IBCoMagazine Issue 4 - Throwback

ISSUE 4

JUN. 2018

IBCOMAGAZINE

History of IBCoM

Meme Throwback

Who doesn't know Disney?

Childhood Memories

Internet Time Machine

Fashion Faux-Pas

K C A B W O R H #T

CONTENT Meme Throwback Childhood Memories Traditional/Cultural Throwback History of IBCoM Who doesn't know Disney?

Cliche Quotes Fashion Faux-Pas Photospread Internet Time Machine

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Childhood favourites #TBJoungleWeb Playlists and Poems Throwback Iconic Relationships Food Throwback Reviews Icons from the 20s Online Games

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IN THIS Wrapping up the year with a final throwback issue seems fitting. From looking to the future to unplugging to giving an insider’s perspective on the three [insert adjective here] years that is IBCoM, we hope that you found a bit of wisdom in every issue we shared. Do you want to know about meme history? Or maybe check out a childhood film you thought you’d forgotten about? Or be on top of the hip nineties trends hitting every store this year? We’ve got you covered.

We hope you enjoy this issue as much as we enjoyed putting our last together, it’s been a ride!

The Editorial Team

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History?Herstory?

Memestory Sara Alkilani

Google the word meme and you will find the following definitions: 1. An element of a culture of system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means, and 2. An imagine, video, piece of text typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations. Both of these definitions represent the current meme culture that we have nowadays. Anything can become a meme. Seriously. Google it. Ice cream melting on the floor? Meme. Friend making a funny face before sneezing? Meme. Your face after you realise that you have five exams you haven’t studied for? Definitely a meme.

So, why are we so obsessed with memes? Where did they originate? Well, the word meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976, where he used it as a way to explain the way cultural information spreads. Internet memes as they are used now are a genre of this, as we use them to spread a single idea around, and is shared by the users of the website where its shared.

The first memes were found on websites such as 9gag, 4chan, and reddit and were as simple as little sketches, expressing an emotion, a feeling usually in a humorous way. See photos below.

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Like everything, memes found a way to evolve. They made their way through our lives, not just in our interactions but also in our real life interactions. They have become an integral part of our societies, used everywhere, converting different humorous messages.

Now, let us take a moment and appreciate some of the finest memes our generation had to offer, if you know; you know.

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CHILD HOOD MEMO RIES. — Steven Hillen

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Childhood. The time when the days seemed endless and were mend for just one purpose: having fun. Evenings were filled with a variety of street games, such as soccer, ‘stoepkrijten’ and ‘buskruit’. At least, those were the games I used to play, in the Netherlands. Never would I miss out on all the fun and even at school, this seemed to be the case. Trading Pokémon cards, or even diddle cards belonged to the daily school business, alongside with the notes that were scattered across the class. Childhood. The time that gives meaning to what ‘fun’ really is.

One of my ‘funnest’ memories was during the winter, when I was about eight years old. There was this man, who lived in a house, that was known to produce a certain anger whenever one would perform any kind of mischief at his house.

So we went there, threw snowballs at his house and ran away laughing each time that he came after us. We were young and innocent enough, to see it as a harmless crime.

Unfortunately, the man didn’t think it was harmless after all. Clever as he was, he figured out our escape route. The next time that we hit his windows with our balls of ice, we were trapped. When running out of the street, we had the choice of going left or right, but this time, both options were blocked. His wife and another guy stood on opposite sides of the adjacent road. We were trapped

After we were forced to follow the man, he gave us a sponge and demanded us to clean his window, which we did without hesitation. We started immediately. After cleaning even more windows than we hit, he told us to go home. Ashamed we left, knowing that we lost this round. But he did not know that there was yet one round to come.

The summer of that schoolyear, we decided to come back, this time armed with water balloons. We saw him standing in front of the window, we threw and we expected him to chase us again. Usually he came on foot, but not this time. He grabbed his car and chased us all the way to the forest. Till, at some point, my friend got scared and he just froze. So we stopped too. The man got out of the car and he demanded to know our addresses and he said he would call the police if we ever came again. That was the last time we harmed the man.

Even though it was fun for us, it wasn’t for the man, of course. But we were young and innocent. We did not think about matters of consequence, just about having fun. The point of this story was not to achieve a sense of heroism or to create a sense of ‘badassness’. Instead, it just shows a little of what childhood felt like for me. Hopefully, you have had a childhood full of fun, too.

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Judith van Driel: Growing up in a small town in the Netherlands consists of lots of room to play; smelly sheep and cows; having to be home before the streetlights turned on; and lunch usually being a glass of milk and brown sandwiches with cheese :)

Flore Ziegfeld Growing up in Berlin didn’t exactly lend itself to a traditional German upbringing - but spending the holidays at my grandparents’ house in the countryside certainly came closer. Legend has it that a four meter long, hundred-year old catfish lives in the closeby lake in the forest, and for the last century, every man in the village has tried to catch the fish. My mom would tell us bedtime stories about the things the fish has seen in his long lifetime, describing all kinds of fantastical underwater worlds. In Germany, (countryside) bedtime stories are often based on the local half-truths. To this day, I wonder whether the catfish exists; the fishers in the village do, too.

Temi de Groen: Although my family is not religious, one thing that I vividly remember are our yearly Christmas celebrations. I like food (as most people do), but I love meat, and it so happened that every year we would eat a huge turkey together on the second day of Christmas. Of course, this is not the only part I remember, although I am not gonna lie: this was my favourite part. It was however also a moment of bonding, of family union and happiness. It might not necessarily be a specifically Dutch cultural tradition, but it’s one of my favourite childhood memories for sure.

