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DEAR READERS, New year, new objectives, new central idea! We, the sisterMAG team, have thought a lot about the annual topic that will replace 2017’s topic of »COLOURS« . In the end, we agreed: We want something contemporary, creative, something approachable that appeals to every reader. A topic that equally influences culture, fashion and society, that plays a historical role as well as a contemporary one. That’s why, in the end, our decision was easy: In 2018, everything will be about FILMS in sisterMAG. About classics, comedies, whodunits and big dramas – film fans of all kind surely won’t be disappointed. Our opening section for this year is inspired by the 80s film »THE BREAKFAST CLUB« . The storyline is simple: Five students and stereotypes are in detention together – and learn a lot about themselves and their fellow human beings. A comedy with socio-critical approach that makes us question ourselves, our identity and our external perception more accurately. Our author and psychologist Nele Langosch gets to the bottom of the question of who we really are and how the search for the OWN IDENTITY takes shape over the course of our lifetime. 3
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But the film »BREAKFAST CLUB« did not only inspire our contributors to the classical question of identity. Together with Christian Naethler, we look for the world’s most extraordinary schools and with the topic of » A E R O B I C S I N T H E 80 S « , we pick up Jane Fonda’s golden time and immerse in a world of skin-tight sports suits and wild, teased hair. Our partner ELL-CRANELL® knows that not every woman can have a lion’s mane on her head. Our partner and we fight hair problems and test a cure against hair loss with influencers from all over German. According to the motto: Healthy scalp, beautiful hair! After the presentation of our title film and the first part of our article series »FILM HISTORY« , we feel like having our very own Breakfast Club. We get help from our partner Alpro who starts a very special project in 2018. Read more about it in this issue! We are looking forward to a colourful year with you and everything a good film is all about: great protagonists, exciting stories, beautiful setting and, of course – a happy ending.
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CONTENT BREAKFAST CLUB
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EDITORIAL TEAM LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
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FILM HISTORY PART 1
Behind the scenes
The creation of moving images
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Introduction of the movie 9 OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY
TECHNOLOGY & SCHOOL AS A CONTROVERSY
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ASTRONAOUT'S TRAINING & SPARKLY BELTS Jane Fonda & The
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Why our society pursues
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Interview with 1
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ME, ME, ME indivituality
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WHO AM I? Finding Identity
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CONTRIBUTOR TEXT Barbara Eichhammer
the-little-wedding-corner.de Lia Haubner
@sexdrugsbords.nlognroll Alex Kords
kords.net Christian Naethler
PHOTO & VIDEO Robin Kater
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cristophersantos.com Michael Bennett
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ILLUSTRATION Jackie Diedam
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julegeflitter.com Adelina Lirius
adelinalirius.com Lea Vervoort
leavervoort.nl Beth Walrond
Catrin Linderkamp
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@maikitten Nele Langosch
nele-langosch.de Julia Schattauer
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@kiesslingS Alex Kords
kords.net Christian Naethler
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@iamvolta Tanja Timmer
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STYLING Evi Neubauer
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THE COVER PHOTOS Robin Kater
PART NE R O F THE ISSUE You can recognize our partner features by the logo at the top of the page. We thank our partners alpro and Ell-Cranell® very cordially, because without them this issue would not be possible!
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MODEL Mi OUTFIT Evi Neubauer PRODUCTION Sophie Siekmann
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Matching sisterMAG's movie theme of 2018, the cover dresses will be glamorous! For the first dress cherries were the inspiration for fashion director Evi. Together with photographer Robin Kater , hair and make-up stylist Lisa Zeitler and model Mi our cover look for the »breakfast-issues« came to life.
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The Model MI »I am Mi and I had the great pleasure of getting to know the sisterMAG team while doing a cover shooting. Actually, I’m a nurse by trade and work in a first-aid station. As you might imagine, this is the complete opposite of fashion, glitter or glamour! But when I don’t hang out in the clinic and am covered in plaster, I am interested in fashion and spend a lot of time with it. Especially the upward trends and the urban styles in combination with the facets of the wonderful city of Berlin excite me every time. Berlin is loud, colourful and creative! And Berlin remains versatile and surprising, just as plaster and glamour do! In that sense: Have fun with the first issue of sisterMAG in 2018!«
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Film history part 1
The creation of moving images
2018 will be a year dedicated to film for us. So, each issue will circle around one particular film. But that’s not all. Even though the films we’ll look at are as different as can be, all issues will be connected by insights into the history of this exciting media. In this feature, we present you the creation of the moving image. Making pictures run was a huge challenge for numerous inventors and can be divided into equally numerous stages. Here, we present you the most important steps.
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The first presentations Today, making movies is a u n i v e r s a l ly accessible medium. Thanks to smartphones, the movie theatre got mobile. Just take out the phone from your pocket and you’re ready to start: shooting, cutting, and even playing is made possible by a mini-projector. There are no limits for film enthusiasts to give life to their images. Three centuries ago, all this was simply unthinkable. The first early forms of »films« resulted from SISTER-MAG.COM
stringing pictures together. In the 18th century, those were painted pictures that made their first steps with the »laterna magica«. This device, also called »skioptikon«, can be compared to today’s slide projector. While the box was illuminated by a candle or a gas lantern, the conductor moved a painted glass plate in front of the lens to project the image on a wall. During the 19th century, showmen presented their so-called »laterna magicaSHOWS« on fairs or exhibitions,
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thus contributing to its distribution throughout Europe. The shows were often accompanied by music and, later, were used for the socalled »national education«. The presentations mostly dealt with issues regarding geography, theatre or politics.
In 1832, the so-called »phenakistiscope« emerged independently in Belgium and Austria by the inventors Joseph Plateau and Simon Stampfer. The phenakistiscope causes the illusion of movement for the viewer. Certain phases of movement, like the ones of a dancing couple, are arranged in a circle on a rotatable round disc made of cardboard. Between the drawings are small slots. The illusion When the disc is placed in front of a mirror, it of movement can be put into motion.
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When the viewer looks through the slots from behind, the motives seem to »move«. This is called the stroboscopic effect. The phenakistiscope spread through Europe like a virus. In trade, it had names like »Magic Disc« or »Fantascope« which made the little game become a huge success. The invention of photography was essential to the further development of the moving image. When the Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce took the very first photograph SISTER-MAG.COM
in history in 1826, it was a milestone. The photo showed the view from the window of his study. Yet with the exposure taking eight hours back then, it was impossible to photograph people. The theatre painter Louis Daguerre was so excited about Niépce’s work that they collaborated to find a way of reducing the exposure time. However, only after Niépce’s death, was the endeavour successful and the so-called daguerreotype paved the way to photography and the moving image.
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horse The British photographer E a d w e a r d Muybridge had a breakthrough in this field in 1878, when he took a series of photos of a galloping horse. The background: In spring 1872, the railway entrepreneur Leland Stanford asked him to find out with his photo camera if a galloping horse always has at least one hoof on the ground 21
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or if all four hooves are in mid air for a moment. The first attempt failed. But five years later, Muybridge captured the individual phases of the motion sequence in a series of shots on a ranch in Palo Alto. The horse galloped in front of a white wall. Twelve cameras with lenses with the same focal length were placed in front of it. A contact wire lead from the track to every camera. By ripping the wire, the respective camera was triggered; the first photo series was the result. It was published in many newspapers and magazines under the
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name ÂťThe Horse in MotionÂŤ. One year later, Muybridge also invented the zoopraxiscope, a projector for chronophotographically created images. This way, the photos of the galloping horse could run in a fast sequence. The illusion of a film arose that could be projected on a screen by using a light bulb.
