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10 Dec

Introducing the CIRCA x Dazed Class of 2022 filmmakers

Introducing the CIRCA x Dazed Class of 2022 filmmakers
The 30 finalists could have their work exhibited on London’s Piccadilly Lights and other huge screens across the globe, and one will probably be chosen by a panel of industry leaders to receive the £30,000 #CIRCAECONOMY prize Back in June, Dazed and the digital arts platform CIRCA put out an open call for rising creatives – from filmmakers, to artists and activists, to performers, poets, and gamers – to have their work showcased on large-scale screens across the globe. Now, the list of recent media creators who made it into the CIRCA x Dazed Class of 2022 has finally been unveiled. After receiving greater than 1,000 artwork submissions, and watching greater than 40 hours...
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2 Dec

Here’s How An African-American Culture Class Goals To Keep

Here’s How An African-American Culture Class Goals To Keep
Hill Street Studios An African-American culture class that has helped change the lives of youth at city schools in Roanoke, VA is now available to the general public. The organization Total Motion for Progress (TAP) first introduced the category, African American Culture and Contemporary Issues (AACCI), in 2008 to forestall young Black men from dropping out of highschool, based on The Roanoke Times. TAP’s youth services and education manager Lateefah Trent told the newspaper that students typically drop out of faculty because they aren't optimistic in regards to the future.  “They don’t feel like they’re going to essentially live past age of 21 or 25, or that they’re not going to amount anything, so ‘What’s the purpose?’” Trent said. But, Trent says AACCI class teaches...
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26 Nov

‘Not ugly, just poor’: how the sweetness industry is

‘Not ugly, just poor’: how the sweetness industry is
sweetness industry sweetness industry Botox, fillers and cosmetic surgery have gotten increasingly mandatory to live as much as contemporary beauty standards, making a beauty tax that's pricing many people out In our latest Class Ceiling series, we unpack how class actually affects young people today – from our jobs, to the best way we've got sex, to our general experience of the world. Beauty and wealth have at all times been bedfellows. Throughout history, the sweetness standard of any given period has served the ideological interests of the ruling class. Throughout the Renaissance, plump, pale skin was a prized signifier of high social status, while sun-darkened skin became synonymous with lower classes labouring outside. Today, nevertheless, that very same tanned complexion is desirable, coming,...
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