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<title><![CDATA[The Crisis in British Masculinity]]></title>
<link>http://transforminggrace.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/the-british-masculinity-crisis/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>neilrobbie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s more evidence in last week&#8217;s Daily Mail of discontent amongst British women due ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>There&#8217;s more evidence in last week&#8217;s <em>Daily Mail</em> of discontent amongst British women due to a crisis of masculinity in British men.  Liz Jones writes <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1202220/Who-created-generation-feeble-Hotel-Mum-men-Er-I-did.html">&#8220;Who created this generation of feeble &#8216;Hotel Mum&#8217; men?  Er, I did&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Jones is scathing in her criticism of the British male:</p>
<blockquote><p>men under 40 today are, without doubt, feeble, infantile and feckless.</p>
<p>They don’t have the self-confidence to ask women out except when paralytic on cheap blue vodka&#8230;</p>
<p>They never attempt to get out their very low-limit Electron debit cards when the bill turns up&#8230;</p>
<p>And they have all been raised on a diet of internet porn and ridiculous men’s magazines (in the male glossy world you are either a ponce or a pervert – there is no middle ground) so that all of them, to a wimp, are useless in bed.</p>
<p>No wonder all these big babies have scurried back home to their football-appliqued duvets – their girlfriends have long since chucked them out.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m glad I turned 41 last week!</p>
<p>The blame, says Liz Jones, lies at the feet of British women:</p>
<blockquote><p>The real culprits are women just like me. Bossy, over-achieving, high-maintenance madams who mistook the notion of being equal to men for a scenario in which we completely took over, infantilised them, cosseted them and ultimately castrated them.</p></blockquote>
<p>The shift in the power-dynamic between men and women has resulted in men giving up:</p>
<blockquote><p>I’m afraid the result is that we’ve turned our husbands and boyfriends (and now, I’m perfectly sure, our sons) into perpetual Little Lord Fauntleroys – spoilt, spurious sperm donors still wet behind the ears.</p></blockquote>
<p>Should women blame themselves like this?  The suffragettes did set a precedent in the workplace and modern women took it into the home.  Eighties material girls and the nineties girl power brigade continued the trajectory set by their grandmothers&#8217; fight to vote and their mothers&#8217; fight to work and equal rights in the workplace by taking the fight into the home. First male politicians were the target, then male bosses and then husbands and boyfriends.  </p>
<p>But women should not be too quick to blame themselves for the decline in British masculinity.  Men have a responsibility to live as men in God&#8217;s world.  Men did not have to react passively or reactively to the demands of bossy women.  If anyone is to blame for the spinelessness and ineptitude of modern men it is not their mothers, wives and girlfriends but their fathers and grandfathers.  When men stopped fearing God and paying attention to God&#8217;s wisdom, the only way their sons could behave is, as God says in the bible, like fools.</p>
<blockquote><p>Romans 1:21-23 although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.  Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools  and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man (pornography)</p></blockquote>
<p>According to the wisdom of God, this is what men should do:</p>
<blockquote><p>Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.  </p>
<p>Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.  </p>
<p>Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.  </p>
<p>Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.  </p>
<p>The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him. </p>
<p><strong>Proverbs 23:19-24</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>If men were wise by God&#8217;s standards, fearing him and so listening to him, they (we) wouldn&#8217;t get &#8220;castrated&#8221; by bossy women.  Men would love the women in their lives as they should by behaving wisely.  Women, if you want your man to behave like real man, encourage him to seek God&#8217;s wisdom, but don&#8217;t boss him into it.</p>
<p>For other posts on this subject see:<br />
<a href="/2008/10/22/generation-x-men/">Generation X men</a><br />
<a href="/2008/10/24/madonna-and-generation-x-women/">Madonna and Generation X women</a><br />
<a href="/2009/06/22/jordan-and-pete-gen-x-again/">Jordan and Peter, Gen X again</a><br />
<a href="/2009/07/02/from-the-vicarage-july-2009/">From the vicarage July 2009</a><br />
<a href="/2008/11/24/for-men-only/">For men only: overcoming porn use</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[La generación 'peter pan' está hipotecada]]></title>
<link>http://luzdelforo.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/la-generacion-peter-pan-esta-hipotecada/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ España tiene casi 8 millones de treintañeros, nacidos al final del &#8216;baby boom&#8217; Están de]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#008000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-333" title="PAREJA.20" src="http://luzdelforo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/pareja-20.jpg?w=300" alt="PAREJA.20" width="300" height="218" /></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#008000;"> España tiene casi 8 millones de treintañeros, nacidos al final del &#8216;baby boom&#8217; </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#008000;">Están desencantados y altamente endeudados </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#008000;"> Son consumistas y buscan en el ocio la nostalgia de su infancia</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>  En Estados Unidos se les bautizó como kidults -del inglés kid (niño) y adult (adulto)-. En Latinoamérica optaron por un juego de palabras en español, adultescentes, por la unión de adulto y adolescente.Y en España los sociólogos prefieren definirles como treintañeros bajo el síndrome de Peter Pan, mientras que los expertos en mercadotecnia les llaman Generación X. En Estados Unidos se les bautizó como kidults -del inglés kid (niño) y adult (adulto)-. En Latinoamérica optaron por un juego de palabras en español, adultescentes, por la unión de adulto y adolescente. Y en España los sociólogos prefieren definirles como treintañeros bajo el síndrome de Peter Pan, mientras que los expertos en mercadotecnia les llaman Generación X. Constituyen, según los últimos datos demográficos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística, el segmento de población mayoritario en España, con casi ocho millones de personas y, en consecuencia, representan una bolsa ingente de consumidores. Son los últimos hijos del baby boom de los setenta y, en general, todos responden a los mismos patrones. Constituían la generación mejor preparada pero que se ha dado de bruces con un mundo que ha cambiado repentinamente ante sus narices. Ahora deben construirse una nueva realidad y piensan, quizá con razón, que ya están llegando tarde. Son unos jóvenes que rompieron esquemas, abrieron nuevos caminos a base de luchas sociales y, de golpe, se ven amarrados a una hipoteca o, por el contrario, tienen que regresar al nido familiar, a esa casa de la que ansiaban emanciparse. En definitiva, un final de trayecto infernal. Y se dicen: &#8220;Yo no entiendo nada&#8221;. El único refugio que les queda ahora es su retorno a la etapa juvenil. Pero como retroceder en el tiempo se antoja imposible, mantienen las mismas actitudes y formas de ocio que entonces. Por eso se les llama kidults, adultescentes o Peter Pan. El problema de los treintañeros arranca -y nunca mejor dicho- de su pecado original: su propio tamaño generacional. No es que nacieran muchos: nacieron demasiados. La tasa de fecundidad alcanzó los 2,8 hijos por mujer fértil. Este estigma les ha marcado desde entonces: masificaron las aulas de las escuelas, después las del instituto, las de la Universidad y, una vez con el título debajo del brazo, las colas de demanda de empleo y las oficinas del paro. El sociólogo Enrique Gil Calvo apunta que, además de su peso demográfico, los treintañeros heredaron el objetivo de emanciparse con un piso de propiedad, una cultura enraizada en España e Italia, pero no en el norte de Europa, donde el propio Estado promueve y subvenciona el alquiler. &#8220;Aquí el Estado del bienestar sólo se entiende para la gente mayor, en ningún caso para los jóvenes&#8221;, abunda Pau Miret, sociólogo del Centro de Estudios Demográficos. &#8220;Y en España las presiones para comprar una vivienda eran muy fuertes y constantes&#8221;, agrega. El porcentaje de vivienda en propiedad en España se sitúa en el 92% frente al 6% de alquiler. Pero ¿cómo comprar una vivienda con un contrato temporal y sin estabilidad laboral? La