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Traditional/Cult Throwback Nicoleta Ciobanu There are many Moldovan traditions that I can recall, but one that greatly marked my childhood was washing my face with fresh water and rubbing my cheeks with a red dyed Easter egg first thing in the morning. My grandma used to say that those following this tradition on Easter morning, will be forever beautiful and healthy - and of course I believed her.

Cara Sainsbury Before I moved to the Netherlands from Manchester, as a small child, our typical British tradition was to go to a pub for dinner on Sunday night. “Pubfood” usually consists of homely food, like British pies, roast dinner with pork and mash potato or a curry. However once we moved to the Netherlands we had to find a way to continue this tradition, without a pub on every corner. So now, every Sunday someone in the family tries to make a typical British dish using the ingredients available here and this isn’t always easy.

Anaelle Do Rego: Growing up in multiple countries, my meals growing up were always a mixture of cultures.

Setting the table with the intricately detailed plates and cutlery my mom loved to buy, we would sit down as a family and enjoy foods originating from various corners of the world. Though this doesn’t happen as frequently anymore, this cultural fusion food tradition is a throwback I will always remember.

Ayesha Aziz (Ashe): Being someone with a transnational background, and de have a distinct culture that I can confirm I belong in. Ho was introduced to. Where I grew up, in Thailand, we don’ but say ‘kin khao’ which directly translates to ‘eat rice’. A rice component to it, and we have a lot of different kind in Thailand isn’t just to get some nutrients, it is a social inte people and people serve each other. With the growing W culture is slowly going away because people are gettin in spending an hour or so eating lunch, it’s the most fun I

tural Clement Taffin: Back home, our daily bread is the arepa. A corn flour based meal, it’s perfect for any time of day: breakfast? Arepa! Lunch? Arepa.

Dinner? Maybe a bit heavy, but… arepa.

As a family, Sundays are reserved for home cooking, or dinner out if we’re not feeling it, but a stack of arepas in the late morning hours is what kept us fed and happy. I can find the flour in Rotterdam, so I’ve had no shortage of this Venezuelan God-given beauty in my time here.

Sara Alkilany: As a Palestinian, constantly moving around countries that arent home, holding on to our traditions was the best way our parents and grandparents knew how to keep us connected to our roots. My fondest memories are always the family get-togethers during Eid, a Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, with tables full of traditional food, and the room filled with folk music and laughter.

Sandra Post I grew up in a small town, but still close to big cities as Rotterdam and The Hague. This resulted in an environment with the values of a small town in a busy and crowded place where you have to work hard to stand out, and where social life is very important. I’ve always loved this mixture and feel like I had (if I may quote my favorite childhood star) “the best of both worlds".

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Fabiënne Vuijk: Although it may not be obvious at first (the blonde hair and my very pale skin may have something to do with that), somewhere I do have Spanish roots. I may have been young, but something that I still remember are the family get-togethers every Sunday with the Spanish side of the family at my great-grandparents house. There would always be plenty of Spanish food and just catching up with each other. After my great-grandparents became older and passed away eventually, the dinners stopped, but we still make sure we all see each other a few times a year, with lots of food involved every time.

Francis Garlich: My whole family is from a very small city in the northern party of the Netherlands. In this part of the country, life is very simple. Everyone is downto-earth and friendly. They don’t make a fuss about small things and have the tendency to never complain about anything and just keep on going with their routine. I always feel very relaxed when I visit my family and it always feels like a simpler world where life is less complicated.

Leyla Suleymanova: Growing up, i couldn’t speak my native Azerbaijani language until the 5th grade and mainly spoke Russian, as it’s common for many to be bilingual.

My sweetest childhood memories involve our big family get-togethers in our country house next to the Caspian Sea shore. Going to the beach to cope with very sweaty sunny summer days has always been part of our summer routine. One of my favorite cultural traditions is the Novruz holiday, which marks the coming of spring typically on the spring solstice day. We would throw our hats in the neighbors’ doorsteps, knock the door and run away, to receive it full with holiday sweets and candy in return.

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— Francis Garlich

The Case of the Rotterdam Ripper.

In 2016 the popular media company Buzzfeed created a new web series on their youtube channel. This show was called “Buzzfeed Unsolved” and showed two guys uncovering unsolved mysteries by talking about the timeline and possible theories and suspects. The show has become the most popular show on the Buzzfeed youtube channels and the seventh season is currently being posted every week on Friday. America, however, is not the only country with a fair share of unsolved mysteries. Here in the Netherlands, there are more than enough murders, robberies or kidnappings that still remain unsolved. In this episode of IBCoM Unsolved we’re going to delve deeper into a murder case that happened right here in Rotterdam. It is the case of the Rotterdam ripper, named after the notorious Jack the Ripper. Over a course of 10 years he mutilated and killed multiple women who were almost all prostitutes, the same group that Jack the Ripper targeted. In 2017 there was an important break in the investigation which provided a suspect based on DNA evidence. This new development will be discussed later, but let’s first dive into the timeline.

April 15, 1989: 35 year old Beppie Michels was found half buried on an industrial site. She was a prostitute and had disappeared from a street where she was known to work. She had multiple stab wounds across her body.

November 2, 1989: The body of the 31 year old prostitute, Mientje van Balkom, was found on an industrial site in Coolhaven. She had multiple stab wounds across her body and her throat was slit.

September 9, 1990: The body of 45 year old homeless prostitute Berendina Stijger was found near the Willemsbrug.

She had multiple stab wounds to the chest and her throat was slit.

June 19, 1991: The 22 two year old prostitute Francis Garcia-Hofland was found dead at the Westzeedijk.

