A study at Harvard did a test where people were given phones with one app
that asked what they were doing, the only focused people were the ones making love, whilst others were in their distracting thoughts doing something else.
If empathy and compassion were viewed together we would be in trouble cause of the social brain. This is what happened when scientists didn't just look at the brain from one standpoint but rather two. This is two brains in two bodies whilst interacting and the discovery of a new circuitry
called social circuitry. It was first discovered in a lab in total where it was hot one day and a scientist was eating gelato and it fired mirror neurons in the monkey.
This makes emotions contagious and it is n invincible brain-to-brain link.
A pacesetter is an individual who is a leader that is hypercritical, a very good
person but doesn't help people get better, just judges people and doesn't try to develop them but is always negative around them.
A command and control leader just bosses people around, they order people and direct them and because these two styles are very different they only disconnect and give a negative impact.
This does the opposite in a business setting; the three ingredients of rapport are full mutual attention, natural follow-on, and nonverbal synchrony
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5. Video on how to use “Mirroring” to build rapport/ the body language of business
Mirroring: when a college mirrors your body language it is his way of nonverbally saying he likes or agrees with you.
When done with intent mirroring can be an important part of developing
business relationships and building rapport
Mirroring starts by observing a person’s body posture then suddenly letting your body reflect her position
If her hand or arm is on the table wait for 5 seconds and place your hand
around there too
If she smiles or leans forward you do the same, you can adjust your vocal
tone, volume or rate of speech to be more like the other person’s
When a person is closed or resistant the easiest way to increase her comfort level is to use mirroring, just be careful not to mirror highly negative postures such as both arms and legs crossed or an upper body that is turned away
In business situation you know you have developed mutual rapport when your partner starts to mirror you in return
Body language often reflects feelings and attitude, so when you are mimicking another person’s posture you begin to understand more about him and that can be the bases of rapport
Mirroring is useful with clients, sales prospects, customers and co workers
It is a silent signal that you are positively relating to the other person 6. Article on anchors T.J Holmes and Amy Robach Suspended from ‘GMA3’ following affair rumors
Anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach have been suspended from daytime talk show "GMA3," following reports of an affair between the co-hosts.
ABC News president Kim Godwin confirmed the news on a Monday morning staff call, a person on the conference call told IndieWire.
Gio Benetiz and Stephanie Ramos will serve as fill-in hosts for the third hour of "Good Morning America" in the interim.
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"These decisions are not easy, they are not knee jerk, but they are necessary for the brand and for our priority which, you guys know, are all of us — the people here at ABC," Godwin said on the call.
Holmes and Robach, who have worked together since September 2020 when Holmes joined "GMA3," were reported to be in a relationship with each other in November, when The Daily Mail published 65 photos of them on a "romantic weekend" trip in upstate
New York.
According to a source close to the situation, Holmes and Robach's relationship did not violate any company policy, but the news received a heavy amount of scrutiny on social media because both Holmes and Robach are married, albeit reportedly separated from their spouses.
Holmes is married to attorney Marilee Fiebig, while Robach is married to actor and "Melrose Place" star Andrew Shue.
Further reports from tabloid outlets like TMZ and Page Six claimed that the affair was well-hidden at work, with the news catching many of their coworkers at "Good Morning America" and ABC off-guard.
How long the two have been in a relationship is unclear — The Daily Mail reported it began in June during the late Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, Page Six said their relationship began while training for the New York City Half Marathon in March, while sources told People that the relationship didn't start until August, after both parties left their respective spouses.
After the initial Daily Mail story was published late last week, Holmes and Robach appeared on the Friday show of "GMA3," though they did not directly address the situation.
"GMA3," also known by its subtitle "What You Need to Know," is an afternoon spinoff of the "Good Morning America" morning talk-show franchise.
The series began as "GMA Day" in 2018, an entertainment and celebrity-focused program hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines.
In 2019 it was rebranded "GMA3," and Keke Palmer joined the program as a co-host later that year.
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In 2020, it was replaced by "Pandemic: What You Need to Know" during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Robach and Jennifer Ashton.
The "What You Need to Know" branding became permanent that summer, with Holmes joining the show in September.
7.Article on 6 ways Queen Elizabeth II sends her staff secret messages Switching her bag to the other arm:
Skim through photos of Queen Elizabeth, and you'll notice one common habit: Her handbag is almost always draped over her left arm.
Having a preferred purse arm is pretty common, but with Her Majesty, it apparently means something more.