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The first film
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The Frenchman Louis Le Prince developed the first film camera with only one lens in 1888. He was able to shoot the first moving images with it and the very first and oldest film in history was created: The Roundhay Garden Scene. After that, lenses became gradually brighter and the exposure time was reduced to 30 seconds. George Eastman started selling the Kodak box (today: Eastman Kodak Company) which could play 15 images per seconds. A revolution back then: cinematography.
technology of recording and showing moving images. An essential step on the way of films becoming a mass medium.
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At the Alpro Breakfast Club, the best meal of the day gets a community Nutrition experts agree: Breakfast is simply the most important meal of the day! But in our hectic everyday lives, many people lack the peace and time for a balanced breakfast that provides all the important nutrients for the day. Together with our partner Alpro, we want to motivate you again this year to rethink your own breakfast habits and bring back breakfast into your day. Therefore, we jointly initiated the #alprobreakfastclub. Because breakfast is best when enjoyed in company, be it virtually or personally. You can exchange your experiences with other Âťclub membersÂŤ on Instagram using the hashtag #alprobreakfastclub. In our next sisterMAG issue, we'll present your best recipe ideas and adaptations of our recipes. So start posing and use the hashtag! Thea, Toni, and the entire sisterMAG-Team are also part of the community and will show you their breakfast routines throughout the upcoming weeks. We also invited our friends and other Power Women to join the Alpro Breakfast Club. On page 30, you'll see who's joining us and will tell us all about their breakfast routine.
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Preparing a varied breakfast doesn’t take much time. However, you should take your time to consciously enjoy your breakfast. Together with Alpro, we accept this challenge. A loyal companion is the breakfast booklet by Alpro which you can download from the Alpro.comHomepage, for free. It’s packed with ideas, inspiration, and recipes you can adapt easily to your morning routine. This way, you get through the week with minimum effort and enjoy perfectly balanced recipes and tips. The first question: Which breakfast type are you and which routine suits you best? Whether you’re a Snoozer, a Multitasker or a Rise & Shiner – we all find ourselves in one of these types. Thea is an absolute Snoozer, thus needing fast and simple recipes in the morning; Toni, on the other hand, enjoys in company and always seeks the tasty moments of enjoyment. We also found the Active Soul and the Rise & Shiner amongst the sisterMAG team – who are you?
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Marie (Scones & Berries) already tried the chia pudding. She shares the result on her blog and tells you about her morning routine.
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Starting in London, the Morning Gloryville evolved into a global event community for people who like to start their day with a (clean!) rave. From 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. every day, you can dance to inspiring and energising music, enjoy massages, and have a delicious breakfast..
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Those who read sisterMAG regularly, know that we always say »Yes!« to a breakfast. Already in 2017, we dealt with the issue of a »Good start into the day«. In our editorial meetings and plans, we always returned to breakfast. Our engagement in the topic of »films« also resulted in a bunch of classics that involve the start into the morning – be it »Groundhog Day«, »BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S« or »THE BREAKFAST CLUB«. The term »Breakfast Club« instantly turned us euphoric. After sharing countless breakfast inspirations and recipes and assigning ourselves to certain breakfast types, we just needed the right breakfast friends. Founding the Breakfast Club with our partner Alpro was the logical next step! We have to admit: We always wanted to be part of an exclusive breakfast club in which we could chat about everything and nothing while sipping coffee and enjoying a smoothie bowl. The Alpro Breakfast Club enables us to do just that. With the hashtag #alprobreakfastclub, you can post your views, recipes, and ideas. A virtual club in which to chat, like, and inspire! But that’s certainly not all our club has to offer. Together with Alpro, we bring the Breakfast Club to three German cities, physically. In February 2018, we’ll 31
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Creative Mornings is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Founded by Tina Roth Eisenberg in New York in 2008, the concept is simple: a delicious breakfast, combined with a short lecture, once a month. Today, there are local chapters all around the world, yet, the concept remained the same: They are completely free of charge and open for everybody.
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The breakfast meetings of the 4 New Yorkers in their favourite cafés where they talked about topics like the newest conquest or the divorce drama are legendary. They always looked perfectly stylish and we wish to have our own SATC breakfast club to this day.
take the #alprobreakfastclub into the real world. In cafés that the girls from »Sex and the City« would’ve loved too, and with the delicious plant-based milk, The web series of the comedian Jerry yoghurt, and curd alternatives by Seinfeld has already achieved cult status. Alpro (you can find the dates and info While he seemed to have lived off cereals on page 34). In our next issue, we bring the events to your home, with pictures and quotes from each city. We also give you some tips for your perfect #alprobreakfastclub-Café and show you how our bloggers and influencers interpreted the topic.
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in the sitcom »Seinfeld«, he now asks famous comedians to join him for a ride in an oldtimer and have coffee or a spontaneous picnic in the Central Park (with Jim Gaffigan).
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RECIPE: Nuts are a delicious alternative to granola. They provide us with essential fatty acids – healthy fats – which can’t be produced by our body. (Avoid whole or chopped nuts for children under five years old because of the risk of choking.)
• Chop the bananas into pieces. • Pour the Alternative to Yoghurt with Coconut into a bowl. • Add the banana pieces, granola and grated chocolate. • Enjoy your banana split!
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RECIPE: • Put all the juicy ingredients, including the Alternative to Yoghurt, into a blender. • Let your blender work its magic. • Enjoy the velvety goodness!
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Nuts provide the whole family with essential fatty acids – healthy fats – which can’t be produced by the body.
RECIPE: • Divide the bran flakes between four bowls and top with the Almond roasted Unsweetened. • Top with the red fruit and roasted almond flakes. • Quickly! Serve immediately.
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• Add the Alternative to Quark and chilli flakes, season. • Spread the avocado mix on the toasts with some extra chilli flakes. Yum!
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This recipe: Contains eggs
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Text: BARBARA EICHHAMMER Illustrations: LEA VERVOORT
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»The Breakfast Club« became an instant cult movie after its release in 1985 and it ranks among the most popular teen movies of all times. The film offers a profound character study of five different teenagers, their problems and overall desires. »The Breakfast Club« established the genre of the high school film and is forerunner to such blockbusters like »Highschool Musical« or »Ten Things
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The Film A high school in Illinois, USA, on a Saturday morning in March 1984: Five teenagers are sent to detention in the school library due to several offences. The heterogenous group consists of the athlete Andrew (Emilio Estevez), the most popular girl in school, Claire (Molly Ringwald), the nerd Brian (Anthony Michael Hall), the rebel John (Judd Nelson) and the outsider Allison (Ally Sheedy). Although they do not know each other at the very beginning and cannot stand each other, they come to grow together as a group during detention.
