Comments on: The decade of… http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15717 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:29:45 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15717 'Stephenie'?!

Oh well, I do at least now have the answer to the question 'could that Twilight woman be any more annoying?'

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15703 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:17:08 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15703 It's Stephenie Meyer, by the way, not Stephanie. She's (mis)named after her father.

]]> By: Mary Witzl http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15654 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:52:40 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15654 I'd go with the Age of Loss. 9/11 was a terrible wake-up call for Americans. For so many years, we've been watching the devastation that has been rained on other countries. 9/11 took us out of the spectator seat. So did Katrina.

99% of the kids I teach are Muslim. I never cease to be amazed at how different they all are from each other, and how widely customs and lifestyle vary, depending on nationality and family background.

I prefer the Age of Harry Potter to the Age of Twilight, which sounds so mournful. I prefer the Harry Potter books too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15653 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:09:45 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15653 All this is true, perhaps more broadly we could say this had been a decade of anxiety: 9/11, war on terror, fears of global pandemic (bird flu then swine flu) collapsing world markets, worry over global warming, America's loss of prominence and the economic "rise of the rest."

]]> By: G. Jackson http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15652 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:21:50 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15652 How about the decade of extremism? The U.S. already enjoyed an era of extravagance in the Gilded Age (roughly the last 50 years of the 19th century) (and thank you, Mark Twain, for the term).

But everything in our time has been extreme: Our use (and sometimes abuse) of technology, our politicians, the dramatic shifts in our economy, our religious performance, our healthcare … even sometimes our art.

Perhaps we can try that on for size?

]]> By: Myrna Foster http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15651 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:32:52 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15651 I could agree with the Decade of Islam or Harry Potter. Alternately, it has been the Decade of Hand-held Electronic Devices.

]]> By: Kristin Laughtin http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15650 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:54:57 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15650 I wouldn't have thought of it in those terms, but I do think "Decade of the Middle East" (or "of Islam", as mentioned above) would be appropriate. Or even just the decade of 9/11. It happened at the very beginning of the decade and has influenced everything since.

If we're going to name it after YA books, though, I'd say Harry Potter had a stronger grip for a larger portion of the decade than the Twilight series, even if it began in the '90s. I'd definitely argue that the books and movies were more popular and reached a larger audience, to the point where there are even academic discussions of Harry Potter. (I've seen courses and books on philosophy in Harry Potter, for example, but nothing similar for Twilight.)

]]> By: Redleg http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15649 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:09:20 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15649 Afghanistan can be part of the Middle East. It depends on your definition. It's all academic anyway, because only those of us who live in "The Occident" call that part of the world the "Middle East." Maybe better to call it the Islamic World. Or, hell, maybe it's just better to call it the Decade of Islam. There was enough analysis of the Muslim communities of Europe, Asia, and the U.S. as well as the Middle East.

Or, alternatively, the Decade of Lady Gaga. It sure was her decade.

]]> By: Haste yee back ;-) http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/comment-page-1/#comment-15648 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:27:03 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/the-decade-of/#comment-15648 This has been the decade of GREED! Please read, Matt Taibbi's article in Rolling Stone… THE GREAT AMERICAN BUBBLE MACHINE. (google it)

GREED! Oh yeah, golly gee, by damn, duh!

Haste yee back 😉

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