Month: November 2023

For my Ted Talk, I will be discussing the paradigm shift surrounding mental health. From originally being seen as a form of satanic possession, to presently being gatekept as a glamorized trait to hold, the societal view over mental health has taken plenty of twists and turns throughout time. 

Introduction:

Give a little background on mental health itself. Discuss how mental illness was seen in the past and how it was treated. Give a time period as well.

First “Turning Point”:

Discuss Dorothea Dix, and how she was a reformer for the world of mental health. Then I will talk about how people started to humanize these individuals who suffered so poorly.

Second “Turning Point”:

Discuss how with the turn of the century people became much more empathetic towards mental health, just because it was seen as socially correct. Then COVID-19 hits, and mental illness rates increase heavily. Talk about people reaching out for help, and seeking proper attention. Being online only made it worse for some. The community for helping those with mental illness expanded greatly during this time.

Present view on Mental Health:

Glamorized by forms of media. Why do we want mental health issues? Why do people romanticize it, and what does that make our society into? Bring up examples from modern shows, as well as more private and secluded parts of social media that feed into this “craze.” 

Conclusion:

Talk about cycles, and how history is full of them. Leave audiences with a question about tradition, and how our world is constantly changing. Bring up desensitization, and how this may have a lot to do with a majority of issues going on in the world.

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For this week’s blog, I hope to conclude with a summary of my overall topic and what I hope all of you have taken away from it. 

I started off strong, discussing fully in-depth fashion trends that were stemming from the app TikTok, but then I took some turns to my approach. It got difficult to constantly find trends on the app that were interesting enough to write a five-hundred-word blog about, so I branched out. I began discussing specific movements in regard to shoes, weather, and season, as well as through color theory. This source of divergence allowed me to research a plethora of other contemporary fashion movements that have inspired many. 

With discussing specific trends, I often incorporated their addition to society as a whole. I would bring up specific celebrities, and or impacts that these clothing combinations shared. With “Quiet Luxury” in mind, I was able to research and write about pop culture. It was a fun way to keep myself up-to-date with some of our modern celebrities. Furthermore, with the trend of Y2K, I granted myself a flashback of the past, and what many of us unfortunately missed out on due to our birth years. It’s even more fascinating to think that the celebrities that expressed this “vintage” fashion trend, are still known as some of the most iconic figures in the twenty-first century. 

The simple subject of bows and or colors, allowed me to expand on such mundane concepts. It was difficult to write a lot about these concepts, but once I scoped out more information, I realized how much impact they had. Bows, although overlooked, share a strong feminine sense and allow many people to showcase their hidden “delicate” side. Moreover, the color red is quite the opposite. It pushes for a bold expression of personality, allowing one to exude confidence in almost all forms. The most fun part of making these posts was adding the images at the end; it was like a reward for me to just take the time to scroll through Google after blogging around. 

After discussing Halloween costumes, I found myself wanting to talk about Fall and Winter fashion. This I did. It was so entertaining to state some of the trends from not only TikTok but also what I saw people beginning to wear around campus. Configuring little look books as well, through my typing, was also a good time; I can now say I have been a blogger at one point in my life. 

Overall, through these past ten weeks, although it was tough at times to push myself to get these Passion Blogs done, I did enjoy my final results. It felt nice to take what I saw online and in person, within the fashion world, and express it to you all. Reading your comments filled me with joy because it seemed like you genuinely appreciated what I wrote about. I hope you all gained some inspiration to branch out with your attire and allow yourself to enjoy that often-overlooked side of creativity. It’s a look-good feel-good type of world in University; this blog was meant to give you a sort of starting place to innovate your closets as best as possible in a time of great exploration in our youth.