Just as Berendina Stijger, she had multiple stab wounds and her throat was slit.

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June 13, 1999: The body of the heroin-addicted prostitute Jaenette Sip is found in the early morning next to the train tracks. Her body is horribly mutilated with multiple stab wounds on her chest and neck, which had nearly decapitated her.

1989 - 1999: A team of investigators works on the murders, but there is too little time and too little resources.

There aren't any reliable witnesses and so the cases eventually go cold.

2011: A cold-case team in Rotterdam gets extra funding to solve all the 85 prostitution murders that happened in the Netherlands, from which 15 happened in Rotterdam. The cold-case team started to look at DNA evidence from cases before 2001, because there was a lot of new software compared to back then. There was sperm found on both Beredina Stijger and Maria Hofland and so they started analyzing this for DNA. 2013: The cold-case team discovered that the 5 murders discussed above were actually linked and were thus carried out by the same individual. They based this on the similar execution of the murders, the same sexual actions that the murderer carried out and the fact that all bodies were covered with material found at the murdersite. The revelation that there was actually a serial killer was quite a shock, because serial killers were very rare in The Netherlands.

2016: There is a huge breakthrough in the DNA research. The researchers used a so-called kinship research, where they searched the DNA database for relatives that shared the same DNA. In 2018 they finally got a hit from a relative that had been registered in the database for another felony.

April 7 2017: The suspect is taken into custody and charged with the murders of Beredina Stijger and Maria Hofland.

2017 - 2018: The cold-case team is working hard to try and link the suspect to the remaining 3 murders and are awaiting the trial of the accused.

As we can see, the cold-case is heating up. Thanks to developments in DNA research, it was possible to apprehend a suspect and link him to two of the five murders. This, however, does not solve the case. There are still a lot of question marks and the cold-case team has not been able to link the suspect to the three other murders. For now we have to patiently await his trial in order to see the rest of the evidence that built his case. Hopefully the cold-case team will make more progress in and will put the Rotterdam Ripper behind bars. We will have to see in the future, but for now the case remains unsolved.

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Here’s the million dollar questi

A walk to remember: the Disney movies we all know a I’m sure that among the IBCoMagazine readers out there, no such person exists. At the very least you’ve heard of Disney, or have obsessively watched every single movies and TV series like I have (once, twice, who’s counting?).

In the last few years, many among us have bemoaned the fact that Disney shows and series seem to be growing into something that we no longer recognize. Where’s the glorious animation of the past? The interesting plot? The relatable, yet unique characters?

Which is why, in this issue of with the theme of ‘Throwback Thursday’, I’m listing out the three Disney movies that we’ve all grown up with. And who knows, you might be tempted to rewatch them again after this article.

1. Mulan: This is a classic that is on the brink of being butchered into something completely unrecognizable. If you’ve been following Disney news, you’d know that a liveaction for Mulan is in the making and it’s missing all the essentials stuff, including: - No Li Shang - No Mushu - No “I’ll make a man out of you” Cue the horrified gasp. Can you imagine Mulan without Mushu? I don’t even need a real dragon - all I need is Eddie Murphy dressed up in a dragon suit but even that is not possible, apparently.

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ion: Who doesn’t know Disney?

Chi Mai Do Tran

and love If I look back to the original animation, the two things that made this movie such a gem is Mulan as a character. Mulan’s strong, smart and decisive. She follows her heart till the very end - not foolhardy, mind you, but with well-executed plans and determination. She’s a great role model for any child out there, of any generation. The timelessness of this movie is, in parts, thanks to the personality of Mulan.

2. Tarzan: You will be in my heart, anyone? Aside from having one of the best movie soundtracks that Disney has produced, it’s also a classic that will never get old.

Here’s a young man that’s trying to find his place in a changing world, and he’s longing for like-minded souls that will make him feel at home. Beyond the jungle and the exotic settings, Tarzan’s story is one that any young adult can relate to.

This movie also demonstrates that love, in all form, transcends barriers of language, culture and even species.

Tarzan is saved by the love of his parents, and, later on, the love of Kala. He found a family among a pack of apes (and like every other family out there, they have their issues but at the end of the day, they still love each other).

The love of his life, while also human, speaks a language that he couldn’t understand. Tarzan is driven by his love for his family that helps him triumph over the worst of evil. Love is the running theme throughout the entire movie, so it’s no wonder that its most popular soundtrack is ‘You’ll be in my heart’.

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3. The Lion King:

In case you’re wondering, no, this is not what really happens in the movie (The Lion King would be much shorter otherwise).

Have you heard that there will also be a live action for this one? I’m starting to get sick of this trend of liveactioning every animation, especially where it involves timeless classics that should not be altered in any shape or form.

I’m still not sure how that’s gonna play out, though, but here’s a first sneak peak:

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To me, “The Lion King” is like the embodiment of this quote from Shakespeare: “Be not afraid of greatness.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” Simba might be born the son of a king, but he grows up a gypsy soul molded by the philosophy of ‘Hakuna Matata’ (bearing great resemblance to ‘YOLO’).

Greatness is thrust upon him, but he doesn’t buckle under the weight of it. His journey is not without struggles, though, and perhaps that’s the best thing about “The Lion King”. Life, be it in the middle of an African safari or a Dutch university campus, is never easy and that’s why it’s worth it.

4. Toy Story: No list of Disney movies would be finished without the mention of “Toy Story”. Hailed as one of the greatest animated movies of all times, it’s certainly a masterpiece created by the likes of John Lasseter, Joss Wheedon and Steve Jobs (that’s right, that Steve Jobs). It’s also one of the few that have been left untouched, meaning that there’s no live-action on the horizon yet. Although, you’ll be pleased to know that a fourth one is scheduled to release in 2019.

