All tagged aesthetics

Cuteness II: Race, Gender, and Queerness

In the first part, cuteness was established as a permeating construct throughout our neurobiology. In this piece, the concept of cuteness in identity through gender will be discussed. Scholars have been working on the way that society genders different things, from colors to clothes to shapes and even academic subjects. The intertwining of cuteness and gender is inevitable in a world that reaches for categorization as much as it can.

Aesthetics in the 21st Century: Why and how do they matter?

“Aesthetics” traditionally refers to the principles (and often the philosophy) of beauty and art. Lately, however, the term has taken on an additional meaning referring to a particular visual theme, as well as taking on the meaning of simply being beautiful or otherwise visually appealing. “What’s your aesthetic?” and “That’s so aesthetic” are phrases commonly heard in the last five years or so.