SUPERVISED BY THEIR NARROWMINDED TEACHER RICHARD VERNON (PAUL GLEASON), THEY MUST WRITE AN ESSAY ON THE QUESTION »WHO AM I?«.
Supervised by their narrow-minded teacher Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason), they must write an essay on the question »Who am I?«. Thus, it is already at the very beginning of the film, that »The Breakfast Club« addresses the important leitmotif of identity formation, a topic elementary for the genre of the
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teen movie. While the youngsters are not yet sure who they are, their forced togetherness reveals unknown facets of their personality: While they smoke joints, dance and have conversations in the deserted school building, they get to know each other from a completely new side. »The Breakfast Club« ultimately celebrates youth as a state of inbetweenness, a phase of transition, between the world of childhood and the culturally »other« wold of adulthood, which can be crossed in the film via ritualised transgressions (such as taking drugs).
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depicts the protagonists along a line of fixed stereotypes, which are visually marked for the audience by costume: Thus, we see the athlete in a school team jacket, the »princess« in a pink T-Shirt, the aggressive rebel in a jeans jacket and James Dean look and the outsider in black. Interestingly, the film challenges such stereotyping, when the aggressive troublemaker reveals himself to be a sensitive young man, the athlete suffers from the expectations and pressure of his parents and the princess can no longer stand
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her parents’ arguments. After several joints, the five teenagers are talking about their problems and desires, whereby they are confronted with their own prejudices against each other. They find themselves united in their fears and their desperate search for individuality. The film questions the stereotypical thinking of the adult world and re-negotiates seemingly fixed character types. This becomes o b v i o u s when Brian writes an essay for the five of them. He writes to Mr
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With this profound character study, »The Breakfast Club« inscribes itself into the tradition of teen movies and establishes the genre of popular high school films. Interestingly, US-American teen movies developed – according to film scholar Steve Neave – after World War II when modern teenager culture came into being. During the fifties, youngsters were discovered as a very influential consumer target group, which has money and leisure at its hand and consisted mostly of young white people. Such a youth culture is deeply shaped by its definition via brands, fashion, music and clothes. Teen movies turned into films which catered to the aesthetic world of teenagers and reproduced it. The genre was established by film like »The SISTER-MAG.COM
Wild One« (1953) with Marlon Brando and »Rebel without a cause« (1955) with James Dean as lead actors. What was new about »The Breakfast Club«? John Hughes' film established the US-American high school as central setting in teen movies. Meanwhile, the location of the high school has become such a permanent part of the genre that contemporary popular culture even refers to it in parodies. Britney Spears' music video »Baby One More Time,« for instance, takes reference to the classroom as setting in an ironic way.
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The lead characters were all played by actors from the socalled »Brat Pack,« which was known to the audience from previous eighties films. Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald had parts in »Sixteen Candles«; Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy had played together in »St. Elmo’s Fire«. »Brat Pack« was the term given by the »New York Magazine« for this group of actors, who always played together in the same films. The pack also met in private and was known for its wild parties thanks to the yellow press. Their films were catered to a teenage audience which gradually lost its interest in them, when they and the roles began to grow up. Emilio Estevez, for instance, Martin Sheen‘s son and Charlie Sheen’s brother, was considered one of the most promising
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talents of the Brat Pack, but had to suffer from a severe career setback as an adult actor. Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson shared a similar fate: They had only minor guest roles in TV series like »CSI« and »Psych.« Molly Ringwald’s popularity as a teen star was used during the 2000s in the US-American teen drama series »The Secret Life of the American Teenager« (2008 – 2013) in which she embodied the mother of
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one of the protagonists. »The Breakfast Club«’s cult status can be seen when looking at the number of popcultural allusions and citations in contemporary film and TV productions: »The Simpsons«, »Futurama« or »Victorious« referred to the film classic. In the »Navy CIS« episode »Bad Boy« (season 14, episode 2), the team of Leroy Gibbs investigates a gang of thieves which had gotten to know each other during detention at high school 15 years ago when they had the idea for the crime. The gang consists of those very five protagonists which had to go to detention in »The Breakfast Club.« In »Not Another Teen Movie« (2001), which also refers to »The Breakfast Club,« Paul Gleason plays his role as Mr Vernon once again. Director John Hughes shot several comedies which dealt with family and youth or deconstructed the American
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expression of teenage freedom. The overall new wave sound of »The Breakfast Club« reflects not only the important teenage culture of its time, but also depicts the predominant emotions of alienation, loneliness and teen angst on a textual level. Karla de Vito’s song »We are not alone,« for example, is concerned with group coherence.
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Exceptional education The typical classroom follows a standard curriculum, complete with textbooks, a chalkboard, and the periodic table. Most students have an easy time getting there, whether by foot, bus, or their parents’ car. But just as everyday life is different across the world, so too is education. For some, going to school is anything but ordinary. From offering degrees in witchcraft to starting one’s day in a cave, here are 9 of the world’s most extraordinary schools.
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When you think of going to school, a very familiar picture emerges: children facing a chalkboard, a globe in the corner to pique their curiosity, and no shortage of textbooks. Perhaps an apple atop the teacher’s desk. Unless, of course, your education manifested in a wildly different way. Maybe it required going uphill both ways on your way to and from school, or instead of a state-mandated curriculum, you studied sorcery. From classrooms in caves to courses on Christmas, let’s explore some of the world’s most extraordinary schools...
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GULU
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Whatever hardships your parents claim to have endured on their commute to school, it surely pales in comparison to the pupils of this mountainous elementary school. Sitting amidst the canyons of Hanyuan County of Ya’an in Sichuan Province, China, the Gulu Elementary School takes five hours to reach from the base of the mountain. Run by a single teacher, Shen Qijun, the school has been in operation for 26 years.
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Being the oldest existing, longest continually operating, and first degree-awarding educational institution in the world are just some of the many records this 1,159-yearold school in Fez, Morocco holds. The university also boasts the world’s oldest library, which was founded by a Muslim woman and houses some of the rarest texts of human civilization. Karueein is currently home to more than 8,000 students in fields like Islamic religious and legal sciences, Classical Arabic grammar and linguistics, and Maliki law.
Founded in 859 AD, the University of Karueein has had a lot of time to set worldfirsts.
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That’s why the non-profit organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha created solar-powered floating schools. The principle is simple: If students can’t come to school, the school will come to them. Each floating school provides education for 30 children and comes equipped with an Internet-enabled laptop, library, and electronic resources. The initiative has so far helped over 100,000 families access education and other essential services.
Bangladesh’s monsoon season often causes devastating floods, but that should be no reason to interrupt a child’s education.
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While students at Witch School may not be concocting potions in a cauldron, they do get a full Wiccan education. Founded in 2001 by Rev. Ed Hubbard, there were two physical campuses under the Witch School umbrella: one in Chicago, Illinois and Salem, Massachusetts – how appropriate. These were closed recently and courses are now available online only. Subjects cover pagan thought, Wiccan thought, and magic of the Correllian Tradition. Probably as close to Hogwarts as it gets.