(Don’t know about you, but I can totally see myself in there) Now, it would take all day and much more space than this to list out all the incredible things about Toy Story; so I’d just like to point out that one of things that make this movie so successful is the idea of the plot. Whenever I clean out my closet and come across an old toy, I’ve always had troubles throwing them away.

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LIVE LOVE LAUGH and Other Clichés

We all know at least one mother, aunt, grandma or friend that keeps sharing beautiful quotes on Facebook that we already saw at least thirty times in the past five years. Or those people that have to tag you almost every single day in a posts that tells you that they think you are great. Yes, they are still beautiful. But don’t you get sick of hearing every other day that you have to live, laugh and love?

Certain pieces of advice or nuggets of "wisdom" have officially been overused and they weren't even that great to begin with! Sometimes I just want to scream, hit and run!

Here we have made a list of these classic cliché quotes we have heard one too many times!

— Sandra Post

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But I'm a 90s B*TCH! — Temi de Groen Fashion will find its inspiration in the strangest of places and times…

What we currently see is that fashion is often inspired by the iconic style of the 80’s and 90’s leading tends that we thought were long gone from resurfacing. I will discuss some of my favorite trends that have been transformed and become a regular part of everyday style again, enjoy!

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Over the past couple of years, chokers have made an undeniable comeback. Seemingly every 12- to 16-year-old girl has one and you really can’t walk into Primark, F21 or an H&M without being bombarded by them. Chokers are another throwback to the nineties, specifically the “tattoo choker”, however, we are also seeing more modern versions pop up, such as this Fenty choker.

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This trend is definitely my favorite out of all mentioned here, because it is a rare example of fashion actually being practical. At risk of sounding like a hipster, I did own a fannypack before it was cool; when I was about 8 years old I had a giraffe shaped fanny pack. And yes, it looked as cool as you think. In recent years however, fanny packs have even made their way on the runway and certainly back in to our hearts. In Rotterdam specifically, it has been a staple item for many who love street fashion and a very practical solution to carry your stuff around when going clubbing. Hoping that I will someday be able to afford, here is a popular one designed by Gucci.

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For the bottoms category it was hard to choose one trend to discuss, because there are actually several trends I like very much that have made a strong comeback over the past years. However, I chose the that first came to mind: flared jeans. Flared jeans have come back into style about two years ago and I have to be honest, I hated them at first. They grew on me since though, and now it’s hard for me to remember the times I used to only wear (too-) tight skinny jeans. They come in many different types of styles and fabrics, but since I’ve been looking for a good white pair, I’ll include a picture of those.

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Over the past century, platform shoes have come and gone in fashion. During the 70’s they were associated with disco, and during the 90’s platform sneakers also became hot. They were specifically associated with the iconic girl group the Spice girls, who wore platform shoes in all shapes and sizes. Today, although they aren’t worn as much I’d say that the platform Vans shoes are definitely a great example of the style making its comeback.

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The Internet Time Machine

Cara Sainsbury

As the millennial generation, we can’t imagine living without the internet and all its websites and information, but there was a time where it took 30 seconds to load one photo. Imagine the frustration of waiting that long for a simple picture of a cute puppy! The internet has come a long way since its invention, and in rapid time too.

The internet originated in the 1960s, when technology developers, researchers and computer scientists began developing a “network of networks”, which became the modern internet around the 80’s.

This vague and unstable network was then made usable to the actual public by Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1990.

For The Netherlands, this World Wide Web became available to the commercial user in 1993, exactly 25 years ago.

Remember these? A quick history lesson

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This was a Dutch social media site, which appeared around the same time as Facebook and its popularity increased around 2010. The site, after the social media network stopped in 2013, has now been repurposed as a online gaming website. Many young teens and kids used the site to post on to friends’ “walls” and to update their own social media statuses with long anecdotes using internet shorthand and emoticons.

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MySpace Another lost social media site, which many early internet users remember before Facebook, massively increased in popularity.

It was the biggest social media site in the world from 2004 until 2010, with people sharing stories, pictures and videos on their feeds, as well as chatting to their friends and even making new online friends. The site eventually flopped as it wasn’t developing and evolving fast enough for the users to find it useful, and so many eventually switched to Facebook.

DailyBooth “Your life in pictures” was the slogan of this photo blogging websites, where users were meant to post a picture every single day (aka the old Instagram). It was similar to social media websites today of following others and being able to comment and like their content.

The site didn’t last very long however, as it was launched in 2009, but was shut down on the last day of 2012.

google.jpg As most people know, Google is one of the oldest sites to exist on the internet, as well as being the first internet search engine ever! The domain name was registered in 1997 and this is the first version of the site in 1998 (20 years ago!!!).

bbc.jpg One of the biggest news websites in the world today was only a dark void in 1997, with a few tabs on what was happening on TV and how to join the British Broadcasting Company. This url was only bbc.co.uk - however, in that time, bbc. com still belonged to Boston Business Computing and had a redirect link to those who were looking for the news.

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The Wayback Machine There is a site, called the Wayback Machine, which has captured an archived many billions of websites over the last two decades. To travel back in time one only has to type in the url they want to see and then a calendar tells you when the first version of that site was captured. This makes for a lot of nostalgic feelings and bafflement over the simplicity of the ugly Internet in the early 2000s.