Generación X fue la primera que firmó hipotecas a 35 y 40 años vista. &#8220;Se hipotecaban no sólo por el hecho de comprar un piso, sino porque significaba comprarse la emancipación que ansía todo joven. Y los bancos se aprovecharon de este efecto llamada&#8221;, resume Lorenzo Navarrete, decano del Colegio de Sociólogos de Madrid. A esta presión familiar y social -&#8221;con un alquiler estás tirando el dinero&#8221;, les recriminaban- se sumó la bajada de los tipos de interés y unas entidades financieras que les recibieron con los brazos abiertos. Sin embargo, su situación se asemeja a la del pez que se muerde la cola. El primer pilar para la transición al mundo adulto es el mercado laboral, porque supone la base para el resto de transiciones. Es decir, la compra de la vivienda, la creación de una familia y los hijos. Pero si el primer pilar no es lo suficientemente sólido o se resquebraja, se hunde el resto y con ello, incluso, la trayectoria vital. De ahí que la edad de emancipación en España se sitúe entre las menores de Europa, en el 45,6% del total de jóvenes. &#8220;Poco a poco se multiplica el efecto porque hasta que no consiguen el capital para dar la entrada del piso o un contrato estable van aplazando su salida de casa. Pero continúan pensando que la compra de una vivienda es la mejor inversión, incluso como apuesta biográfica, porque el título universitario no basta&#8221;, insiste Gil Calvo, que denomina a este grupo Generación H, por la hipoteca. Un informe de Estados Unidos evidencia que los treintañeros representan la primera generación que, en términos relativos, gana menos que la de sus propios padres. &#8220;Es la primera generación en la historia de la humanidad que no ha tenido que hacer lo que hacían sus padres. Y esto crea incertidumbre. Además, les ha fallado el tótem de la vivienda&#8221;, comenta Gerard Costa, profesor de Marketing Social de la escuela de negocios Esade. Y Navarrete, de acuerdo con este análisis, apunta otra frustración: &#8220;Se pelearon por todos y con todo el mundo y, en muchas ocasiones, tiraron la toalla para poder irse. Y ahora casi no disfrutan de esas conquistas sociales que ellos consiguieron. Es una generación a la que debemos mucho y ellos, a su vez, también deben mucho, pero a los bancos&#8221;. Este turbulento contexto ha creado, según la mayoría de sociólogos, una generación desencantada, desorientada, perpleja, aplastada, con sensación de pesadez, con enormes y constantes dudas porque el mapa de rutas que trazaron sus padres ya no les sirve y han de orientarse con uno nuevo en blanco y con unos valores diferentes. &#8220;Es una generación desencantada, que no se ha adaptado, que podría romper pero no lo han hecho y esto comporta un desgaste. Pero yo el eje lo veo por las dudas ya que se han encontrado sin red de protección y tienen una sensación de oportunidad perdida&#8221;, resume Gerard Costa. Los treintañeros casados que buscan descendencia calcan, en su mayoría, esos parámetros de constantes dudas, considera Gil Calvo. ¿Sabré hacer bien de padre?, se preguntan. &#8220;Están atemorizados por hacerlo mal. Pero incapaces de imponer autoridad a los hijos optan por mimarles y por sobreprotegerles. Los protocolos de sus padres no les sirven y ahora carecen de manual de uso&#8221;, comenta. Pero incluso en ellos -la pareja- se da una contradicción: culturalmente son transgresores y modernos pero sociopolíticamente conservadores. &#8220;Es una mezcla contradictoria y ambivalente&#8221;, añade este sociólogo. Ese conservadurismo se aprecia también en su inmovilismo laboral y en su visión del mundo del trabajo. Para sus padres el éxito y progreso profesional representaban una meta; en cambio, los treintañeros tienen otra escala de valores y dan mayor importancia a otra serie de elementos como el ocio y a colmar sus emociones. De ahí que, como subraya Costa &#8220;las empresas hayan entrado a degüello en este segmento de edad&#8221;. La eslóganes publicitarios de la tienda de muebles Ikea reflejan, con exactitud, la situación personal y el estado de ánimo de los treintañeros. &#8220;Donde caben dos, caben tres&#8221; no iba destinado a las parejas que querían ser padres sino a los treintañeros llamados boomerang, los que regresan a casa de sus padres después de una etapa frustrada y frustrante de emancipación. Y los hay en número. &#8220;Redecora tu vida&#8221;, era un anzuelo para esta generación que no entiende nada perpetuo y desencantada, señala Pilar Alcázar, periodista y autora del libro Entre singles, dinkis, bobos y otras tribus, sobre las oportunidades de negocio destinadas a estos grupos de treintañeros. Y por fin, &#8220;La República independiente de tu casa&#8221;, es sinómino de búsqueda de emancipación, incluso en el seno del hogar. También va dirigido a quienes viven solos. Y la Generación X es la más abundante. Según la última EPA, del tercer trimestre de 2009, en España hay 539.300 viviendas unifamiliares de personas activas en este segmento de edad. El consumo de los treintañeros va ligado sobre todo al ocio entendido como retorno y nostalgia de la etapa juvenil, porque implica también un cambio de valores. &#8220;Antes estaba mal visto que una persona tuviese un punto infantil, le llamaban niñato, pero ahora es diferente&#8221;, añade Alcázar. &#8220;Es un segmento más consumidor. Cuando era joven entrevió estas cosas, pero lo disfrutó con limitaciones. Ahora lo puede hacer con amplitud&#8221;, incide Costa. Y Navarrete apunta su explicación sociológica: &#8220;El síndrome de Peter Pan es la garantía de mantener la equidistancia entre sentirse integrado y, al tiempo, también libre. Aun pensando ya como adultos conservan más actitudes y atributos juveniles. Una lucha contracultural&#8221;. También es cierto que los términos juventud y juvenil se han estirado e incluyen a personas de 34 años que son y se sienten jóvenes. Los estudios de mercado y, en definitiva, los hábitos consumistas de estos treintañeros no fallan. En Barcelona, por ejemplo, se han agotado las famosas muñecas Baby mocosete. No las han comprado los padres para sus hijos, sino la mamá para su disfrute. El pasado fin de semana, la película de dibujos animados Vicky el Vikingo batió record de taquilla. La mayoría de espectadores eran treintañeros con su prole. Lo mismo sucedió en 2005 con Mortadelo y Filemón. Los ejemplos se extienden a los musicales de Mecano, Abba o Queen. O a la reedición de filmes como Star Wars. O a los anuncios: la recuperación del espot en blanco y negro del gel Legrain-París y el &#8220;Anda, los donuts&#8221;. Y cómo no, a la play station o el Scalextric. &#8220;En cuanto al ocio son unos jóvenes que gastan mucho. Pero ahorran en cosas prácticas, porque no dejan que les tomen el pelo. Utilizan las compañías aéreas low cost o los outlet de ropa. Pero, en cambio, gastan mucho en satisfacer sus emociones y en caprichos&#8221;, afirma Alcázar. Y Gerard Costa lo ejemplifica: &#8220;La figura de Jockey de Batman cuesta más de 200 euros y ha sido todo un éxito. Y los de Tim Burton se agotaron&#8221;. El Baby mocosete supera también los 200 euros. ¿Y la jubilación? España tiene una pirámide de edad embarazada, porque predominan los treintañeros que suman 7,9 millones de personas. De ellos, el 18% procede de la inmigración. La estadística del INE arroja un dato preocupante: el envejecimiento paulatino de la población y las repercusiones para los cuatro pilares del Estado del bienestar: las pensiones, el sistema nacional de salud, la educación y las ayudas sociales. De no aumentar el ritmo de nacimientos, España puede convertirse en un país de viejos y sin jóvenes que coticen a la Seguridad Social. Y además, la gente vive mucho más día a día. Sin embargo, parece que este problema no inquieta sobremanera a los actuales treintañeros. Según una encuesta del grupo asegurador Caser, sólo el 46% de los entrevistados cree que la Seguridad Social -sanidad y pensiones- tendrá dificultades en el futuro, frente a una media total del 69%. El 11% cree que desaparecerá y el 35% que el Estado reducirá las prestaciones.</em></strong></p>
<h6>( FUENTE: <a href="http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/generacion/peter/pan/hipotecada/elpepisoc/20091025elpepisoc_1/Tes?print=1">JOSEP GARRIGA</a> )</h6>
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<title><![CDATA[Generació "Peter Pan"]]></title>
<link>http://isidreb.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/generacio-peter-pan/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>isidreb</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Realment, George és una mica kidult! Fa uns anys, uns quan ja, parlàvem en els fórums educatius, de ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_2676" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 201px"><a href="http://isidreb.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/kidult.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2676" title="kidult" src="http://isidreb.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/kidult.jpg?w=191" alt="Realment, George és una mica kidult!" width="191" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Realment, George és una mica kidult!</p></div>
