15.3.07


Saint Valentine's day poster

People

People are strange when youre a stranger
Faces look ugly when youre alone
Women seem wicked when youre unwanted
Streets are uneven when youre down
When youre strange
Faces come out of the rain
When youre strange
No one remembers your name

1950's

The past isn't always better, but some things definitely are... In the West, an American generation traumatized by the Great Depression and World War II created a culture with emphasis on normality and conformity. Europeans took a generally different approach to a post-war society, aiming for a greater inclusiveness and social awareness after a global crisis in the preceding decades that many blamed on the failings of Free Market Capitalism, and the fifties were marked by the establishment of a Welfare State in many countries in western Europe.

14.3.07


A striptease or exotic dance is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer (sometimes called an ecdysiast), strips off clothing to arouse sexual desire by displaying the naked body in motion. Stripteases are usually performed in strip clubs, privately or under the influence of alcohol. The "teasing" part involves the slowness of undressing, while the audience is eager to see more nudity.