MSN The true oldie but goldie, Microsoft’s messaging system was the place to be as a teen in the 2000s. This is not necessarily an old website, but the system did work through the internet to send messages to your besties. This chat application was where all the hot gossip from school was discussed and newer and cooler winks were exchanged - all again using that cringy internet shorthand - brb m8.

facebook.jpg & aboutface.jpg The Facebook domain’s earliest site was called aboutface.com, which was a database site for corporate companies keeping track of their employees.

The Machine’s clearest capture of aboutface.com was in 2002 and Zucker Facebook only appeared on this site in August 2005.

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OUR CHILDHOOD FAVORITES, WHERE ARE THEY NOW? NOW? Leyla Suleymanova We’ve all watched TV as kids, even if our parents were strict about it. I remember waking up every morning in elementary school watching Hey Arnold!, which was the only thing that got me going while getting ready for the day. My mom would have a rule about TV or the computer: homework first – fun after! I was extremely motivated by that rule, always did my homework in time to finally settle down on the couch and watch some Disney channel TV shows or some interesting movies with my parents. Many of the characters and actors we see have a special nostalgic place in our memories, thus I did some research about some of the memorable childhood actors and found out what they’ve been up to after our favorite shows.

The Breakfast Club was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I still remember getting it from the DVD store with my mom, where we went every Saturday to get some fresh movies. Even though it was released in 1985, neither of us had seen it, so we were quite excited to get to watching it. I had a huge crush on John Bender, the badass rebel, who was constantly trying to pick on and intimidate everyone. Unfortunately, for actor Judd Nelson the Breakfast Club was his only success, followed by series of box office disappointments for him.

However, he encountered a successful route with the TV show Suddenly Susan, after which he’s been guest starring in a number of films and television movies.

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Who hasn’t seen the Addams Family?

Right, everyone has. Wednesday Addams was my childhood idol with all the darkness and misery surrounding her. Christina Ricci later starred in Casper, which coincidentally is another one of our beloved childhood movies.

Penelope is also amongst the movies she starred in. However, just like many kid stars, Ricci is still seen as the little Addams girl, even though she tried to push the envelope in her mid twenties by starring in more grown-up movies.

She’s also known to struggle with body image, very often mentioning her low height and fluctuating weight. Despite her career, she is now a happy wife and mother and who knows, maybe we might be seeing her in some interesting motion pictures sometime soon.

Another teenage classic, Clueless, has surely left a print on my mind and heart.

Even though it has a basic plot of a cliché chick flick, who doesn’t love the nostalgic vibe of high school drama? Alicia Silverstone was perfectly chosen as a hot, popular, but superficial rich girl. She’s also starred in Batman and Robin as Clooney’s irritating companion Batgirl. However, she hasn’t indulged in the Hollywood life since then, occasionally making guest appearances in various movies, as well as being an executive producer in the 2001 cartoon series Braceface. She has found some success on Broadway, in addition to starting a family with her longtime partner Christopher Jarecki. She’s also an animal rights and environmental activist, and released her own guide to proper vegan nutrition and wrote several books about cooking and motherhood.

I absolutely loved Matilda as a kid.

Sometimes I wanted to punish some of my strict elementary school teachers just like she did. Since her childhood success Mara Wilson also starred in Mrs. Doubtfire and Miracle on 34th Street.

Much like many childhood stars, she struggled with the feeling that people liked her characters more than they liked her as an actress. In 2000, she left acting and focused on writing and published a book, titled ‘Where Am I Now?’.

Hobbit was one of my favorite books as

a kid, and I was stunned when I watched Lord of the Rings. As probably many of you, I loved Elijah Wood. However, I don’t think anyone has encountered him much after the huge popularity of the trilogy. He supposedly once told a UK newspaper that the American film industry was full of sexual predators targeting kids, to which he later clarified that he hasn’t had a direct experience with the issue.

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After the LOTR Oscar success, many actors were going to be type casted (casted for the same role again), which scared Wood, in the face of what he immediately sought out the most un-Frodo-like parts he could. He’s also done voice overs in multiple cartoons and has even gotten into music, playing his DJ sets in Las Vegas, India and many other locations. He’s also admitted that he wants to go into directing, so let’s see what he has up his sleeve in the near future. His rare appearances in Hollywood movies can also be explained by his preference towards British, rather than American comedy. However, he manages to spend his time wisely by keeping himself busy with all sorts of interesting projects.

Spy Kids was a fascinating movie for

me when I first saw it. I always wished I was part of it, with Carmen and Juni by my side. Daryl Sabara has been up to a lot of things since his famous Spy Kids role. He is currently engaged to the singer Meghan Trainor, and has been up to some interesting stuff in his acting career. He made an appearance on the TV show Weeds, together with his previous parts in Friends, Wizards of Waverly Place, in addition to making voiceovers for the Ultimate Spider-Man, Ben 10 and The Polar Express. He also has a twin brother, Evan, who is also an actor, who appeared in Spy Kids and Spy Kids 3.

Lazy Town was one of the most

annoying shows on TV, but it’s one of those series that you still watch despite the quality or ratings. I remember always being annoyed by the enthusiasm and happiness of Stephanie and Sportacus.

Actor Magnús Scheving , who played Sportacus in addition to being the creator of the show, is actually an athlete in real life. Explains the marvelous splits he did all the time. He hasn’t done much with regards to his acting career since the end of Lazy Town, as he later turned his focus towards managing ROK restaurant, a Scandinavian/seafood restaurant in Reykjavik.

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Personally, I was very annoyed by both Troy and Gabriella in High School Musical. They are the embodiment of the cheesiest and the most naïve couple in the world, even though I don’t think many people might agree.