If she switches her pocketbook
to the other hand during a conversation, she's probably not tired, but telling her staff that she'd
like someone to interrupt and end the conversation
, royal historian Hugo Vickers tells People. "
It would be done very nicely," Vickers explains. "
Someone would come along and say, 'Sir, the Archbishop of Canterbury would very much like to meet you.'"
Placing her handbag on the table:
Queen Elizabeth is very attached to her handbag, but monarchs don't just fling their purses over the backs of their chairs or plop them on the ground like we commoners.
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Her Majesty reportedly keeps an under-table hook in her bag so she never needs to part with it, even at formal dinner parties.
So take note if she ever moves it from the hook to the table
—that's a sign that she wants to wrap the meal up within the next five minutes
, according to The Telegraph.
Putting her handbag on the ground:
Things are a bit more personal if the queen shifts her bag to the floor
instead of the table.
The Telegraph claims that's her signal that she isn't having fun with the conversation and is hoping a lady-in-waiting will come to the rescue
.
Twisting her wedding ring:
On the rare chance that you catch Her Majesty without her iconic gloves, keep an eye on what her hands are doing.
Royal historian Hugo Vickers tells the Daily Express that twisting her wedding ring isn't just the queen being fidgety—
it's a sign that she wants a conversation to end.
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If the staff spot the signal, they'll swoop in to help her escape.
Hitting a secret button:
We've all had meetings that go just a bit longer than we'd like, but Queen Elizabeth doesn't have to deal with that nonsense.
When she's hosting an official meeting at Buckingham Palace and is ready for the conversation to end, Her Majesty has the luxury of discreetly hitting a secret buzzer.
At the push of a button, she signals her staff to open the doors and let the guests out
, according to People.
Choosing her outfits:
This one isn't just for the staff, but eagle-eyed royal watchers have noticed some sneaky messages hidden in Queen Elizabeth's outfit choices
.
The monarch is legally required to keep her political opinions to herself, but people have spotted some subtle hints about her views in her outfits.
Post-Brexit vote in 2017, people were buzzing about the hat she wore that looked suspiciously similar to the European Union flag.
More recently, people speculated that wearing a brooch that Barack Obama had given her was a subtle dig at President Trump when he was in town.
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8. Video on ghosting: the missed warning in the back of the dating manual
Ghosting is the act of ceasing all communication with someone that they have been talking to or seeing
.
Today’s society views suddenly disappearing from somebodies life as acceptable behavior in the dating realm
. This concept has been formed ghosting
This concept has been involved with a significant other for a certain amount
of time from seeing each other for a few weeks, to being with each other for month, to even longer. This can also happen within close friends especially prominent in the dating world
This practice appears to be happening often but as anyone who knows the basics of psychology can tell you just because you run away from your problems do not mean they go away
Obviously having that special someone suddenly begin to ignore your calls and messages can be devastating you were so into them and you thought they were into you but then they do this
As someone who has been ghosted before can verify you feel like a wrecking ball has blasted your self-confidence and self-esteem especially if the person that ghosted you was your official significant other
Breaking up with someone is hard enough but this adds to more insult to injury
This practice is insulting
It is as if you weren’t properly let go
It fits in nicely with other forms of social rejection, which lights up the sane areas of the brain as physical pain would
Many think it’s a result of fearing conflict when having to confront other people, ghosting is the convenient way to avoid this
Researcher have found that using this method of avoidance to break up with someone is one of the worst ways to end a relationship
The person been ghosted feels most of the blow but it can also affect the person doing the ghosting
Many of us don’t take that kind of crap from people and a fit a rage to confront the person. This could be especially distressing or humiliating for the ghoster if the ghosty knows where they exercise, live, work etc.
It causes stress for both parties
Many feel that the person who did the ghosting probably doesn’t care about them anymore because it was so easy for them to disappear
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Numerous professionals disagree saying that the guilt from taking a spineless way out of a relationship can have long lasting effect on the person who did it
This behavior also strengthens the distress or anxiety that confrontation may cause
Running away from someone doesn’t necessary mean them to stop chasing you
Breaking up with someone properly form open communication no matter how hard it may seem is the best thing to do even though it may feel you are ruining someone’s life; it is best to confront your problems head on and try to resolve them
9. Article on He dumped me with a post-It! Young Americans are more obsessed with ‘how’ the break-up happened, than ‘why’
Forget asking 'why did he break-up with me'?
The question young American's are now focusing on is, 'how did it happen? A new study by an Indiana University professor has revealed how, compared
to other countries, U.S. undergraduates concentrate on the 'how' of a break-up when discussing the event with friends, not the 'why' or the 'who'.
