Sunday, April 13, 2014

Coolness

The articles that we read was Chuck Klosterman's article on coolness called, " The Lady or the Tiger."  Another article we read was Alissa Quart was the discussion about coolness on the TV show "Frontline"    The articles about coolness are different, however both Chuck and Alissa have the same topic to talk about being cool, and coolness.  Here are some reasons why the articles are different.
For starters, Chuck talks about food as being cool.  He mentions ads on TV about different types of cereal that are not really meant for children.  Compared to Allissa Quart she does not mentions cereal to be cool and to fit in.  She mentions the Internet, and websites, about being cool compared to Klosterman.  Chuck does not mention the Internet or websites to be cool.
Chuck  has a lot of theories about coolness.  Here are a list of his theories about trending, or being cool in society.  "Calculated Adult Coolness", "Stream teen coolness", and
"aging hipster default coolness."  Chuck defines the "calculated adult coolness" as this, "I'm referring to the kind of coolness that generally applies to people between the ages of nineteen and thirty-six."  Chuck also says that "Mainstream teen coolness" and "aging hipster default coolness" has a different definition.  "Both of which reflect an opposing (and sort of pathetic) consumer aesthetic."  Where as Quart does not mentions these theories about coolness, and has no definition about the theories of being cool.  In both of the article both Chuck Klosterman and Allysia Quart do mentions the word "aesthetic" in the literature about coolness.

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