And the movie itself is quite a cliché, so I think you all know this already. I was personally quite a fan of Chad and his marvelous curls. After HSM, Corbin Bleu actually stayed on the channel and starred in his own movie Jump In! He later was quite successful on Broadway, and later returned to TV in daytime television. He is also currently married to Sasha Clements, to whom he proposed in 2014.

Brendan Fraser has always been

my ultimate man crush. George of The Jungle, The Mummy, Escape from Planet Earth, voiceover on King of the Hill, Fairly Odd Parents, Simpsons, and a lot more, he’s contributed to the majority of my childhood memories. One of the most recent events with regards to his break of Hollywood have been his allegations of being sexually harassed by Philip Berk. Since then, Brendan has taken a break from acting, in addition to encountering some financial problems in 2013, when he petitioned the court to reduce his annual child support as he couldn’t pay it anymore.

Regardless, some things never change, just like Maggie Simpson.

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#TB JUN #tb on new media? You will say that there is no #tb right? Oh well, it is something new and it has “history” already. There is not an “academic” history as, the history of the new media is still happening. Focusing on the #tb of internet, internet has no single inventor but multiple identities.

The internet is huuuuge and it is getting bigger and more popular. Curving up history by period of time. There are transhistorical periods, which can overlap as now (2018), it is still developing.

Periodization has an expired date, and they are done in order academics would be able to make concrete arguments for space and the internet.

Internet took was called, science fiction 'till 1998, as it was an imaginary level of information. Think about gaming. When you are in a video game, you could press a button and fly to another dimension. That is how the internet was portrayed in 1993-95, called, Hyperspace. The initial idea associated with the internet was moving to another dimension.

As mentioned earlier, in Cyberspace period, 1995-1998, internet was associated with science fiction. It is the period that we are collectively dreaming of what this space could do for us human side. However, at the same time, it is associated with the frontier like if it was a space for pirates, rumormongers or pornographers.

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A digital map of the Cyberspace period, shows the appearance of deep/dark web, and all dangerous thoughts, illegal transactions happening there, but also, it portraits the division of digital world. At that time, a majority people, and most societies were offline.For those whom the word “offline” does not exist in their vocabulary, offline occurs while someone is not directly controlled or connected to the internet or technological devices. Furthermore, offline and online individuals, refer to the fact that you have speed or skill differences and the rest of the people do not have. Hence, in this time, network browsers are getting named and there is a variety. Netscape, a navigator to escape, Internet Explorer, being Dora the explorer basically online, and Safari, developed by Apple took the web as a jungle metaphor.

Google, a familiar company to all of us, is created in 1998, and that is where Network spacestarts.

Interlinked websites demarcate spaces.

Google discovered that the web is a network of interlinked sources. It sounds like a citation machine, like in-text citation reference. Since, that period, “clicks” matter as first discoveries were made of, how small the world is according to online links. In an experiment by the profession Michael Gurevichat Columbia Univeristy, United States, was found that six degrees of separation apart, means 19 clicks on average from page to page.

NGLE WEB Millennium: The end of the world ? Every end, has a new beginning. The rise of technologies.

Entering the millennium, new internet space periods begin! The idea is that if the web was a Cyberspace, but it will still not completed in order. How do we make it that safe? Oh well, we personalize it! Myspace(2002-2005), not the social media platform, but the historical period. It is the period that everything becomes personal. Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the MIT Media lab, proposed that we should no longer have leading headlines of the day. In his book, named “Being Digital” (1995), Negroponte imaged that individuals should get personalized news. The web would be yourspace; starting with newspapers to online services generally. Thus, this original idea got the attention as the issue of protecting your needed information is important.

Myspace was characterized by personalization.

Slowly location started to be an issue. A “creepy” period, whereas the internet knew where you were and where you are located. Locative space (2004-2008) refers to a geolocated space, whereas copyrights appeared on the internet, as during the Olympics in 2004, the games could not be broadcast in some countries; it showed that that “This video is not available in your country” because of mediation content was being removed. Besides, copyrights, new globalization appeared since Google was dominant in all countries, except China, Russia, Japan, South Korea and Czech Republic. Google brought its culture everywhere and this is why Google was not allowed to operate.

Remember that, it is important that the modern discipline of history developed during a relatively information scarce age. In fact, mutually supportive institutions, such as libraries or universities, also grew along with the discipline.

Closer to our experiences of the internet, during Social Space(2008-2012), it became a space to connect with friends. The web is in danger because of mass surveillance, due to the rise of social media. The movement of content and people from the open web, such as Google, to the closed, social media platforms, because the rise of social web and companies declining the info web. Social media are empty spaces that users fill in with their profile, they act there, they follow, like, share, hashtag. These activities five social media platforms a value, to the companies billions and to us time.

Stopping the history now, as the rest has to be made by us!

— Evropi-Nefeli Syriopoulou

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Playlists&Poems

— Francis Garlich

#Playlist

- Throwback Songs

Oops I Did It Again - Britney Spears No Air - Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys With You - Chris Brown Umbrella - Rihanna ft. Jay Z My Name Is - Eminem No Scrubs - TLC Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis Dynamite - Taio Cruz Beautiful Soul - Jesse McCartney

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o f s r a e Y 0 ty Couple i s r b Judith van Driel

The 90s and 00s are in many ways remarkable decades. The music, the clothing, and of course, the iconic celebrity relationships that characterize those 20 years. Here, we feature a timeline of some of the most memorable couples: from hookups to faithful marriages, and from fictional to the real world.