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Schulfarm Insel Berlin
Scharfenberg Germany
The Schulfarm Insel Scharfenberg is a small boarding school situated on a It’s equipped with all picturesque the standard school island in Berlin’s accoutrements, plus Lake Tegel.
canoes, sailboats, and a stable of horses. In addition to the classic subjects – mathematics, physics, history, geography, music, art, science, English, French, Spanish, and the like – students can also brush up on their beekeeping and chess skills as part of the curriculum. The fundamentals of agriculture and agronomy are also highly emphasized. A special experience for the roughly 500 students who manage to secure a spot.
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Michigan
Santa Claus
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Did you ever consider being Santa Claus when you grew up? If it didn’t work out for you, perhaps it’s because you didn’t enroll at Michigan’s storied Santa Claus school. In operation for over 80 years, this merry institution offers an annual three-day course that teaches you the ins and outs of being the most anticipated fictional character of a child’s life. Proper dress and use of make-up, studying reindeer habits, wishlist comprehension, and a trip to the largest Christmas store in the world are just some of the activities on the agenda. SISTER-MAG.COM
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Being a bona fide Father Christmas doesn’t come cheap, though – the cost of enrollment stands at around $500.
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China’s Guizhou province
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This institution is quite literally what the name suggests: a primary school in the middle of the cave. China’s Guizhou province is among the poorest in China, and while this means its citizens often go without food for longer stretches, one aspect would not be sacrificed: education.
At its peak, the school employed eight teachers who taught almost 200 students. It was even home to a makeshift basketball court and, being a true product of its environment, had a very hands-on approach to biology and ecology. Unfortunately, the state closed the school in 2011.
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The Brooklyn Free School has a »mission of education for social justice,« which it has been carrying out since 2003.
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The train platform
schools of India India
Since much of this begging takes place on train platforms, schoolteacher Inderjit Khurana figured these transient locations could also exist as a place of learning. The schools’ boundaries are often marked by chalk and students are free to come and go as they wish. Since 1985, these makeshift »institutions« have brought basic education to hundreds of thousands of children.
India’s train platform schools are another example of education coming to children instead of vice versa. With an alarming number of India’s half a billion children living in extreme poverty, going to school is often secondary to begging for money.
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- I N T E R V I E W W I T H A T E AC H E R Smartphones, computers and tablets are an invaluable part of our everyday life. They support us in almost every situation and simplify all processes of our daily life. Most children grow up with a smartphone today. Six-year-olds type on the tablets of their parents and know the devices better than some adults do. However, the connection between technology and school is considered to be a controversial one. In most schools in Germany, mobile phones are prohibited. The opinions on digitalisation in schools polarize strongly. We interviewed a teacher from Berlin about this issue. The high school teacher saw everything from blackboard and overhead projector to smartboard and online workbooks.
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The word »digitalisation« covers much more than you might think. It has various meanings. In general, you could say that digitalisation, among other things, describes the transformation of analogue data to digital formats. Processes, objects and events change because of the increasing usage of digital devices. It’s the digital revolution. This change affects all areas of life: society,
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relationships, politics and work life. We communicate with our smartphones and simplify our daily life with apps. Especially work life gets more and more digital: Shift plans are retrievable online and every important information is just a click away. Staff members can educate themselves quickly and flexibly in online seminars.
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Despite our digital progress, many schools in Germany are not even close to being as digitally equipped as they could be. Teachers discuss if that raises a problem or if it’s good the way it is. In Estonia, digitalisation is particularly well developed. In schools, classes mainly take place with digital learning media.
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Until 2020, schoolbooks are planned to be digitalised there as well. Compared to Estonia, Germany is far behind. In politics, the FDP (»Free Democratic Party«), among others, stands up for digitalisation in schools. The party wants the use of digital technologies and appropriately trained teachers.
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TEACHERS The new, recently trained teachers often use digital learning media. Experienced teachers, on the other hand, like to use old-fashioned chalk. But it does not always have to be that way. There might be the teachers who dogmatically hold their opinion. But even experienced officials like to work with digital media and often do so. As said
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My name is Denise-Juliane Fritz, I’m an art teacher in second generation and teach the subject in my school, the Hermann-EhlersGymnasium in Steglitz. I studied art and English to become a teacher and received the teaching qualification for performing arts and ethics later on. I’ve been in this job for about 30 years now and still am enthused to go to school every morning. Maybe my mother gave this enthusiasm to me, I definitely love this community and am also lucky to be surrounded by a very harmonious staff. And experiencing this moment when the penny drops is just pure joy. WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO BECOME A TEACHER?
When I was a child, my answer to the question of what I would like to become one day always was: a princess or what my mother is. During school time, it sank into oblivion, and when I was 17, I certainly didn’t want to become
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a copy of my mother. That’s why I took lots of possibilities into consideration. But I had very versatile interests and realised that, when I would choose one thing, I had to waive everything else to a great extent. Then I realised that I would have a lot of variety in school and, similar to Andy Warhol and his art factory, this could constantly stimulate ideas. And in fact, I’m permanently inspired by the exchange with members of my classes until today. HOW DO YOU SEE DIGITALISATION AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM IN GENERAL?
The male part of my family clearly has a more mathematical focus than I do. But I am very practical and oriented towards craftsmanship and always ask myself: »How could this work out better?« It started with writing. A computer quickly turned out to be
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considerably versatile than every typewriter I ever owned – especially when it comes to revising texts, professionally or privately. And even though I wouldn’t want to miss the time in the darkroom when it comes to photography and even though I offered it in school for years when computers were already available, image processing with the computer is a piece of cake for everybody now. With a comparably small learning effort, a lot more people can realise their own design ideas. You don’t have to feed your adventurous literary ideas to a bulky typewriter or be a photo expert to finally have fun with images. »Go invent« and »Go create« were the sale slogans of Apple and Microsoft and the internet is full of great results of amateurs who wouldn’t have become visible otherwise. WHAT CHANGED DIGITALLY IN THE CLASSROOM OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS?
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Around 2005, at the 100-year anniversary of our school, the first of our graduates came to visit us and complained that PowerPoint presentations were expected from them because they thought that they would learn preparing them in university. At that time, I’ve already had a powerful computer in the art department for years that could be used to prepare presentations, but not by every pupil. Later on, we made the issue of presentations a main focus of our school and I contributed a process concept for all classes and courses. A student group named »Students make school« came and taught the staff and subsequently, the grades in the
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presentation tests in secondary and high school graduation became better. Blackboards were replaced by smartboards and using them became more and more familiar. As much as I love what I can do with chalk an art teacher, I’ll never shed a tear over the dust. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF DIGITALISATION IN SCHOOL? It’s unrealistic to keep children and adolescents away from technologies that will not only accompany them for the rest of their lives but, thanks to their rapid development, will require higher learning performances from them. This can’t just be caught up in a weekend seminar but has to be practised over years. Not only the technical aspect is important but ethical and legal questions arise and SISTER-MAG.COM
develop as well. If you accept that you wake up in a completely new world every day the whole thing is a fantastic adventure. I see the new media as tools – just imagine the excitement when the wheel was invented! This incredible facilitation of transport! Not only humans but also animals certainly were relieved. When I was a pupil and wanted to do research about something that wasn’t in an encyclopaedia at home, I needed a library card, had to find out the opening hours and where to get there by bus. I
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had to have the card with me at all times and had to carry the books around to return them in time. I still recommend that today but starting a research is significantly easier now. You can follow every far-fetched thought at 3 a.m. but have to learn how to use sources and not to be distracted. But it’s just not acceptable that prejudices from kindergarten are used in discussions and that the state-ofthe art research and jurisdiction are ignored while everybody has a smartphone available at any time.