<p>Fa uns anys, uns quan ja, parlàvem en els fórums educatius, de les persones que no volien créixer i mostraven un caràcter infantiloide i dèiem d&#8217;elles que tenien la &#8220;<a title="Viquipèdia: Síndrome de Peter Pan" href="http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADndrome_de_Peter_Pan" target="_blank"><strong>síndrome de Peter Pan</strong></a>&#8220;, en referencia a l&#8217;obra de James Matthew Barrie i que mostrava un nen que no volia deixar de ser-ho, prenen  el món com el seu camp de joc.</p>
<p>Avui he recuperat aquesta definició en <strong><a title="La generación 'peter pan' está hipotecada" href="http://isidreb.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/la-generacion-peter-pan.pdf" target="_blank">un article de El País</a></strong>, però ara referida a tota un generació de persones que han pensat que el món era un conte i ara es donen de morros amb la realitat, amb la hipoteca i amb les dificultats per enfocar la seva vida. Son les persones que estan en la trentena i que a l&#8217;estat espanyol, són la generació majoritària. Son els <em><strong>Baby Boomers</strong></em> dels anys 70, la generació més ben formada, que han obert camins i canviat la societat, però que en termes reals ho tindrà més difícil que els seus pares. Quan han sabut la resposta sobre el que fer amb la seva vida, els han/hem canviat la pregunta.</p>
<p>Val la pena llegir l&#8217;article perquè en termes generals descriu molt bé el problema i les causes. Alguns abocats al consum i estimulats a la compra d&#8217;una vivenda, que ara molts no poden pagar, són els <strong><em>boomerang </em></strong>que retornen a casa dels pares amb la maleta plena de desconcert i frustració.</p>
<p>D&#8217;altres, viuen al dia, gaudint (consumint) del que quan eren més joves no varen poder gaudir i posen de moda l&#8217;esperit juvenil i el comportament infantil d&#8217;en Peter Pan. La diferencia és que ells són ja adults, són el que l&#8217;article anomena <em><strong>adultescents </strong></em>o el <em><strong>kidults</strong></em>, carn de canó laboral i pressa de totes les campanyes de màrqueting, que tenen el cor jove i la cartera disposada a gastar en ells mateixos.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lynn and Liz get ARTrageous!]]></title>
<link>http://rakstagemom.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/lynn-and-lynn-get-artrageous/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I better state my objections right up front on this one. Shoulder pads appear to be back and four li]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I better state my objections right up front on this one. Shoulder pads appear to be back and four little dessert squares (no matter how divine) will not fit on a napkin smaller than my palm. Other than that I really have only good things—make that glowing things—to say about Saturday night’s <a href="http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org/event.php?id=635">ARTrageous</a> celebration of the renovated and just reopened theater at the <a href="http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org/">Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts</a>.</p>
<p>I went with my daughter, Lizabeth, a high school theatre arts student studying for an onstage career. She got the front row seat. I sat farther back so we could compare notes. Turns out Liz’s seat required infinitely more self-control. After sharing that she’s been a bit under the weather, the evening’s star entertainer gleefully threw her tissue (and I don’t mean a clean one) into the audience.</p>
<p>Did you catch that clue? Ask your tween son or daughter who recently appeared on the Fox television hit <a href="http://www.fox.com/glee/">Glee</a> and they’ll know in a heartbeat: the incomparable <a href="http://www.kristin-chenoweth.com/">Kristin Chenoweth</a>, known to many as the original Glinda in <a href="http://www.wickedthemusical.com/#">Wicked on Broadway</a>. She’s also done West Wing and Pushing Daisies proud. Then there’s her Emmy. And her Tony. And oodles of other awards. (You can learn about all things Chenoweth at www.kristin-chenoweth.com.)</p>
<p>“You could probably get three dollars for that thing on e-Bay,” Chenoweth told the man who scooped up the truly one of a kind souvenir. Liz—I’m proud of you for not making a run for it. Let’s send Chenoweth a clean tissue and a Sharpie and see if we can get it back with an autograph, sans snot. After hearing Chenoweth’s soulful rendition of <a href="http://www.lyricstime.com/kristin-chenoweth-taylor-the-latte-boy-lyrics.html">“Taylor the Latte Boy”</a> I suspect we ought to send her a <a href="http://www.starbucks.com/">Starbucks</a> gift card too. She’s got it bad for the espresso. I like that in a woman.</p>
<p>The fun began well before the lush yellow curtain opened and the giant red velvet bow marking the ribbon cutting ceremony was cut. From the moment we approached the new theater on wide pedestrian paths that meander along spacious lawns at the <a href="http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/parks/scottsdalemall.asp">Scottsdale Civic Center</a>, we were surrounded by festive sights and sounds.</p>
<p>Pulsating music and lights. Fast-paced video art projected on a lovely smooth exterior wall of the theater. Sculptures old and new. Beautiful people young and old. Even roving artists donning <a href="http://www.smoca.org/exhibit.php?id=190">Nick Cave “Soundsuits,” </a>which left me feeling we may well have witnessed the birth of the southwestern version of Rio’s Carnival. (To really get a feel for it check out www.smoca.org for pictures of the Cave creations that so beautifully tied everything together.)</p>
<p>When we entered the theater, it literally took my breath away. Organic lines. Rich colors. Glowing light.</p>
<p>Lizabeth was especially impressed with students from the <a href="http://plone.scottsdalecc.edu/hperd/dance/scottsdale-community-college-dance-department">Scottsdale Community College dance department</a>, who served as a sort of moving exhibit as they danced individually throughout the theater while guests were buzzing about the venue’s changes and getting seated for the concert. Liz has studied with their theatre arts department but this was our first entrée into SCC dance. (It won’t be our last!)</p>
<p>Our family enjoyed plenty of special moments in the original theater. We saw Jennifer perform during <a href="http://dancetheaterwest.com/">Dance Theater West </a>recitals. We took Lizabeth to see Mandy Patinkin when she used to fall asleep each night listening to his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kidults-Mandy-Patinkin/dp/B000059QTR">“Kidults”</a> CD. (I’m still mourning the loss of Patinkin and Chicago Hope with its powerful themes of losing a child and living with mental illness.)</p>
<p>During Lizabeth’s decade of classical ballet training, we took her to see <a href="http://www.mikhailbaryshnikov.net/">Mikhail Baryshnikov </a>at this theater, sitting close enough to see beads of sweat dancing across his brow. When she studied violin (another decade long pursuit for the real artist in our family), James took Liz to see <a href="http://www.joshuabell.com/">Joshua Bell</a>.</p>
<p>One thing about this venue remains unchanged—the incredible diversity of top notch performers who make their way to its stage. (And don’t even get me started on the daytime attractions at Scottsdale Civic Center—like flowers beds and swans perfect for family photography fun, and a gift shop brimming with unique and affordable gifts that make it a joy to shop for teacher gifts.)</p>
<p>Still, on this night, I felt we had been transported to another place.</p>
<p>It was BIG—still intimate size-wise, but something so substantial that it really took me quite some time to take it all in. I wanted to flip open my phone and send my husband just one simple message—OMG—but somehow that seemed tacky. I just didn’t have the words for it.</p>
<p>When Chenoweth’s petite feet first peeked out from behind the curtain, they were dripping with sparkles. Like a disco ball might look if only it could get some respect. Her strapless hot pink dress shone beautifully against the backdrop of three puddled cream-colored curtains and a delicate chandelier. Even her elbows were sexy.</p>
<p>Chenoweth raved over and over again about the beauty of the space. “And the acoustics are awesome,” she shouted. As she sang, the theater was otherwise bathed in silence. The audience was rapt. Except for the gentleman bouncing with the beat just one row ahead of me. I liked his style too.</p>
<p>This “new” venue—the <a href="http://www.pipertrust.org/">Virginia G. Piper </a>Theater at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts—really is a remarkable place. Exquisite. Breathtaking. Soul-stirring. Treat yourself to a night on the town. This theater will not disappoint. You can learn about upcoming shows at <a href="http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org/">www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org.</a></p>
<p>If you happen to bump into Chenoweth someday at Starbucks, pretty please ask her where she gets her fancy footwear…</p>