1997 - ∞: David & Victoria Beckham

Going strong since ’97, and thereby the couple who has been together the longest in this list. He was a footballer, she was Posh Spice; it was love at first sight for these stars. Four handsome children later, and they claim to still be as in love as when they first started dating. Lastly, a big mansion in Hollywood as the cherry on top of the American (and British?) Dream that marks the Beckhams’ life.

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1999 – 2002: Justin Timberlake & Britney Spears

Short but sweet, between the two singers who met on the set of the Mickey Mouse Club. Years later, during a tour together in the late 90s, sparks flew. Both believed to have found true love in each other, but unfortunately there was the split in 2002. Spears and Timberlake both found a way to deal with the pain: releasing hit songs about how heartbroken they were… *cue the sound of rain, Cry Me A River starts playing in the background*

2000 Pitt

–

2005:

Jennifer

Aniston

&

Brad

Short but sweet, between the two singers who met on the set of the Mickey Mouse Club. Years later, during a tour together in the late 90s, sparks flew.

Both believed to have found true love in each other, but unfortunately there was the split in 2002. Spears and Timberlake both found a way to deal with the pain: releasing hit songs about how heartbroken they were… *cue the sound of rain, Cry Me A River starts playing in the background*

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2005 – 2012: Katie Holmes

Tom

Cruise

&

Young Katie always had a childhood crush on Cruise, the handsome fighter pilot in Top Gun. In 2004, she even mentions in an interview “I used to think I was going to marry Tom Cruise”. Well, luckily for her, Tom declared his love for her on the Oprah Winfrey Show and eight weeks after they met, he proposed.

It all seemed like a fairytale, marrying the man you’ve been in love with for years.

Unfortunately, all stories have to end someday and for Cruise and Holmes, this love story ended in 2012 with a divorce.

2006 – 2016: Brangelina Didn’t we all imagine ourselves with the handsome Mr. Pitt in our early teenage years? And of course, I think we were all a little jealous of Jolie for landing this big handsome fish in Hollywood. And they even adopted children from all over the world… Sadly, they split up two years ago, which proves once and for all that every fairytale has an ending.

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2008– 2013: Robert & Kristen Stewart

Pattinson

These two lovebirds met on the movie set of the famous Twilight movies. Dating turned into a long romance, which of course sparked the fans to be either on Team Jacob or Team Edward… Who is better for our girl Kristen?

2010 - ….. : Justin Selena Gomez

Bieber

&

This is probably one of the most onagain, off-again relationships that Hollywood has to offer. They were sweethearts for several years, then came back together for short periods of time with of course several scandals in between. As of now, their relationship status is unclear but I am sure that we will be reading about their relationship/ friendship for a long time.

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s e l p a t S s Childhood’s Staples ’ d o o h d l Chi We’ve all got one hand in the cookie jar

Mona Abdou

A handful of somethings that come in colorful packaging and misleading nutritional stamps, otherwise known as snacks or poor decision making. All of us have been caught with our hand in the not-so-metaphorical cookie jar at one point or another, digging for some cutrate candy we weren’t allowed to have And sometimes, if you’re anything like before dinner. me, you wonder if you were born at fifteen. I mean, it’s not like you can After all, if you haven’t had a blue-black remember flatout anything that would tongue after Warheads or Nerds, then you haven’t lived. suggest otherwise.

Childhoods are fickle things and memories are even worse. Sometimes, you’re able to relive the exact moment you fell off a paring swingset in your neighbors’ tight backyard, all after scaling their lemon tree to make it past the fence and into the green.

But there are a couple of things - or That said, I think it’s high time we talk maybe a handful, if you catch my drift about some childhood bad decisions - that make remembering a little easier. it’s off to the races, boys.

I. Jawbreakers All I need to do is mention the show Ed, Edd and Eddy, and the word jawbreaker will pop up in no time flat. These were (still are, I venture) the tastiest, most painful nightmare your mother cried over as you slept with sticky fingers and mile-deep cavities.

Lasting days - with no end in sight save the garbage, usually - these candies made their way into every set of hands during the mid-2000’s.

If you still enjoy breaking your teeth in the name of sugar, nostalgia, and questionable decision making, I’d say here’s your stop. Naturally, I’ll be waiting by the corner store.

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II. Fruit Roll-ups Oh boy. A Roll-up.

The fruitiest thing that is, in reality, the furthest thing from fruit.

Even if you weren’t familiar with jawbreakers and the rock you lived under didn’t have cable that ran Ed, Edd and Eddy, I’m pretty sure you’ve still heard of Fruit Roll-ups. These long, sticky disasters were more widespread in schools than measuring tapes. Stained fingertips, coded taffy paper, and goodness pulled tight between aching molars - that’s the real Roll-up experience. I’ll bet a good handful of us still go out on a whim in search of this coiled strand of food-dye memory goodness.

I mean - who wouldn’t?

III. Gushers We’re not doing Gushers because I don’t like them. If you like them, then cool, I guess.

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IV. Haribo So, I could pick one Haribo snack - but I could also pick all of them. Which I do. Regularly. This company has pretty much redefined the idea of “I will, because I can,” and frankly, none of us can blame them for it. If you have the chance to stock up on everything from gummy bears to gummy worms, to gummy teeth, to gummy anything (and licorice, if that’s your thing), chances are you will. Much like Barbie, Hot Wheels and Lego, Haribo is something of a staple in most of our childhoods - one that carried into adulthood.

I nominate Haribo for Best Communal

Long-standing Memory-food.

No one else has a say.

V. Twinkies No childhood list of garbage foods is complete without this monstrosity.

The Twinkie fought valiantly for its place on this list against Pop Rocks and Oreos, only to prevail at long last; I still haven’t decided whether or not this is a good thing. Still, it does deserve the spot - after all, everyone has an opinion. No one is ever neutral about Twinkies, are they? You either love the fluffy cake with its dense cream-filled heart, or you’d rather swallow Hohos whole than go anywhere near them.