Everything has its place and the social und communicative competences, for example, can’t be acquired while facing the screen. Even though it looks like fun in advertising, it’s hard work because you always have to find out how things work. It’s really about the attitude. Am I willing to accept the challenge as an adventure and hang on, or do I duck and postpone everything? In school, we try to keep open spaces (no advertising, no cell phones) and impart academic work with new media in small steps and with a lot of repetition. It’s getting better every year. WHICH DIGITAL LEARNING MEDIA DO YOU USE AND HOW DID YOUR CLASSES IMPROVE BY THEM?
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In my classes, the smartboard is switched on almost all the time and pupils illustrate the process of a discussion or investigation for everyone by looking for appropriate definitions, texts and pictures on the computer. In art class, I demand from my pupils that they not only bring their cell phones with sufficient storage space but also that they have a connection cable for the computer and an USB stick with them. This way, they can easily document the progress of their own work as well as their individual research and suggestions which is a good preparation for the presentation. Everything is saved and sorted on the computer in the art room and is a good assistance for the development of the necessary technical vocabulary. Occasionally, I ask someone
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to do some research on the smartphone when many sources have to be found and compared, for example. Some pupils bring their tablet computers and use them although I am always worried that these expensive devices get damaged. In general, it is to be hoped that as many members of the class as possible can get involved at the same time and in a way that suits them. This works out better every time. Then they are motivated and absorbed in the moment and hardly stoppable when class is over. Oddly enough, I don’t have the impression that anyone of them is extremely impressed by the technology. Maybe because they are too familiar with it. But they understand the easier access to and the handling of data and facts as facilitation.
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WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE IN YOUR SCHOOL WITH REGARD TO DIGITALISATION?
I don’t think it makes sense to proceed faster than we already do. Recently, a pupil wasn’t able to read an analogue clock and some pupils in senior grades don’t know how to find a term in the lexicon. This has to be practised as well. HOW DO YOU IMAGINE CLASS IN TEN YEARS?
By then, we’ve probably managed to strengthen the useful handling of cell phones in senior grades in a way that makes bans obsolete. Many tasks we use paper for today, like homework and tests,
will be written on tablets and forwarded as files. My daughter has studied at Tec Monterrey, a private university in Mexico, for one semester. The students there don’t go to class for tests but log in at a certain time to do the test. I guess that the fundamental problem will always be the positive attitude towards learning and the achievement and obtainment of an open attitude towards life in general. Many ways lead there and the digital one is not the only one but maybe it enables a more individual differentiation.
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Catrin lives out her passions for words and images, the German genitive case, and good taste (in interior decorating) at Make Make!
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Chalk has been mankind’s loyal companion for thousands of years. It can still be found in classrooms all over the planet, even with stiff digital competition. Let’s clear the air and find out how to »chalk it up«, whether »Chalk Champagne« is actually tasty, and join us as we uncover some more chalky secrets.
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I love sleeping. To stretch out and bury my head in my pillow once more after the pesky alarm rings, even if this is a rarity with two small children. Sometimes, nightmares disturb my nightly idyll. Most of these nightmares stem from my childhood days, as I recall frightening school experiences. I look back at a happy childhood; however, my dreams feature recollections of French exams I faced unprepared, of maths assignments I stumbled through haphazardly. The teacher writes down complicated formulas on the blackboard, and the terrible squeaking of the chalk wakes up my sleeping ears again. The spine-chilling sounds of chalk on a blackboard and a knife scraping over a plate have something in common,
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they are both created by the so-called stick-slip effect. Chalk has a rough surface and because of this, it glides over the blackboard in a choppy manner, sticking to the blackboard’s surface, straining itself, continuing down its chalky line for just a few fractions of a millimetre before it sticks again. All of this happens in the blink of an eye, which creates oscillations in the chalk that transfer onto the blackboard to create that screeching sound that make my hairs stand on end. So, what to do if you want to go gentle on your eardrums? Break off a smaller piece of chalk. This results in a higher resonant frequency, outside of the audible range.
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Chalk has been used since time immemorial; our ancestors used it to draw their cave paintings. The phrase »chalk it up« has been in use for a long time as well. Innkeepers and shop owners, among others, used to write down the debts of their guests and customers on a blackboard for all to see, to make sure that they weren’t forgotten. The German saying »Schwamm drüber« (let’s sponge it off) indicated that the blackboards could be wiped clean again after the debt had been paid. The first written evidence SISTER-MAG.COM
of blackboards dates back to 1658 when Johann Amos Comenius published his illustrated textbook »Orbis sensualium pictus« (»The visible world«). Various editions of his work feature an image of a class room with a scribbled-over blackboard. Chalk did not become a staple of classrooms until they grew exponentially in size in the early 19th century. Nowadays, the venerable blackboard still serves some purpose in teaching the curriculum; however, the old screechy piece of chalk is increasingly replaced by more modern, technologically advanced devices. Even if children can look forward to a time without shrieking blackboards, with the advent of projectors, interactive whiteboards, and tablet computers, and after we have left behind the chalkdusty methods of our past,
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future digital natives will continue to dust off chalk from their hands – whether its colourful dust from crayons used by the youngest to embellish our streets and courtyards, or pastel chalk used in art classes.
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from the carbonate shells and cores of small marine animals over millions of years during the Cretaceous period. Real chalk is quite expensive; therefore, normal school
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chalk is usually produced from replacement materials such as gypsum these days. The German chalk deposits can be divided into two different types. The first type is made up of the older Lower Cretaceous, which consists primarily of clay and sandstone; the other type entails the Upper Cretaceous, which is composed primarily of carbonates and can be found predominantly in northern Germany as well as in the northern German sea. The island of Rügen is particularly well-known for its chalk deposits, with tourists flocking to its impressive chalk cliffs, which extend into the sea. Further important large sources of chalk can be found in Danish Jutland as well as the French Champagne
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region. Real French chalk, known under the moniker »Champagne Chalk«, is very well known and loved by artists. As blackboard chalks can be bought in all colours of the rainbow, they are increasingly used outside of the classroom to beautify furniture and walls in kitchens, hallways, and bathrooms, lending a decorative hand. Blackboards also diligently fulfil their tasks as practical or creative surfaces, to jot down notes or draw freehandedly, popular with adults and children alike. As such, we can assume that lovely, screechy chalks will continue to delight families for centuries to come.
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Whether artistic hand lettering on a menu or transient large-form chalk art on sidewalks – skilful chalk drawing and painting continues to fascinate, astonishing beholders who marvel at the creativity on display on small as well as larger surfaces.
