“I'm a staunch believer in the effect of pop culture - including advertising and the internet - on the young. Pop culture in its narrowest sense - mass-produced film, TV, and music - either truly reflects what's up in youth culture, or it reflects what youth-filled focus groups have told marketing companies that they want to consume.” FilmCultureFocusYouthInternetMarketingBelieverAdvertisingPop Culture Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis
“I've realised that as long as the youth has the ability to use social media and their voice is there, people can actually cut through the nonsense and see what's really going on. People are live streaming from the ground, so everyone's starting to become more aware. When you pull back from this playground of duality, where someone is right and someone is wrong, you recognise that this is the way things have played out for years and years. And as long as the youth culture can see the madness that's going on in the world, there will eventually be a revolution.” PeopleWorldLongCultureAbilityCuttingYouthRevolutionMadnessSocial MediaNonsenseDualityStreaming Author:Craig David
“To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability, but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours.” CultureAbilityFantasyAudienceYouthLateCapacityMusicalSymbolsImmortalityLinksSixtyPopularityRemindersArtifactsYouth CultureMusical Ability Author:Jon Landau
“Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas.” IfsKnowsIdeasCultureYouthEssentialsSpeciesRebelliousYouth Culture Author:John Lydon
“Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.” HandsCultureYouthCivilizationGunSovietCopTanksCocktailsMolotovMolotov Cocktail Book:Desert solitaire: a season in the wilderness Source: Desert solitaire: a season in the wilderness
“We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry.” FilmCultureYouthIndustryObsessedEvidentFilm Industry Author:Ben Barnes
“Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.” LooksPastCultureStyleYouthParticularEmbraceContemporaryYouth Culture Author:Alexander McQueen
“I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.” ChildrenFactsCultureOpportunityChallengesImpossibleCreationYouthAreasEmpowermentSafetyProtectionRelatedTourism Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs and Russell Simmons have made millions from their clothing lines.” MadeBodyYoungCultureBlackLinesMillionsIdentityYouthClothesEntrepreneurHip HopHipsHopsClothingsSeanPiercingsCombsBlack YouthClothing LineBaggy Clothes Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Obviously, Jay-Z is one of the greatest entertainers of the world today. Not only is he a remarkable rhetorical genius, he's also a man of deep sympathy and empathy for those who are lost and vulnerable, but especially under-educated youth of all cultures and stripes.” MenWorldTodayCultureLostYouthGeniusEmpathyEducatedVulnerableRemarkableWorld TodayEntertainersStripesRhetoricalDeep Sympathy Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms.” PeopleLongSaidCultureYouthHairArmsWeightDespiteFeaturesHeightFallenTexture Book:Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith Source: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
“Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and backpacks, and Sony personal CD players and head for school.” IfsWorldDifferentSeemsSchoolCultureUniverseClassMorningPlayerMiddleYouthDespiteGet UpMiddle ClassParallelsCapsCdsDifferent CulturesNikeSonyParallel UniverseLevi'sCd Players Book:No Logo Source: No Logo