<p>Lynn</p>
<p>Coming soon: ASU Gammage welcomes The Phantom of the Opera. Celebrating Halloween while enjoying the arts.</p>
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<link>http://manicddaily.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/parenting-%e2%80%93-second-tweenage-kidults/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, a new age category came into common parlance &#8211; &#8220;tweens&#8221; – kids ph]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A few years ago, a new age category came into common parlance &#8211; &#8220;tweens&#8221; – kids phasing from childhood to teenagerdom.   I think the category was partly invented as a marketing tool, like a Hallmark card holiday (see e.g. Office Assistant&#8217;s Day.)   Tweens seemed to need special merchandise, their own stores, their own books, their own clothes sizes.</p>
<p>I never was conscious of my own children being tweens.  But lately, I&#8217;ve been thinking about another transitional age period, which,  for now, I  call &#8220;kidulthood.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kidulthood extends from age seventeen or eighteen until some time in the mid-twenties.  (Not, let&#8217;s hope, beyond that.)</p>
<p>Your children will always be your children.  Even now, my 84 year old mother worries frequently that I get overly tired, and should get that checked out.</p>
<p>Kidults are people whose parents worry that they need a lot of things checked out:  like their teeth or their tickbites, their summer job prospects, or the status of their college applications.</p>
<p>My mother and I differ from kidults and their parents in that the question of who will actually get all these things checked, and who will do the nagging about the checking, has been settled a long time ago.</p>
<p>Kidults and their parents have not quite resolved these issues.  (Well, the nagging part is pretty much settled—that falls on the parent.)</p>
<p>Probably the first experience parents have of kidulthood is the college application process.  Some (possibly mythical) kids take care of the whole college application process completely on their own.   Some (certainly mythical) kids even do all their own financial aid applications.</p>
<p>But some kids need, well, encouragement.</p>
<p>The issues between kidults and their folks usually become somewhat easier once college has been entered, but they can linger.  In fact, once a kid has been more autonomous (or at least been away from home for long periods), and has independently arranged <em>some</em> doctor&#8217;s appointments (at least those required for the Pill), the parent can find themselves getting really frustrated.   Because at this point, the kidult oresents the parent&#8217;s intervention; while the parent resents the kidult&#8217;s passivity, certain that if they don&#8217;t <em>do</em> something parental (at least nag), then other doctor&#8217;s appointments (e.g. the ones for that strange mole or that tooth that&#8217;s gone awry) just won&#8217;t get made.</p>
<p>And what about health insurance?</p>
<p>And the lube job on the car?</p>
<p>And that jury notice?   And tax returns?</p>
<p>Even the most responsible kidult usually doesn&#8217;t find this kind of thing nearly important as most parents.</p>
<p>Yes, kids have to learn to act on their own.  And most seem to eventually.  But sometimes kidults, just like older adults, can use a little help.  Concrete help, i.e. not nagging.</p>
<p>The simple act of offering to keep a kidult company while important actions are taken can be very useful.  (Often the offer alone will trigger the kid do the thing themselves just so you <em>don&#8217;t</em> keep them company, but sometimes they do appreciate it moral support.)</p>
<p>Offering to help out with pertinent phone calls can also be a way of getting unattractive tasks done.  (Strangely, a lot of modern kidults seem a bit stymied by dealing with bureaucracy over the phone.  Until doctors make appointments by email, this can be a bit of a handicap.)</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s important, parent, to always doublecheck how much the kidult really needs your help, and how much of the perceived need is simply the result of you insisting your child do things your way.</p>
<p>You need to be aware too of how much you simply miss your kid in that new adult.</p>
<p>For me, the most effective guard against over-intervention has been my own aging processs, i.e. early senility.  (See e.g. previous posts re Robert Pattinson.)  I&#8217;m someone who could easily get caught in oversolicitous parenting.  Fortunately, for my kids, however, I have enough trouble keeping track of my own life these days.</p>
<p>If you have younger kids or even kidults (who like watercolors and elephants), check out my counting book <em>1 Mississippi</em> at link above or on Amazon.</p>
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<link>http://sedefaydogan.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/kidults-by-marcin-cecko/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><img class="aligncenter" title="kidults_marcin_cecko_01.jpg" src="http://www.nfactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kidults_marcin_cecko_01.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="392" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Harris Twins Rebel--Against Low Expectations, That Is]]></title>
<link>http://owenstrachan.com/2008/11/11/the-harris-twins-rebel-against-low-expectations-that-is/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>owenstrachan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://owenstrachan.com/2008/11/11/the-harris-twins-rebel-against-low-expectations-that-is/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You may not have heard of the Harris twins, Brett and Alex, the little brothers of evangelical mega-]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="question"><a href="http://owenstrachan.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/harris-twins.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1106" title="harris-twins" src="http://owenstrachan.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/harris-twins.jpg" alt="harris-twins" width="191" height="104" /></a>You may not have heard of the Harris twins, Brett and Alex, the little brothers of evangelical mega-author and faithful pastor Josh Harris.  They have a great website, <a href="http://www.therebelution.com/">the Rebelution</a>, and a recent book called <a href="http://www.therebelution.com/dohardthings/">Do Hard Things</a> in which they urge teens and people of all ages to work hard in life for the glory of God.  <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/octoberweb-only/143-21.0.html">Christianity Today just interviewed the twins</a> and I found one section particularly interesting for people concerned with the structure and mission of the local church:<em><br />
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<p class="question"><em>&#8220;<strong>CT:</strong> What does your message mean for adults?</em></p>
<p class="text"><em><strong>Alex:</strong> The low expectations for young people are not coming from just the world — the media and MTV. They are in schools and the church, too. But teens are hungry for more. They are hungry for doctrine and theology. They want to know about God and not just have pizza parties at youth group. They believe they can accomplish things for God. They need older, wiser mentors and adults in their lives to come alongside them and be the wisdom that complements their strength and energy and excitement.</em></p>
<p class="text"><em>In addition, recognizing that culture has turned teens into mere targets of our consumer culture changes the way you teach them. We have had parents read the book and say, &#8220;Hey, you&#8217;re right. I don&#8217;t want my daughter to just be a little Bratz doll. I want to prepare her for a serious time of preparation and launching.&#8221;</em></p>
<p class="text"><em>The message of the Rebelution also speaks to adults to do hard things. Adults get stuck in ruts where they are not going outside their comfort zones. Adults need to do more than is required. They need to dream big. They need to be faithful in the little things, and they need to take a stand.&#8221;</em></p>
<p class="text">There&#8217;s a good deal of wisdom here.  Maybe we can change this culture in years to come and teach our children the highly counter-cultural message that youth is not to be wasted upon foolish pleasures, but is a season of preparation for the demands, joys, and high calling of adulthood.</p>
<p class="text">In our day, of course, we need to teach this lesson not only to teens, but to twenty- and even thirtysomethings.  Life is not meant to be lived for one&#8217;s own desires, for the gratification of our immature desires.  Adulthood and maturity are good.  They are not evil.  Conformity on some levels to common standards of maturity is not bad&#8211;it is good, and part of being an adult.  Self-expression is not the chief good of life.  It is better to learn self-control, and then to fit in self-expression.</p>