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Tr acy Lee St u m tracy leest um.com The American artist Tracy Lee Stum is primarily known for her 3D chalk drawings, which transform dreary sidewalks and streets into impressive works of art. Even though the street artist’s creations have a limited impact radius, and even though her works of art are usually rather short-lived, we can still delight in the masterful optical illusions of this internationally renowned chalk artist thanks to the marvels of modern digitalisation.
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Li ly a n d Va l li lya n dval .com Since its founding in 2012, Lily & Val produces handpainted blackboard art, greeting cards, and a variety of stationery. Each piece radiates the unique aesthetics and creative spirit of founder Valerie McKeehan, which she uses to craft her hand drawings and images. It all began when the newlywed Valerie transformed an old picture frame into a handpainted chalky blackboard.
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She instantly fell in love with this art form, which remains Lily & Val’s signature style to this day. She draws inspiration for her whimsical and iconic designs from her passion for nostalgia of all types.
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Tara Roark and her company Chalk Couture give lovers of chalk – like you and I – plenty of room to be creative. With a broad range of the most diverse chalk blackboards and colour, magnets, and design templates, you can shop for everything you need to turn plain blackboards, windows, mirrors, tiles, whiteboards, devices, furniture, and a lot more into chalky pieces of art.
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AMBITIOUS MANAGER, LOVING MOTHER, ACTIVIST FOR EQUALITY:
The woman of today can be everything she chooses to be – and more. But with all this choice, how are we supposed to find the right path? Our identity keeps developing each and every day of our lives as we keep asking the same questions: Who am I? What makes me unique? Where do I belong? Each phase of our lives shape us in a different way.
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0 TO 12 YEARS OLD
Who is this ? We first start recognizing our own reflection at 18 months old and even then, we need a further two years to develop a deeper sense of self. We understand that our parents have different wishes and needs than we do and stubbornly try to get what we want. Role play is very important at this age: We dress up, play the mum, the dad, the salesperson at a store or the quirky Pippi Longstocking. We find out which parts we play best and which ones we’d rather forget about. Slowly, our own identities form.
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Trying new things Puberty is the most interesting phase so far: Teenagers are true masters at trying out new identities – in every sense. What can and can’t I do? What do I like and what do I hate? And what do I want to look like? It is only right that we are very susceptible to trends at this
point of our lives, searching for something that feels just right. We still yearn for uniqueness – the base of our identity. While we actively challenge boundaries, parents become less important. We develop our own views and turn to our friends when we’re in need of help or consultation – side by side, we learn who we are. Searching for who we are is exhausting, but usually rewarded with selfconfidence in the long run. Or we at least find out who we don’t want to be.
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Selfrealisation
People used to believe that we found our identities by the time we turned twenty. Back in the day, people at that age had chosen a profession or laid the foundation stone for a family. Today, we push these cornerstones of adulthood into the future, stay at home longer and try out new, adult
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Is this still me? identities while studying, travelling and working for the first time. Different partners enter and leave our lives, broadening our horizon and helping us discover the world. We know our abilities and wishes, dreams and goals but very few think more than a year ahead. We live in the moment, a phase psychologists call »emerging adulthood.« Not quite grown up yet, we have difficulties finding our path; a task that can seem daunting at times. We only start to feel settled when we have found a job, a place to stay or a partner to spend our life with.
The most important questions now seem to be answered: We know what defines us, where we belong and what we would like our future to look like. Our experiences have shaped us and the many parts that make us up: our office personality, family personality or how we behave around friends. While our identity should be solid in its core, the outside remains flexible. The world changes around us and we have to adapt – a new job might challenge us, children grow up or maybe a breakup or move shift the situation. The biggest challenge is to remain open to change but true to ourselves.
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We are unique, not only because of what we are doing but because of what we have done in the past.
Nele Langosch is a psychologist and journalist from Hamburg. She spent her time at university finding her own path in life while studying the science behind finding ones own identity and got to know herself better in the process.
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My life makes sense
The biggest changes come with age: We stop working, potential children have moved out, our bodies get tired. What seems to have defined us for a long time no longer does. Not few are thrown into a downright crisis by this change. When we have to accept help, the mind changes or our professional knowledge is no longer up to scratch, we have to change how we see ourselves. To age gracefully, we have to respect
our boundaries and reassess our values. We are unique, not only because of what we are doing but because of what we have done in the past. It can be soothing to think about high and low points from the past years to realise our own strength and vulnerability besides our daily challenges. Those who can accept what was and how it changed them can find happiness and wisdom.
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WHY OUR SOCIETY PURSUES INDIVIDUALITY
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What makes me unique? Answering this question in one sentence is difficult – even though individuality seems to be more important than ever. We all deal with ourselves and have to accept the accusation of being the generation »Me, me, me.« That’s how new stereotypes emerge. Is that true? Why we look the same so often and what we underestimate while looking for uniqueness. SISTER-MAG.COM
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This is an incomplete list of things that make me unique: I don’t like to go clubbing and find that okay. I don’t own any jeans. I do CrossFit, don’t eat sugar and share my experience with that on Instagram using ironic hashtags. All that is me. Of course, these characteristics are anything but individual. There are countless people who claim the same things for themselves. I know that. I still don’t grow tired of emphasizing these aspects of my personality.
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It’s about the overall picture my list conjures: A number of characteristics occur that define me. But describing my individuality in only one sentence is difficult. It’s the same for my friends. A look at our profiles on the social networks gives that away. Our Instagram biographies are listings of characteristics that are supposed to present our personalities in the proper light. It’s about facets and nuances that make us complete.
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We want to be originals. But why is that so important to us? If you ask people born after 1980, the so-called millennials, which sentence they grow up with many will answer: »The world will be open for you.« It’s a privilege having this possibility – and a challenge at the same time. Social media offers the right platform for that. There, we deal with ourselves and focus on our positive sides, the
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US psychologist and author Jean Twenge explains in the podcast »Hidden Brain« . She researches the differences between generations. Since we deal with ourselves so intensively, even our communication changes. In a 2012 study, Twenge describes, for example, that book authors increasingly use the pronouns »I« and »me« while the use of »we« and »us« decreases.
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y furnishing, my outfit, my food: We want to express ourselves like we’d love to be seen and heard. But in doing so, we are more similar to each other than we think. Let’s just have a look at our Instagram feeds: There are the travellers who consume perfectly arranged smoothie bowls and find themselves while doing so. The food and interior lovers who photograph beautiful plates which are just avocados on blond wood. The outfit experts who wear white tunics and bags worth a month’s salary.
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The artists who stage the pink plastic bags in the flashlight but always do that with a hint of irony. By the way: The observers who comment the wild live cynically must not be left out here. Trying to stand out from the masses creates new styles and codes – and, eventually, new stereotypes. But, of course, none of us would just say: »I’m an average avocado photographer.« Instead, they would say: »I photograph avocados but with a twist which is…«
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»You can become everything« is said to have made us unhappy
Is our generation more selfserving because of that than the generations before us? Definitely, as the psychologist Twenge claims. Compared to our parent’s generation, we millennials would describe ourselves as »more special that the average« more often, according to the scientist. The sticking point lies in our education: Those who keep hearing that the world is open for them are focused on their uniqueness – and are disappointed when they realise that not everyone can be a hero. SISTER-MAG.COM
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Every, every, every generation was the Me-Me-MeGeneration
It’s possible that our individually furnished homes and the selected hashtags are just a beautifully arranged cry for the conformation of our uniqueness. But if that is really a problem of our generation remains controversial. »Every, every, every generation was the me-me-me-generation«, the journalist Elspeth Reeve writes The Atlantic and refers to a cover story of the
magazine in 1907. There, the self-centredness of the young generation is mentioned as a reason for the breakdown of marriages in the USA. On the cover of the magazine Newsweek, the »video generation« is portrayed that documents itself obsessively with its new technology. The title is from the year 1985. It’s about camcorders.
