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 I had a discussion with my friends about clothes and the culture that surrounds it. And during the conversation one topic in particular was quite controversial. It referred to men’s clothing as not fashionable (in general).  This is without the doubt a true statement. In my opinion, the popular clothes, the most common ones that men wear are praised for being fashionable. And the truth is, they are simply basic. Men just have lower standards put on them by society. Example: formal wear – man can have one black suit and wear it for every event and he’s considered put together, but woman has to buy new dress for many events just to fit the standards and to prove her appeal. And I’m not saying that all men dress basic, there are many male fashion icons but as a society I guess we should consider more room for equality in fashion the department between all genders.

I started watching Old Hollywood movies, from the 50’s and 60’s. I’m impressed by how aesthetically pleasing and fascinating those movies are. But while watching them I was interested in actors’ real lifes aside from a movie set. And I came across an interesting pattern. Most of the time, when I search for an actor’s name the only pictures that will come up will be them at a young age.  In most cases I thought that those people weren’t alive or died at a young age. It was harder to find their present pictures. It’s like they are being completely erased as older people despite them being still alive. I think the idea of being ageless is so deeply rooted in our culture, but we need to accept that we are going to age. It’s amazing that people are more afraid of aging than death. This desire to remain young will increase in the next few years and the outcome will be interesting to say the least.

One of my Christmas presents was a calendar in table format. It’s covered in drawings of flowers and butterflies. It’s pretty… But I wasn’t expecting to get one of these. I don’t want to lie but the last time when I had a calendar in a paper format it was probably 2011.  Even though I don’t use a paper calendar, I still gave it a shot. And I don’t understand their popularity. They are collecting dust, and they aren’t practical. Mainly, because of the size of my calendar. It’s pretty small, so I don’t have enough space to jot something on it but still I wouldn’t like it. The whole calendar would be unreadable. I think people forget that the calendar on their phones is way more practical. When you are on vacation or simply not in your house you would have a serious problem. And the most important part of it all is that people wouldn’t contribute to deforestation.