<p class="text">I could go on.  There&#8217;s a great deal of ground to make up on this point, and much of what the culture offers youth today goes directly against the Harris twins&#8217; biblically grounded message.  But that&#8217;s where excellent parents and vibrant local churches come in, right?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kidults y Indies: nuevas tendencias ya están en Chile ]]></title>
<link>http://lurosi.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/kidults-y-indies-nuevas-tendencias-ya-estan-en-chile/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lurosi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lurosi.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/kidults-y-indies-nuevas-tendencias-ya-estan-en-chile/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[En los Estados Unidos y en Europa ya se distinguen con claridad desde hace ya un buen tiempo, pero e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">En los Estados Unidos y en Europa ya se distinguen con claridad desde hace ya un buen <span> </span>tiempo, pero en Latinoamérica especialmente en Chile, los<strong> <span class="e072"><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">KIDULTS </span></span></strong><span class="e072"><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">o<strong> ADULTESCENTS</strong>, son una tendencia relativamente nueva.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"><span class="e072"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Este nuevo fenómeno social, va en un rápido ascenso entre los adultos que se ubican en este nuevo target, que están en el rango etario de </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">18 y 35 años.<span class="e072"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"><span class="e072"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Tienen como principal característica el consumo, a nivel de fanatismo. Los productos y servicios que son dirigidos para los chicos, como figuras de colección de películas o dibujos animados, juegos electrónicos como Nintendo, Playstation, entre otros.<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"><span class="e072"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Este nuevo grupo según </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">director general creativo de Believe Branding, Facundo Bertranou, &#8220;<em>es un fenómeno que no necesariamente habla de la inmadurez de los consumidores, sino del rescate de ciertos aspectos lúdicos y placenteros de la infancia que no quieren perde</em>r&#8221;.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">El creativo señaló como el mejor ejemplo de esta nueva tendencia tanto a nivel internacional como nacional se ve reflejada en las ventas de las diversas consolas de videojuegos, en especial los <span>playstation, que son consumidos en </span>un 45% por un público entre 18 y 35 años.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">A tanto a llegado esta nueva tendencia que en una encuesta realizada en Inglaterra señaló “<em>que tercio de las personas entre 30 y 45 años están dispuestos a resignar el consumo de alcohol y de varias costumbres que se ven en la adultes, a cambio de extender de una u otra forma el tiempo de niñez</em>&#8220;.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Algunos estudios como el de Cóusil muestran este nuevo fenómeno social, como producto del incremento de la expectativa de vida; el retraso el contraer matrimonio; la disminución de la natalidad en los países desarrollados, como ejes fundamentales </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Un síntoma claro en la aparición de este tipo de personas son los “nuevos dibujos animados” o los “monitos para adultos”. <strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;">Los Simpsons y Shrek, son los dos mejores ejemplos en este caso, los primeros ya llevan en pantalla 25 temporadas en televisión y una película de cine, mientras el monstruo verde ya ha sacado tres cintas para la pantalla grande.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;font-weight:normal;" lang="ES">Son sumamente conocidos </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">por adultos y niños, pero fueron los mayores quienes terminaron por tomarse los televisores legitimando el programa y su humor que claramente no es pensado para un público infantil, por lo que la familia mas conocida del mundo y el ogro más simpático han logrado estar presente y mantenerse en el inconsciente colectivo.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Los <strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;">kidults</span></strong>, al ser personas mayores con ganas de disfrutar como un niño y con dinero en la mano están siempre listos para ver series de monitos, comprar juguetes caros y abrieron un nuevo mercado.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Porque sin no existieran los <strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;">kidults</span></strong>, el cable, los cines, <strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;">Amazon, YouTube</span></strong> y tantas cosas más, no serían lo que actualmente son.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">El otro target que ha tomado mucha fuerza en las calles de nuestro país son los <strong>INDIES.</strong> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">S<span>egún wikipedia,<strong> </strong></span>tiene un sin fin de acepciones “proviene del inglés independent, y hace alusión a la independencia;<em> un tipo de asfalto; un subgénero musical, que se caracteriza más por sus seguidores que por sí misma</em>”. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">En algunos se plantea que el concepto no es tan actual como se piensa, por el contrario viene es desde muchos años, desde el inicio de la contracultura estadounidense de la década de los 60, lo cierto es que el imaginario indie se potencia recién a fines del siglo XX.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Pero según, la enciclopedia virtual, en la temática de la etnografía</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">“<em>los<span> Indie</span> es un grupo que no necesariamente sigue las principales corrientes culturales, producen sus propias concepciones fuera de cualquier influencia</em>”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES"><span> </span>Pero entre una investigación de campo, la cual incluyó seguimiento grupal, entrevistas personales, entre otros,<span> </span>más<span> </span>la suma de varias definiciones se puede concluir que indies son “aquellos jóvenes (hombres y mujeres), entre 14 y 20 años, del estrato socioeconómico ABC1, viven en los sectores de Las Condes, La  Dehesa, Los Trapenses y La Reina. En su mayoría asisten a colegios como el Maquehue, VMA, Verbo Divino, San Ignacio, Los Andes, Cumbres.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Estos jóvenes se caracterizan porque tratan de alejarse de lo popular, si bien no hacen una negación de eso -en algunos casos podrían confundirse con pelolais- prefieren tener un cierto grado alternativo en el plano cultural tanto en música, cine y lectura.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><em><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">S</span></em><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">e relacionan con la actitud independiente y la capacidad de trabajar fuera de las lógicas de las compañías y corporaciones de la industria popular.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Su diferencia con otros target, no sólo pasan por algunos conceptos estéticos, los indies a pesar de su corta edad muestran una opinión en todo los temas que se le consultan como política y actualidad. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Además de su afición por la música, la estética indie cultiva una imagen anti-moda con la ropa que usan. Pero con esto sólo se logra es un cambio en las tiendas que después de un tiempo dejan de ser alternativas a tener un cierto grado de moda como Orange Blue o Nostalgic, revalidando nuevamente el mercado que los conceptualiza como potenciales consumidores.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">Los bolsos de lanas, accesorios folklóricos, los polar, los zapatos y el negro (como color base), no se llevan. Pero el mundo indie es recurrente ver fluorescencia, zapatillas de hip-hop, uso moderado de chapitas, ropa apretada, zapatillas con caña y uso de audífonos de DJ.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:1pt;" lang="ES">A modo de ejemplo de esta nueva tendencia se puede mostrar como figuras nacionales a los cantantes GEPE, Javiera Mena y Francisca Valenzuela, el cineasta Nicolás López, sólo por nombrar algunos que han logrado marcar tendencias. <span> </span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Generation X men]]></title>