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If you are satisfied, you are eyeballed suspiciously ÂťIt Is Developmental Me, Not Generation Me,ÂŤ the
US researchers Brent Roberts, Grant Edmonds und Emily Grijalva explain in the professional magazine Perspectives on Psychological Science. Reeve uses their findings to underpin her thesis. Unlike the psychologist Twenge, they depict that people born after 1980 are not necessarily more self-serving. According to their data, young people are generally more self-centred which solves itself with age. But does it mean that we
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The mantra of »You can become everything« of our generation also means that everybody who is satisfied is eyeballed suspiciously.
find ourselves great when we deal a lot with ourselves? The US researcher and author Brené Brown questions exactly that. The mantra of »You can become everything« of our generation also means that everybody who is satisfied is eyeballed suspiciously. In a culture of »Better than…,« there is the question if that could even be the case. From »not good enough« to »not beautiful enough«: There is always something. This can feel unpleasant and even shameful. Brown suggests dealing with this feeling openly
and starts with herself. Her TED talk on »The power of vulnerability« addressing her breakdown was watched more than seven million times on YouTube. Brown’s credo: Those who dare to deal with their vulnerability openly will find true individuality – and will be seen like they really are. Overcoming oneself can be worthwhile. Because maybe the courage to vulnerability is exactly the facet that we almost overlooked while looking for ourselves.
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HAIRLOSS Hair loss is an indicator of mental and physical strain, yet ironically, the discovery of hair loss is the very source of that despair. Ell-Cranell® is the brand for healthy hair, developing products that help people who have this stressful problem. Ell-Cranell® Haarfülle+ + is a supplement which supports the roots of your hair with the necessary nutrients. We invited a selection of women to try it, among them Simone from chillerella, Mona from MAMARAZZI, Alexandra from SiebenSonnen and Annette from Lady of Style.
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Beautiful, healthy and shiny hair is the dream of the majority of women and men on this planet. Posters, magazines, movies, and television shows present us with picture-perfect locks each and every day, so of course we try to replicate those
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HAIR FA CT A HEALTHY PE R SO N LO SES A BOUT 100 HAIRS P ER D AY.
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W H AT D O E S B E A U T I F U L H A I R M E A N TO Y O U ? Well-groomed and strong hair is a symbol of health and beauty for me.
TELL US YOUR PERSONAL TIPS FOR BEAUTIFUL HAIR. Constant treatments, yet in dosed quantity; minimal use of heat in the form of dryer, hair straightener, and curling iron
H A I R L O S S : A L E X A N D R A’ S P E R S O N A L S T O R Y I was never blessed with thick hair, instead I have many fine hairs. In connection with family planning and the subsequent stopping to take the pill, as well as the concomitant hormonal change, hair loss came and unfortunately stayed for several months. Additionally, I had professional stress which surely supported the hair loss. From a certain time, I covered the dilemma with updos and extensions. A few months into my pregnancy, I got the famous beautiful hair of pregnancy. But during the breastfeeding period, a little bit of hair loss came back, though still not as strongly as it was during the hormonal change before the pregnancy.
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»WELL-GROOMED AND STRONG HAIR IS A SYMBOL OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY FOR ME.«
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W H AT D O E S B E A U T I F U L H A I R M E A N TO Y O U ? For me, beautiful hair is really, very important because we can’t change it every day. Unlike an outfit, opulence, sheen, and vitality have to be perfect. Also, wellgroomed and full hair can be formed into beautiful hairstyles much easier.
TELL US YOUR PERSONAL TIPS FOR BEAUTIFUL HAIR. The essential thing is the right care that is matched with the respective needs. I have fine and chemically treated hair, so the care must not be too hard but intense enough to offer sufficient care. Frequent appointments with the hairdresser (I go every 7 to 8 weeks) to cut the tips, are essential. I use: shampoo, conditioner, hair oil for the tips, a deep conditioning mask every week. For styling: heat protection spray, dry shampoo spray for more volume, and just a little bit of hairspray.
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HAIR FA CT EVE RY PERSO N H A S ALMO ST 5 M I L LIO N HAIR FOLLICLES
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After my two pregnancies, I lost tufts of hair, which didn’t fall out before the pregnancies. With increasing age and with regard to the menopause, the hair structure changes, the hair becomes finer, doesn’t have the same resilience and the hair density decreases noticeably. We can help using styling products but only in a limited way. That’s why I’m even more looking forward to testing the product Haarfülle + by Ell-Cranell and am very excited, already.
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»FOR ME, BEAUTIFUL HAIR IS REALLY VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CAN’T CHANGE IT EVERY DAY.«
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HAIR LOSS NOT ONLY A MATTER OF AGE
We lose around 100 individual hairs per day: what might sound like a huge amount is actually just normal. When we lose more hair than usually and the cause of ageing is not the reason, it is important to find out why our scalp has suddenly become sensitive. Around 40% of women who lose a high amount of hair suffer from mental and physical stress. The resulting hair loss causes even more worry – a vicious circle that should be broken as soon as possible.
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While some pregnant women are lucky enough to benefit from fuller and shinier hair due to the raised levels of oestrogen during pregnancy, others have to deal with the added stress of hair loss – often due to a deficiency of iron. While growing a baby, the mother needs 60% more iron than usual. Another reason for hair loss around two or
three months after pregnancy (postpartum effluvium) is the loss of oestrogen in the body. Usually, the body regulates hormone levels by itself so this kind of hair loss should be gone around nine months after the birth of the baby. If this should not be the case, it is recommended to consult a doctor.
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W H AT D O E S B E A U T I F U L H A I R M E A N TO Y O U ? Beautiful hair means to me: full, well-groomed, and healthy hair.
TELL US YOUR PERSONAL TIPS FOR BEAUTIFUL HAIR. ÌÌ deliver moisture with treatments and hair masks ÌÌ frequently having stimulating head massages, to boost the blood circulation ÌÌ avoid hot drying – better let the hair dry in the air
ÌÌ use a good hair brush ÌÌ heat protection is a must when using hair straightener or curling iron ÌÌ health renewal beautiful hair comes from the inside
H A I R L O S S : M O N A’ S P E R S O N A L S T O R Y Many new mothers know it: During pregnancy, you have the most beautiful hair of your life. You suddenly have as much hair as never before and the sheen is just wow! But once the baby is there, the hair falls out in tufts and the sheen is gone. I really got frightened when my hair started falling out about three months after the pregnancy. I didn’t think it would be so much. I even had a receding hairline. It took me a long time until the little baby hair finally grew. I didn’t plait my hair anymore but wore it loose so it wasn’t that obvious.
