Nostalgia
Essay idea I want to flesh out
Nostalgia
Nostalgia. Once upon a time it referred to a certain kind of mental illness, describing someone unable to live in his or her time. Now the word has been relegated to the cute, adorable, kitschy part of our lexicon
Midnight in Paris – A Journey through Nostalgia.
Fascinating- dig deeper into the etymology and how the way people view nostalgia has evolved over the decades
“Trash has given us an appetite for art,” Pauline Kael noted in her snobbery-shattering 1969 essay “Trash, Art, and the Movies.” In other words, the scrappy subversiveness of B movies can ignite a passion for more sophisticated cinematic subversion.
judy berman • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
put this near the end
Stop looking into the past for experiences and make experiences which people will look back on like you look back on theirs.
Just a moment...
Consumer trends suggest that many members of Gen Z yearn for a taste of the predigital era. The oft-noted increase in sales of vinyl records, CDs, physical books and board games is driven only in part by older adults looking to revisit their youth. Young people who grew up on digital entertainments are also a major force behind this retro
... See moreTeen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/mireille-silcoffnytimes.comKids are not failing by wanting to be cottagecore or meatcore or this new preppy. It’s the culture available to them that is failing, by no longer being able to connect any of these categories with lived experience or social meaning.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/mireille-silcoff • Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids.
this really gets to the heart of the thesis
It seems as though they are looking, hard, for identity, for validation, for the dignification of their taste. It’s just that they are being presented with these thin cultural planes that barely exist outside their devices.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/mireille-silcoff • Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids.
damn.
The Nostalgia Economy: How Retro is Reshaping the Future of Business
Opinion | Why Gen Z Is Resurrecting the 1990s
nytimes.com
For example, the practice of listening to an entire vinyl record is a valuable exercise in sustained focus, since you can’t toggle away on Spotify to another album or song or click on a YouTube video halfway through. But the practice may also be teaching young people broader lessons — say, that they can take a long walk in nature without having to check their phones until they return.