<link>http://transforminggrace.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/generation-x-men/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>neilrobbie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://transforminggrace.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/generation-x-men/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here are some great quotes from an article by Joanna Cruickshank in the Costa Blanca News on the phe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Here are some great quotes from an article by Joanna Cruickshank in <a href="http://www.costablanca-news.com">the Costa Blanca News</a> on the phenomenon of male kidults (July 2008.)</p>
<p>The &#8220;Ben Jones&#8221; syndrome:</p>
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<li> &#8220;the number of male singles has reached record levels in Britain and Spain.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;somewhere along the road the British man has lost his role in a feminised society.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;it has given rise to numerous men over the age of 30 acting and dressing like confused teenagers.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;we&#8217;re the disposable generation addicted to the emotional rush of upgrading.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;today&#8217;s 30-something men [are] refusing to grow up&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;&#8230;and will continue to as long as the thrill of our careers and consumerism and technology seduce us into an illusion of happiness.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;I travel back to England often and am noticing this new phenomenon of &#8216;teenage man.&#8217; more than ever.  Men in their 30s dressing like rebellious teenagers&#8230;&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;Is it any wonder household debt is soaring as these men seek instant gratification.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;there are many Spanish men whose lives revolve around their all consuming jobs rather than a wife and kids being the core of their happiness.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;I am seduced by the idea that the perfect man, job and lifestyle exist out there but I know that the striving for it, the hope of it, is more important than actually achieving it.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;Men in their 30s and 40s are reading Harry Potter and their new favourite films are Batman or The Incredible Hulk.  At the weekends they will be purchasing their new favourite CDs or playing on the Nintendo Wii or worse crying into a pint like a child with attention deficit disorder because their football team lost.&#8221;</li>
<li> &#8220;The structures of society have altered massively in Britain.  More than ever football and alcohol fuelled occasions have replaced a sense of solidarity, family and community.&#8221;</li>
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<p>Masculinity needs definition and that definition comes from the word of God.  Biblical men are real men, moulded by their maker and not by their culture.  Sadly, the stereotypical media image of a Christian man; nice but wet, spineless, soft skinned, bumbling and naive, militates against the gospel being the solution in most people&#8217;s minds.  Christian men must be willing to suffer patiently for Christ, by dying to self-indulgence and living and dying for their wives and family, church and community.  This is part of what biblical men do, the rest comes as we work through scripture and mine the depths of the wisdom of God.</p>
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<link>http://rocketshipunderpants.com/2008/10/17/kidults-and-what-have-you/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tricina</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rocketshipunderpants.com/2008/10/17/kidults-and-what-have-you/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I can vote, drink, buy porn, and rent a car. This means that I am, by definition, an adult. But why ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I can vote, drink, buy porn, and rent a car. This means that I am, by definition, an adult. But why do I still feel like a kid? I have one foot in each stage of life so I&#8217;m not quite sure where I stand. I drink coffee, but often put hot chocolate in it. I just started my first definitely-grown-up job, but then spent weeks itching to do a cartwheel in the office—I did, by the way, on a day when the kitchen was empty and no one could see me. I like to jump on the bed, but not mine because I own a memory foam mattress. I live with my boyfriend of three years, but we live more like teenagers, or college students. We often eat cereal for dinner, make regular board games into drinking games, ride bikes, dance in our underwear, and put off doing laundry until we have to go work with no socks. It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m unhappy. Actually, I&#8217;m <em>very</em> happy, it&#8217;s just that I&#8217;m confused. Aren&#8217;t I supposed to be feeling grown-up about now?</p>
<p>There are a few names for people who are not quite grown-up despite their age. Sometimes they are called <a href="http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article2158156.ece">&#8220;kidults&#8221;</a>, sometimes &#8220;<a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1018089,00.html">twixsters&#8221;</a>. Sometimes the phenomena or stage is called &#8220;<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A52887-2004Nov15?language=printer">adultescence&#8221;</a>, or &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_syndrome#Peter_Pan_syndrome">Peter Pan syndrome</a>&#8220;. But most of the people these articles refer to live with their parents and claim they will never, ever, ever own a house/get married/have kids. That they just want to be &#8220;young&#8221; forever. I am very excited to grow older, I&#8217;m all about owning a house when I have the money, and I&#8217;m very committed to person I&#8217;m with. I think kids will happen, though not for quite a few years. So, I don&#8217;t feel lumped into the category these other people have claimed. I&#8217;m right there with the people who start an <a href="http://www.recesstimesports.com">office kickball team</a>, or who participate in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/morimur/sets/72057594074482628/">city-wide pillow fights</a>.</p>
<p>Perhaps it has something to do with the city I live in? Portland is very playful and vibrant. People ride around on unicycles and go to pirate-themed concerts—no kidding. If you wind up in Portland you will be bombarded with bumper stickers that say, &#8220;EAT A LIME!&#8221; which is a line from a song by Portland&#8217;s own Captain Bogg &#38; Salty.</p>
<p>So, can I be something other than kid, adult, or kidult?  Can I be a person who is responsible enough to have a great credit score and child-like enough to have an inflatable bouncy castle at my birthday party? Like adult with an ellipsis?</p>
<p>I know I&#8217;m not alone. I have friends who are doing the same thing. They wear business casual all day, but underneath they&#8217;re sporting a pair of rocketship underpants. This is what this blog will be about.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[How patience makes a man]]></title>
<link>http://transforminggrace.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/how-patience-makes-a-man/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>neilrobbie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://transforminggrace.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/how-patience-makes-a-man/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a recent conversation with James Lawrence from CPAS, we talked about the crisis of masculinity af]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In a recent conversation with James Lawrence from CPAS, we talked about the crisis of masculinity affecting western men.  If the feminist movement was a reaction to male dominance, men now need to work out together what it is to be a man in today&#8217;s world.  Men have very passively gone along without thinking for a very long time and it shows.  The kidult phenomenon where grown men live like pubescent boys until well into their thirties, is alive and well in our nation.  Men play computer games for hours each day, use pornography, chase girls, shirk responsibility, binge drink, get upset at the smallest provocation, drive fast, play loud music, entertain themselves, live for comfort and passion.</p>
<p>This quote from Thomas Watson is a brilliant insight to contemporary pop male culture and what needs to change.  Patience in suffering makes a man:</p>
<blockquote><p>The third suffering grace is patience. Patience is a grace made and cut out for suffering. Patience is a sweet submission to the will of God, whereby we are content to bear anything that he is pleased to lay upon us. Patience makes a Christian invincible. It is like the anvil that bears all strokes. We cannot be men without patience. Passion unmans a man. It puts him beside the use of reason. We cannot be martyrs without patience. Patience makes us endure (James 5: 10). &#8230;Patience overcomes by suffering. A Christian without patience is like a soldier without arms. Faith keeps the heart up from sinking. Patience keeps the heart down from murmuring. Patience is not provoked by injuries. It is sensible but not peevish. Patience looks to the end of sufferings.</p></blockquote>