Ilana Gershon, associate professor of communication and culture at Indiana University's College of Arts and Sciences, looked at how people break-up with their partners today, including via texts, emails and social media - or in Carrie Bradshaw's case, via Post-It note.
Although the Sex and the City character wasn't a graduate, she was dumped
by boyfriend Jack Berger who left her a Post-It note in the middle of the night, which read: 'I'm sorry, I can't.
Don't hate me.
'Ms Gershon, the author of The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting over New Media, argues that Facebook and other forms of social networking have radically changed the playing field of dating today.
So it's not surprising that the medium used in a break-up is of most importance to young Americans.
The associate profession interviewed 72 people, including 66 undergraduate college students who often use new technologies to communicate with friends, and partners.
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Her paper, published in the journal Anthropology, found that when American college students tell their break-up stories, they first describe the mediums used in the conversation, rather than what was said.
'The medium used for the conversation mattered enough to be almost always mentioned,' Ms Gershon said.
'Her results compare ethnographic research in other locations, such as in Japan and Britain, where the break-up story primarily focuses on justifying why the relationship had to end.
'The American undergraduates I interviewed were not discussing their breakups in terms of the right balance of dependence, or even the kind of people who might break up,' she said.
This may be due to the overwhelming number of Americans who break-up with their significant other via text message.
In 2010, the mobile social network MocoSpace surveyed 20,000 of its members under age 30; 57per cent admitted to using their phone to break-
up with someone, and 47per cent revealed they had been dumped via text message.
Comparatively, a British survey of more than 2,000 people found that just 15per cent had been dumped by text or email.
10. Video on What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness (Robert Waldinger)
There was a recent survey millennial asking them what their most important life goals where and over 80% said that the major life goal for them was to get rich
Another 50% of those same young adults said that another major life goal was to become famous
We are constantly told to lean into work, to push harder and achieve more. We are giving the impression that these are the things we need to go after in order to have a good life.
Most of what we know about human life, we know from asking people to remember the past
We forget vast amount of what happens to us in life and sometimes memory is downright creative but what if we could watch our entire lives as
they unfold through time, what if we could study people from the time that
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they were teenagers to all the way into old age to see what really keeps people happy and healthy
The Harvard study of adult development maybe the longest study of adult life that has ever been done for 75 years we have tracked the lives of 724 men
Since 1948 we have tracked the lives of 2 groups of men. The first group started in the study when they were at Harvard college, they all finished college during World War II and then most went of to serve in the war
The second group were a group of boys in Boston’s poorest neighbourhood.
Boys who were chosen for the study specifically because they were from some of the most troubled an disadvantage families in the Boston of the 1930s
When they entered the study, all these teenagers were interviewed, giving medical exams and we went to their homes and interviewed their parents
They grew up to adults and enter all works of life, they became factory works and lawyers and bricklayers and doctors, on president of the United States, some developed alcoholism, some climbed the social ladder from the bottom all the way to the very top and some made that journey in the opposite direction
Every two years our patient in dedicated research staff calls up or men and ask them if we can send them one more set of questions about their lives
Many of the inner-city Boston men ask us why you keep wanting to study me, my life isn’t just that interesting, but the Harvard men never ask that question
To get the clearest picture of these lives we don’t just send them questionnaire’s, we interview them in their living rooms, we get their medical records from their doctors, we video tape them talking to their wives about their deepest concerns and when ask the wives if they would join in this study they said yes
Lessons aren’t about wealth or fame or working hard, the clearest message that we get from the 75-year study is this, could relationships keep us happier and healthier
We have learned three big lessons about relationships
, the first is that social connection are good for us and that loneliness kills,
it turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friend to community are happier, physically healthier and they live longer than people who are less well connected and the experience of loneliness turns out to be toxic.
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People who are more isolated form other find that they are less happy and their health declines earlier in mid-life, their brain functioning decline sooner and they live shorter life’s than people who are not lonely and the sad fact is that at any given time or that one in five American’s will report they are lonely
The second big lesson we learned is not just the number of friends you have and it’s not whether you are in a committed relationship but it’s the quality of your close relationships that matters
. It turns out that living in the midst of conflict is bad for our health. High conflict marriages for example without much affection turn out to be very bad for our health perhaps worse can lead to divorce and living in the midst of good/ warm relationships is protective. The who were most satisfied in their relationships were the healthiest at age 80 and good close relationships seem to buffer us from getting old.
The third big lesson we learnt is that good relationship doesn’t just protect our bodies, they protect our brains
. It turns out that being in a securely attached relationship to another person in your 80s is protective.
This message that good and close relationships are good for our health and well-being. People who do the best lean into relationships.
