Youth Culture

What Is It Like to Be a Teenager Today?

Quora | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Education, Aging, Youth, Teenager, Middle School Students, Sociology, High School Students, Youth Culture, High School, Middle School, Students, Social Psychology, Social Research, Teenagers, Culture, Education News

This question originally appeared on Quora. By James Wang, Quora user I am 18. Let me tell you what life is like. It's awesome and I love it....

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Rock 'N' Roll Never Forgets

James M. Lynch | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Transition, Change, Succession, Family-Owned-Business, Aging, Business Coaching, Youth Culture, Rock'n'roll, My Generation, Rock Music, Huff/Post50 News

Every generation has a series of songs about not being understood by their parents. When we grow up, we just somehow seem to forget that we were once that misunderstood rock fan.

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K-pop: Soft Power for the Global Cool

Linda Constant | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Google, Balance of Culture, Korean American, Cultural Diplomacy, Hallyu, Youth Culture, Music, Movies, Culture, Government, Soft Power, Kpop, Korean, Fashion, Asia, K-Pop, Mainstream, Girls Generation, Films, Channel, Lee Myung-Bak, Trends, Cultural Relations, Beauty, Pop Music, Tourism, Global, Mtv, South Korea, Seoul, Eric Schmidt, Youtube, Korean Food, Madison Square Garden, Cultural Engagement, World News

Governmental cultural diplomacy can sometimes come off as forced or out-of-touch, but K-pop is an authentic reflection and spectacle of youth culture that is impressively close to the pulse of the "global cool."

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Are We Raising Care-Less Children?

Peter Block | Posted 11.17.2011

Some will say that we should develop a school curriculum that "teaches" students about empathy. To gain that feeling, however, the other must be present in our lives, and not an abstraction in classrooms.

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Street Art -- An Afghan Voice Emerging?

Shannon Galpin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Kabul, Youth-Culture, Self-Expression, TED Prize 2010, Afghanistan, Freedom, Street Art, Arts News

The root of street art is Freedom. Expression. A voice. A point of view. Youth culture has always been rooted in these ideals. But the youth in Afghanistan have grown up under the darkness of the Taliban.

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TV is NOT DEAD!

Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Youth, Cable, Entertainment, New Media, Youth Tv, Cable Television, Cable Tv, Media, Entertainment News, Youth Culture, Tv, Youth Activism, Hollywood, Media News

Some of you know I am launching a youth oriented entertainment cable network in 2011...Karmaloop TV http://www.Karmalooptv.com. I thought you might l...

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How Can Indie Film Appeal to Alternative Youth Culture?

Ted Hope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eugene Hernandez, Anthony Kaufman, Alternative Culture, Independent Film Week, Ifp, Robert McLellan, Jeff Lipsky, Hopeforfilm, Youth Culture, Ingrid Koop, Youth, Film, Independent Film, Young Adults, Globalshift, Indiewire, Filmmakermagblog, Entertainment News

As both a community and an industry, it is critical we look at both the creative infrastructure, and societal factors for answers to why we have so failed to develop the alternative and youth sectors.

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Kids These Days: Growing Up Too Fast or Not At All?

Mark Morford | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Generation Z, Society Culture, Milennials, Gen Y, Adolescents, Youth Culture, Generation Y, Adolescent Culture @Y:Lifestyle, Identity Culture, Healthy Living News

Are we eternally adolescent or prematurely old? Reluctant to grow the hell up, or taking on way too much, far too quickly? Can it be both? I think it might be both.

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Stop The Sag: State Senator Starts Campaign To End Saggy Pants (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stop the Sag Video, Video, Billboards, Saggy Pants Trend, Pants on the Ground, Youth Culture, Eric Adams, Stop the Sag, Larry Platt, Sagging, Saggy Pants, New York News

State Senator Eric Adams has a message for the youth of America: Stop the Sag! The Brooklyn politician is behind six new billboards around town tak...

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Hipster Joins Marines, Wins Purple Heart In Ultimate Act Of Irony

Emmett Rensin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Marines, Political Satire, Irony, New York, Youth Culture, Hipsters, Hipster Iraq, Hipster Purple Heart, Emmet Rensin, Joshua Cohen, Joshua Cohen Purple Heart, Joshua Cohen Hipster, Joshua Cohen Iraq, New York News

Though no amount of exercise or food was able to add a pound to Cohen's body, he reported finding boot camp surprisingly easy. Sgt. Marvin DeLores remembers Cohen as "One of the easiest-conditioned guys I've met in years. Hardly took much work at all to shape him up."

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Kafeyah Scarf Now Trendy With Iranian Youth

guardian.co.uk | Robert Tait | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Chafiyeh, Youth Culture, Trends, Islamic Revolution, Iran, Rappers, Fashion, Fashion Trends, Style News

For nearly 30 years its distinctive chequered pattern has been a sacrosanct symbol of Iran's Islamic revolution and an essential garment for its most ...

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Forget You, What About Me-Tube?

New York Times | STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Generation Gap, Generation Me, Self-Absorbed Teens, Youth Culture, Healthy Living News

Conventional wisdom, supported by academic studies using the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, maintains that today's young people -- schooled in th...

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