<p>This attitude to suffering must be put in the context of the gospel if men are to avoid a dour, melancholy suffering.  The habit of patient, joyful suffering, of willingly laying our bodies on the line, dying to self, and living for Christ, happily loving and dying for our wives, our families, our churches, our communities and people in the scary cultures outside our own safe (evangelical) Christian cliques, only makes sense in light of the death of Christ, which J. Gresham Machen puts like this:</p>
<blockquote><p>“It is a strange thing that when men talk about the love of God, they show by every word that they utter that they have no conception at all of the depths of God’s love.</p>
<p>“If you want to find an instance of true gratitude for the infinite grace of God, do not go to those who think of God’s love as something that cost nothing, but go rather to those who in agony of soul have faced the awful fact of the guilt of sin, and then have come to know with a trembling wonder that the miracle of all miracles has been accomplished, and that the eternal Son has died in their stead.”</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Los Kidults también hacen tracklists]]></title>
<link>http://laespumadelosdias.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/los-kidults-tambien-hacen-tracklists/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>laespumadelosdias</dc:creator>
<guid>http://laespumadelosdias.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/los-kidults-tambien-hacen-tracklists/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Como ya he explicado en otro sitio, los Kidults (&#8220;adults&#8221;+&#8221;kids&#8221;) son niños ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Como ya he explicado en <a href="http://www.fotolog.com/lachicafriolera/56482909">otro sitio</a>,  los Kidults (&#8220;adults&#8221;+&#8221;kids&#8221;) son niños y adultos a la vez, gente de a partir de más o menos 25 años, que tienen trabajos que les dan más o menos dinero y que en vez de hacer cosas que se suponen adecuadas a su edad como hipotecarse, pensar en tener hijos y &#8220;sentar la cabeza&#8221; en el sentido más tradicional del término (dudo que tenga otro), prefieren gastarse la pasta en juguetes. Es decir, en gadgets de todo tipo como iPods, Playstations, iPhones, ordenadores, series de la tele en DVD y demás chorradas, unidos a una conducta de joven-para-siempre. Vamos, el &#8220;Síndrome de Peter Pan&#8221; de toda la vida.</p>
<p>Nosotros hemos hecho gala de nuestra personalidad más kidult y nos hemos dado el capricho, ahora que podemos (más o menos) y ya no tenemos que preguntarle a mamá, y nos hemos agenciado un tocadiscos portatil (maletita más bonita) de sólo 2,5 kg. y sonido total de Vestax (un Handy Trax, concretamente). Los temazos no han parado en toda la tarde. En nuestra tracklist han sonado, entre otros:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/MoKM7Kdklpg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/MoKM7Kdklpg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>(Blondie, &#8220;Call Me&#8221;)</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/D5wkLnpJkL8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/D5wkLnpJkL8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>(The Korgis, &#8220;Everibody&#8217;s got to learn sometimes&#8221;)</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/C4VCUbL7jsc&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/C4VCUbL7jsc&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>(The Jacksons 5 &#8220;Ronckin&#8217;Robin)</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/AlRc2qw_BkI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/AlRc2qw_BkI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>(Salomé &#8220;Vivo Cantando&#8221;)</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Ilx0KvBnZlY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Ilx0KvBnZlY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>(The Beatles &#8220;And your bird can sing)</p>
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<link>http://pitangas.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/the-stragglers-moon/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ana marques</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pitangas.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/the-stragglers-moon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Quando eu era pequena, minha mãe falava que filha de gente de bem não tinha motivos para passar o di]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Quando eu era pequena, minha mãe falava que filha de gente de bem não tinha motivos para passar o dia na casa de outros (algo segundo essas linhas).<br />
E, quase 22 anos depois, traduzo como &#8220;mas depois que cresce, que o Diabo carregue&#8221;, porque há uma semana me enfurno em carros e casas alheias de amigos após o trabalho.</p>
<p>Meu fígado lamenta a decisão e manifesta-se peremptoriamente, trazendo seu repúdio pelo milagre da multiplicação da vodka barata a público.<br />
Herege.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mess me around...]]></title>
<link>http://pitangas.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/mess-me-around/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 02:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ana marques</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pitangas.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/mess-me-around/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230;just make it over (Elliott está cantando para mim) É só eu ficar uma semana sem dar as caras ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8230;<em>just make it over</em> (Elliott está cantando para mim)</p>
<p>É só eu ficar uma semana sem dar as caras que as pessoas entram aqui fazendo as buscas mais escrotas do universo&#8230; fenfafional. Aguardem os próximos cata-cornos.</p>
<p>MAS não foi por isso que entrei aqui hoje, e sim para fazer uma micro-sessão-descarrego.</p>
<p>Meu amigo, minha amiga, minhas caléga aí di casa, meus 2,75 leitores que acessam esse blog: alguém de vocês consegue explicar o porquê de eu só me sentir plenamente realizada ao concretizar cagadas <strong>enormes</strong>? Quando tudo parece estar andando bem, as coisas entrando nos trilhos, o mundo rodando sem precisar da sua intervenção&#8230; aí é o momento de abrir bem os dedos, enfiar o pé na merda e ainda dar uma mexidinha.</p>
<p>E tem casos que são só para mestres mesmo. Porque eu, não contente em enfiar os pés em um montinho só, enfiei em <span style="text-decoration:underline;">cinco</span>. <em>And counting</em>.<br />
Depois reclamo que não tenho sorte na vida.</p>
<p>Isso porque só contabilizei as cagadas <em>baby</em>. A que mais espero realizar foi planejada já tem algum tempo, e é a que mais vai me divertir. Já me divirto horrores só com o <em>iter criminis</em>, imaginem vocês com a concretização.<br />
Como diz um amigo meu: &#8220;pior que você, só crack&#8221;.</p>
<p>(E nesse momento eu dou conselhos amorosos pela Internet e o iTunes começa a tirar sarro da minha vida. Bummer.)</p>
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<link>http://tag4tag.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/kidults-oder-was-ist-in-der-welt-der-erwachsenen-los/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Stefan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tag4tag.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/kidults-oder-was-ist-in-der-welt-der-erwachsenen-los/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Foto: Motta Heute war ich in Wien unterwegs und habe folgende steigende Tendenz bemerkt: Erwachsene,]]></description>
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<p>Heute war ich in Wien unterwegs und habe folgende steigende Tendenz bemerkt: <strong>Erwachsene, die </strong><a href="http://www.falter.at/web/print/detail.php?id=657"><strong>in die Welt der Kinder eindringen</strong></a><strong>.</strong> Nicht besonders verwunderlich ist, dass die meisten davon Frauen sind (oder ich achte einfach mehr auf sie?  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ). Ich frage mich: Frauen, die über 30 sind und Hello-Kitty-Taschen, Hasen-Ohrringe, Wäsche mit Herzchen oder bunte Strumpfhosen tragen – was denken die sich dabei?  Was ist das? Ist das nur eine Modeerscheinung oder verbirgt sich dahinter eine Suche nach ewiger Jugend?</p>
<p>Wenn meine Freundin auf diesen Kinderkram stünde, würde ich sie sicherlich nicht zu meiner Freundin krönen.  Spongebob Wäsche, Hello-Kitty-Tasche,&#8230; nein, nein, nein &#8211; ich als Mann finde es total unattraktiv!</p>
<p>Auch manche Männer wollen &#8220;Forever Young&#8221; bleiben.  Ich denke, jeder von uns hat in seinem Bekanntenkreis einen solchen Typ, der sich nicht seinem Alter entsprechend verhält: Sehr selbstverliebt, unsicher und unfähig, Beziehungen aufzubauen. Dieses Phänomen bei Männern hat übrigens einen Namen „<a href="http://www.marketing-trendinformationen.de/beitrag.html?nr=1001&#38;ch=zkl">Peter-Pan-Syndrom</a>“.</p>