Quote from Mark: there isn’t time so brief is life for apologies, heart burnings calling to account. There is only time for loving. The good life is built with good relationships.
11.Video on marriage experts John Gottman ( before you get married … watch this )
Marriage expert John Gottman can sit with newly engaged couples for 15 minutes or less and predict with 94% success the likelihood of whether that couple will be happily married or miserable and divorced
What is his secret? How does he do it? He says the key to relationship
success does not lie in candlelight dinners. It is not found in trips to Paris or horse and carriage rides under moonlit skies. It is not found in getting your partner a different gift every other week and it is not found during long walk on the beach
Gottman says the most important factor for a happy marriage is attention
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Small moments of positive attention. when I heard this, I thought about my mom.
See when I was 6 she told me that it was the little things that make the big difference and as I look back on my parents failed marriage, I see that it was those little things that eventually became non-
existent.
If you’re watching this now then I know it sounds reminiscent cause it
is all too common today on this planet that we take each other for granted.
We don’t know what we have until it’s gone. We lose touch with those who mean so much by neglecting the things that are so small
Now look if you want a book a limousine with a mariachi band inside to take your sweetheart on a helicopter ride, that’s fine but I have to mention none of that compares to giving your consistent undivided time and attention.
Because lasting love, as Gottman said, is all about the small stuff. It’s about looking to your partner and telling them, “I love the way your hair looks in the morning.”
It’s about sending a random “I miss you” text to tell them that they’re
in your heart and on your mind.
It’s about when they call you during the day, does your voice light up like a dream come true? Or does your tone sound like you’ve got better more important things to do? It’s about choosing praise over blame.
It’s about holding the hand when you know they are afraid and you might be too, but you say, “I’m here it’s gonna be okay.”
It’s about pressing pause on your favorite show so they can tell you about their day.
It’s about making up funny nicknames. It’s about complementing a new hairstyle.
It’s about notice in the funny way their lips curl up when they smile.
Its about the simple things like remembering that no matter how hard it gets or how much you argue you’re on the same team.
It’s about the simple bliss of watching a movie cuddled up in the bed. It’s the gentle kiss right on the forehead.
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It’s about the eye contact at the breakfast table. Where due to the light hitting them at a certain angle, you notice a different shade or texture of their eyes.
It’s about those tight hugs from behind.
It’s about choosing to be kind instead of right all the time
It’s the small gestures to show them, they are truly treasured
It’s not about the fancy dress up dance clubs because slow dancing in
the kitchen wearing sweatpants is way better.
It’s about being weirdos together. It ain’t always about making the heart melt.
It’s about getting them a glass of water when you get one for yourself
and yes I realize that with so many extravagant celebrity weddings this may sound like trash but if your partner doesn’t feel seen, appreciated or listened to without fear of judgement, then what kind of partnership do you have? It is said that three billion people in the world will go to bed hungry tonight and there are 4 billion who will go
to bed hungry for a single word of love and appreciation.
There are 4 billion who will go to bed hungry for a single word of love
and appreciation. If you have a malnourished partner, loved one or friend then please listen.
I want you to feed them small acts of love and attention and now is a good time to start. Because it truly is the small moments of our lives that take up the biggest part of our hearts.
12. Video on mirror touch: rare condition means Dr. Joel Salinas what others feel
Dr. Joel Salinas is a doctor of neurology at Harvard with a rare neurological trait. When he tells patients he can feel their pain, he means it.
As a doctor he was worried what people might think, only recently he
was willing to share his story so other people will take a deeper sensitivity to other people suffer.
For a long time, Dr. Joel felt like he was different from other people when he finally figured out why, he kept his secret hidden
He is all about science, he has mirror touch which is documented but rare
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This causes him to feel physical experiences of other people, for Dr Joel it is intense and physical
He says scientist think everyone starts with it and it goes away around age two
As we age our brains are trimming excess connections
In 2 out of 100 people that doesn’t happen, he says it took him a while to narrow on this, but he would consider it a gift
He believes he pursued medicine because of the disability, in sharing his story he is hoping to encourage others to be more empathetic to one another
He says he thinks it is so important to think about what the world will
look like if we think what it will be like to be in other people’s shoes
He had to figure out the way to navigate around it, it draws attention away from the experience of the other
Mirror touch means that whenever I see somebody else feeling, he physically feels on his own body as if it happened to him and there’s a
glitch in the wiring of his brain where he is constantly simulating the experience of the other person to such in extent his body was the other person
He can feel when people are faking
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CHAPTER 9 (MANAGING CONFLICT AND PRACTICING CIVILITY)
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