It’s that passion, really, that makes these the crown-jewel of this list.

Uh, “passion.”

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Throwing it Back, and Back, and Back: Icons from the Roaring Twenties

— Flore Ziegfeld Besides the Gatsby-esque, roaring parties we know from our popular medium of choice, the 20s had much to offer that paved the way to life as we know it now. Also named the “Jazz Age” or “Golden Age Twenties,” these titles remind of the post-World War One flourishing of societies around the globe, characterized especially by social and artistic liberty and dynamism. Brought to an end by the Wall Street crash of 1929, the ‘20s saw especially many avant-garde faces: D. W. Griffith One of the most impactful US-American film producers, D.W. Griffith is known for productions like Birth of a Nation. His work as director and writer in 20th century film pioneered modern cinema experiences with technological leaps forward: the close-up shot, for example, is a main part of his legacy. Having slipped from being an actor into the director’s chair, Griffith was one of the first to produce movies in Hollywood, California, establishing the location as the heart and soul of the contemporary film biz. After his success with Birth of a Nation, he invested heavily in multiple films that were less popular, leading him to financial ruin for the rest of his life.

Despite his groundbreaking work in revolutionizing the film medium, Griffith is known for his racist productions legitimizing slavery and portraying the Ku Klux Klan as a heroic organization: American film organizations like the Director’s Guild of America constituted awards named after the famous director, only to later rename them as to disassociate themselves from the racial stereotypes Griffith’s work fostered.

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Margaret Sanger Seeing too many women suffering from unwanted pregnancies and backalley abortions commonly endangering the lives of both mother and child as the only way to terminate pregnancy in the US of the early 20th century, Sanger became the epitome of early sex education. Inspired by a Dutch birth control center she visited in 1915 where she learned about diaphragms in times where the US had not seen such “advanced” methods of contraception, she coined the term “birth control” and popularized safe methods, educating the public about sex and methods of family planning that are more safe and accessible. After publishing several books about contraception, she fled to the UK in fear of American prosecution following her statements on the controversial topic. Returning to the US, Sanger founded the first birth control center in the country and thereby laid the cornerstone of the modern-day Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Although the reproductive rights movements in the US thus emerged a century ago, especially Planned Parenthood is still a common target of anti-abortion activists, and countries like Ireland still have not legalized abortion entirely, causing women across the globe to suffer from health risks and compromising their life planning due to unwanted pregnancies.

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Langston Hughes Considered one of the best American poets to date, Hughes portrayed African-American culture and life in America from the 1920s through to the 1960s. Recognizing racial segregation and the differences in lifestyle between Whites and Blacks, racial experiences became the core of Hughes’ poetry which never denied or took shame in his race, but celebrated its livelihood and joy. Along with other African Americans, Hughes travelled to the Soviet Union in 1932 in order to produce a film about the struggles of African Americans in the United States; Hughes believed that Communism was favorable to racial segregation and would provide a viable alternative political system that would promote equal rights independent of race. As part of the Harlem Renaissance movement, his involvement with jazz music led him to establish the art genre jazz-poetry, and although it provided a unique form of expression already in the 20th century, it also offered the foundation for modern-day hip hop and poetry slam performances.

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Habbo Hotel still exists, but its glory days are over.

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You game will sayisthat there is no It is now only #tb called Habbo, but the kids could walk around as penguins, make #tbThe right?

Oh well, it isas something it has largely the same. game started a projectnew and friends and play minigames. You could even “history” already.

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However, at the same time, it is (or just play Habbo careful, which should be associated with the frontier like if possible as an university student). There are quiteit was a space for pirates, rumormongers or pornographers. some alternatives, such as the well known Sims games, SmallWorlds or GoJiyo.

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"You could even make your penguin by dressing him/her and decorate your own igloo."

WE SECRETLY NT TO PLAY Sandra Post

GoSupermodel was the place where girls rule.

Dancing in the studio, designing clothes, chatting on the forum and battling other girls for the best outfit... The website was doing really well and has endured many changes. Unfortunately, over the years they changed their business model, because it didn’t work any longer. People had to pay to play GoSupermodel. However, latest news say that the games has been shut down since 2016. Apparently, people do not think this game is worth playing anymore.

RunEscape is still active in all its glory. Players can communicate by trading their stuff, chatting, fighting and playing mini-games. And all of it is happening on the planet Gielinor, a place created by Elder Gods. Sounds weird? It can be. But the fact that the game is still active after the start of its version in 1998 means that there is something that captures people’s attention and holds it. Maybe we can learn something from this game as Communication and Media students.

And why would you pay for it? There are plenty of similar games on the internet to be found and to be played, completely for free. For example, there are still websites such as Stardoll, Lady Popular and IMVU, which have a large user base.

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CREDITS EDITORIAL TEAM

Editor-in-Chief Fabiënne Vuijk

Managing Editor Anaelle do Rego

Copy Editor Clement Taffin

CREATIVE DIRECTORS

Myley van Prehn

Alejandra Murcia

WRITERS

Mona Abdou

Sara Alkilany

Chi Mai đỗ trần

Judith van Driel

Francis Garlich

Temi de Groen

Steven Hillen

Leyla Suleymanova

Evropi-Nefeli Syriopoulou

Flore Ziegfeld

Nicoleta Ciobanu

Cara Sainsbury

Sandra Post

BLOGGERS

Ayesha Ashe

PHOTOGRAPHER

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