<p>Abgesehen davon scheint  es auch irgendwie trendy zu sein, in Kinderrollen zu schlüpfen: Harry Potter Bücher, The Simpsons und Bobby-Car-Rennen haben ursprünglich nichts mit der Erwachsenenwelt zu tun.</p>
<p>Ich persönlich möchte mich der Meinung einer Expertin anschließen:<strong> Erwachsene versetzen sich in Rollen der Kinder, um den Anforderungsdruck zu kompensieren</strong>. Oder wie kann man sonst das Phänomen &#8220;Kidults*&#8221; erklären?</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>*<a href="http://www.extradienst.at/jaos/page/main_archiv_content.tmpl?ausgabe_id=108&#38;article_id=20053">Kidults</a> sind die Erwachsene, die sich an Kinderprodukten ergötzen: setzt sich aus den beiden englischen Begriffen „Kids“ und „Adults“ zusammen.</p>
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<link>http://pitangas.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/attack-decay-sustain-release/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ana marques</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pitangas.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/attack-decay-sustain-release/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Último post em 19 de fevereiro, quando eu estava havia menos de duas semanas no estágio, lendo Jung ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Último post em 19 de fevereiro, quando eu estava havia menos de duas semanas no estágio, lendo Jung em uma tarde preguiçosa. Bastante coisa aconteceu desde então. Quer dizer, desde que saí do estágio, porque lá não acontecia nada.</p>
<p>Terminei God of War 2 e fiquei órfã de jogos. Recomecei o God of War I. Pedi dispensa do estágio. Consegui alocar minha amiga nessa vaga. Queimei o canal vermelho do meu monitor. Comecei em um novo emprego. Almocei em restaurantes de igreja. Estourei o transformador do flyback do monitor. Desisti de ser tão pão-dura e comprei um LCD.</p>
<p>Viciei em um <a href="http://www.pupe.jp" title="Poupee Girl" target="_blank">site de bonecas</a>. Recebi elogios sobre o meu blog com as matérias da faculdade. Levei várias picadas dos pernilongos que habitam a empresa. Fui aprovada no exame de direção. Descobri que existem pessoas que lêem o que escrevo.</p>
<p>Quero começar uma coleção de bonecas Blythe. Comprar um iPod novo. Uma câmera digital. Um carro. Fazer intercâmbio. E, acima de tudo isso, quero guardar dinheiro.</p>
<p>Vou estudar mais. Trabalhar mais. Dar mais atenção ao Marcio.<br />
E, claro, tentar atualizar isso aqui pelo menos duas vezes por semana.</p>
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<link>http://estrategiaempresarial.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/bonecos-personalizados-mumucat/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andrey Cocati</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Interessante a proposta desta empresa, Mumucat Biz Inc, em personalizar bonecos 3D através de uma fo]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kidulthood]]></title>
<link>http://nwitha.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/kidulthood/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>woozers</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nwitha.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/kidulthood/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yo man, this is a fukin must-see. Pirdien nesīšu uz skolu, pa anglenes laiku skatamies!!!]]></description>
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<p>Yo man, this is a fukin must-see. Pirdien nesīšu uz skolu, pa anglenes laiku skatamies!!!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Doc Dog]]></title>
<link>http://caradoabuso.com/2008/01/27/doc-dog/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Clarissa Machado</dc:creator>
<guid>http://caradoabuso.com/2008/01/27/doc-dog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Doc Dog não era exatamente um dos sítios que constavam no progama. Apenas juntou o consumismo (em ]]></description>
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<div style="text-align:justify;">A Doc Dog não era exatamente um dos sítios que constavam no progama. Apenas juntou o consumismo (em alguns casos, curiosidade) dos alunos com a próximidade da próxima parada. Localizada ao lado da Bang &#38; Olufsen, não custava nada subir e dar uma olhadinha.</div>
<p><a href="http://acaradoabuso.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dsc04828.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-174" src="http://acaradoabuso.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dsc04828.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><br />
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Mesmo tendo chegado ao auge nos anos 90, a grife consolidou-se em um segmento que a maioria dos varejistas acaba afundando: &#8220;jovem alternativo&#8221; (denominação horrenda mas de facílima compreensão). Para confirmar essa teoria, cases locais como o da falecida Wizz e da Inc Club, que vive e morre na corda bamba da liquidação.<br />
<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6do9V4XSpI/AAAAAAAADmQ/Cr0Qi7irI1Q/s1600-h/DSC04825.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6do9V4XSpI/AAAAAAAADmQ/Cr0Qi7irI1Q/s200/DSC04825.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6do9l4XSqI/AAAAAAAADmY/3J0E0V5Yazw/s1600-h/DSC04826.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6do9l4XSqI/AAAAAAAADmY/3J0E0V5Yazw/s200/DSC04826.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />
<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6doYV4XSiI/AAAAAAAADlY/uQIbfWup5rA/s1600-h/DSC04828.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6doYV4XSiI/AAAAAAAADlY/uQIbfWup5rA/s200/DSC04828.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6doYl4XSjI/AAAAAAAADlg/_5T3jdo7llo/s1600-h/DSC04829.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6doYl4XSjI/AAAAAAAADlg/_5T3jdo7llo/s200/DSC04829.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://acaradoabuso.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dsc04820.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-175" src="http://acaradoabuso.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dsc04820.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>A loja não só se adaptou com o passar dos tempos (e das modas) como também contribui com o filão social dos kidults, novo nome para sindrome de Peter Pan, que compra até mais consumidor original. Poder aquisitivo sempre fala mais rápido.</p>
<p><a href="http://acaradoabuso.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dsc04847.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-176" src="http://acaradoabuso.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dsc04847.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>Pesquisa por cima de pesquisa de tendência como alega o próprio site para trazer à Alamenda Lorena o que se passa no Hemisfério Norte. Se o new rave é o estilo da vez e a toy art explodiu modernos à fora, estará na Doc Dog. A maior prova disso é representada pelo kaffiah, lenço palestino que popularizou-se no Fall 2007 Balenciaga e foi globalmente copiado, que era vendido por não menos que R$ 180. Epidemia alimentada por inúmeras publicações que só tinham a Doc como ponto de venda referente da peça.</p>
<p><a href="http://acaradoabuso.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dsc04833.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-177" src="http://acaradoabuso.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dsc04833.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><br />
<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6dm3l4XShI/AAAAAAAADlQ/yQ3dG1d0gSo/s1600-h/DSC04837.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6dm3l4XShI/AAAAAAAADlQ/yQ3dG1d0gSo/s200/DSC04837.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6do9l4XSrI/AAAAAAAADmg/e-GiSfiMMg0/s1600-h/DSC04827.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6do9l4XSrI/AAAAAAAADmg/e-GiSfiMMg0/s200/DSC04827.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6dmcF4XSZI/AAAAAAAADkQ/ZQBbuB3Oius/s1600-h/DSC04838.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3fYVslT6M9k/R6dmcF4XSZI/AAAAAAAADkQ/ZQBbuB3Oius/s200/DSC04838.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a>Os clientes são abastecidos com um journal repleto de fortes anunciantes, matérias interessantes a qualquer trashionista, editoriais com styling impecavelmente kitsch e coluninhas sociais com os passantes idolatrados que dão o ar da graça por lá.<br />
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<p><a href="http://acaradoabuso.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dsc04838.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-178" src="http://acaradoabuso.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/dsc04838.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><br />
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<p>Não só a exclusividade de peças de confecção própria da a loja o status de grife mas sua especialidade em skeaners arrecada mensalmente moças e rapazes à procura da última pisada em streetwear.<br />
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