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MENOPAUSE NEXT TO GENETIC DISPOSITION, REGULAR SMOKING, CERTAIN MEDICINE, AND THYROID PROBLEMS CAN CAUSE HAIR LOSS.
As hair loss is also one of the symptoms of menopause – another problem where Haarfülle+ by Ell-Cranell® can help. This problem, called telogen effluvium, is related to the loss of female hormones in relation to male hormones which causes the hair to get thinner and fall out. Next to genetic disposition, regular smoking, certain medicines, and thyroid problems can cause hair loss which is then often ignored in the hope that it might go away.
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»THAT’S WHY WELL-GROOMED, WELL CUT HAIR IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME…«
W H AT D O E S B E A U T I F U L H A I R M E A N TO Y O U ? It’s not a coincidence that the expression »bad hair day« exists to describe times when the hair doesn’t sit properly. Because wellgroomed, shiny hair is an important point for many women to feel beautiful!
TELL US YOUR PERSONAL TIPS FOR BEAUTIFUL HAIR. A cut that matches the type and frequent cut of the tips: It makes no sense to have long hair when it is thin. Cure dull, dry hair every 4 weeks with a treatment of pure olive oil. Let it bring to bear for some hours and wash the hair about 3 times afterwards. For many years, I’ve been using an ion brush that prevents my hair from being statically charged.
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HAIR LOSS: ANNETTE’S PERSONAL STORY I’ve always dreamed of long, voluminous hair and until a few years ago, I wore my hair on more than shoulder-length. Fortunately, I don’t suffer from hair loss but I see on my 82-year-old mother how hair gets thinner with age. That’s why well-groomed, well cut hair is especially important to me and last year, I decided to have my hair cropped for the first time! Since then, I let them grow a little again because I want to wear them as a bob. To be given the chance to counteract the genetic predisposition in conjunction with the hormonal change and improve my hair quality with nutrients? I’m in!
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H E A L T H Y S C A L P. BEAUTIFUL HAIR. Haarfülle+ by Ell-Cranell® provides the scalp and roots with essential nutrients and thus combats hair loss. Haarfülle+ is a supplement: 2 tablets, taken once a day along with a meal, are enough for women. The product should be used for a minimum of three to six months, increasing the density, volume, and quality of the hair. Its unique formula with zinc, vitamins C, D3 and E, as well as important omega-3-acids are a direct antidote to oxidative stress. On top of that, the resulting increase in the formulation of collagen and creatine supports the root of the hair in its place. The outcome is thicker, healthier and more luscious hair.
A HAIRY SITUATION The four bloggers we introduced are going to test Ell-Cranell® Haarfülle + during the upcoming weeks. Their experience and in-depth reviews will be up on their blogs soon. We can’t wait!
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R E D-HAIRED P EOP LE HAVE THE L EA ST AMO U NT O F H AIRS. H A I R FA CT A HU MA N HA I R C A N C ARRY U P TO 1 2 TON S , OR 2 E L E PHA N T S .
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Funky upbeat music, a couple of men and women in quadruped position on their mats. »Ready and go! And one-two-three…«, the woman cheering these words is no other than double AcademyAward winning actress Jane Fonda in her first aerobic fitness video.
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She is wearing a pink and red striped leotard, purple leggings, and a sparkly belt, a dainty golden necklace glimmering around her neck. »One more time«, she calls to her fellow gymnasts and flashes a dashing smile at the camera. 1982, the release year of »Jane Fonda's Workout«, proved to be exactly the right moment in time for »Aerobics«, a training developed by astronaut physician Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper. When Jane Fonda combined his method with her own routine,
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ARMY DOCTOR AND ASTRONAUT TRAINER DR. KENNETH H. COOPER DEVELOPED A VERY SPECIFIC TRAINING TO STRENGTHEN HEART AND LUNGS DURING THE 1960S. HIS STUDIES, METHODS AND RESULTS WERE PUBLISHED IN HIS BOOK »AEROBICS« (1976); THE NAME IS A REFERENCE TO THE INCREASED INFLUX OF OXYGEN AS A RESULT OF THE TRAINING.
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When Jane Fonda read the book, she decided to film a fitness video that combined those specific exercises with her own routine, copying the name »Aerobic« and single-handedly setting off a veritable fitness-hype. In 1979, she opened her first studio in Los Angeles, in 1981 she published a book to go along with her work and then, a year later, the famous video. Aerobic-courses and -studios shot up everywhere around the world, the video topped the bestseller-charts for three entire years, despite its rather juicy price of over 60 dollars. Only in 1986 did »Workout« hand over the first place in the charts – yet to its sequel, »Jane Fonda's New Workout«.
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Between all the jumps and hops, the stretches, and spandex, what exactly made people fall for aerobics? Before Jane Fonda's appearance on a rubber mat,
fitness studios were (if possible) even more traditionally ‘male’ than today. Bodybuilders like Arnold Schwarzenegger dominated the field until the market opened up to women
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between 20 and 40 who enjoyed the mix of dancing to hits like ÂťWork that BodyÂŤ by Diana Ross, gymnastics, and cardio that icon Jane Fonda offered them both in studios and at home in front of the TV. Wiry limbs, free from any trace of fat or muffintop ruled the screens, clad in tight, neon spandex outfits, and sparkly accessories.
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TH E A R RI V E S IN G ER M AN Y German viewers were first introduced to the aerobic movement in 1983 with a legendary performance at the ZDF-studio by US actress Sydney Rome. The media was amused, with the SPIEGEL calling her routine a »rain dance« , which looked like »she had been possessed by the devil«. Even in East Germany, a version of aerobics called »pop gymnastics« took over living rooms.
books, videos, accessories (dumbbells, headbands or socks, anyone?) and clothing line completed her aerobic empire which is said to be worth over 600 million dollars.
Jane Fonda had a sixth sense about her aerobics idea and quickly turned it into cash. Her
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After a short while, aerobics started to gain a lot of negative attention as well. Illqualified instructors were criticised for over-stretching muscles and pushing too many joints to their limits and were eventually responsible for the departure of the first wave of aerobics from gyms and screens. A more subtle, slow version that included more medical knowledge into its practice took its place, with faces like Cindy Crawford and Claudia
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But without Jane Fonda and her aerobics, spandex clad women surely would have had more difficulties at taking over the fitness world. Schiffer at the helm. Jane Fonda herself took a step back, too and focused on gymnastics for pregnant women, including Yoga and relaxing stretches into the routine. Her confession that she had suffered from bulimia shifted the public view of her extremely athletic body and the pastel-coloured sheen of aerobics seemed to have chipped. It is hard to say how much of that first aerobics phase was responsible for the slimming craze and how much of it was simple enjoyment of a different way of working out. 155
A B O U T T HE AU TO R
My name is Julia Schattauer, freelance author and journalist. Next to my passion for travelling, I love writing about cultural topics. Manga fans, backpacker, Dadaists, and aerobic are just a few of my chosen subjects. Studying history of the arts and cultural anthropology brought out my love for subcultures. I like to find out what inspires people and what can grow from a creative mindset and communities. SISTERMAG 33 | 01 / 2018
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