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I think culturally the 2010's started at the end of 2008. It really started with the recession and Obama being elected. It was also during this time that music really changed. New artists emerged with big hits like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Ke$ha. Even Justin Bieber contributed to the change in music even though his music is awful. I was a senior in high school in the fall of 2008 through the Spring of 2009 and I can say that it felt different from previous years. When I was in middle school in the mid 2000's, bands like Green Day and The Black Eyed Peas and musicians like Usher, Gwen Stefani, and the latest American Idol winner were very popular.
A big clothing trend for teenagers in the mid 2000s was dressing "Emo" style. Dark clothes with white ties and sometimes black hair too. This trend died around 2008. Going to the mall was still a popular thing for teenagers to do, but now it doesn't seem to be because of more social media and technology replacing the need for malls and gathering places.
Myspace was HUGE and was at its peak in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, more and more people started leaving it for Facebook, but it wasn't until around 2009 that Facebook was the new popular social media site. Most teenagers had flip phones. The iphone came out in 2007 but not very many people I knew in school had one. It hadn't gotten popular yet. Some of us didn't have ipods either. I was still listening to my portable CD player in high school.
The summer of 2008 was definitely the setup of the 2010s decade. Music is completely different now than it was in the early and mid 2000s. Some artists from the 2000s are still making music this decade but they're not as popular. I don't really see a change in clothing styles though. Politically, things are still unstable in the middle east like they were in the 2000s. Gay marriage is a huge political movement this decade.
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For example, about a dozen or so states put a proposal for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on their ballots. If I remember correctly, it passed in every one!
Now think about that today. I wouldn't be surprised if the Supreme Court issues a decision forcing all states to not only recognize (as they recently did), but perform same-sex marriages. The term "marriage equality" was not in widespread use in 2004; most would have laughed or had contempt at the way it is used now.
Indeed, the feminist movement has largely focused on this in the 2010s, as well as "**** shaming" or sexual autonomy or the right to be a *****, as I call it. I was reading an article about "ass shots" at weddings, and in the comments section there were women defending the process, saying that whoever calls these women "sluts" or the practice "trashy" is promoting rape culture! Strange world we live in today, for sure.
TV has become completely swamped in reality shows. This development was already evident in the mid-2000s, but nowhere near the extent it is now.
In 2004, most foreign cultural fads came from the East. They are now coming from the West, with a few exceptions. 2004 was a low-point for American-produced "EDM", in terms of popularity; now college freshmen everywhere are popping "Molly" and jager bombs and raving away. In terms of top hits, a veritable music revolution occurred around 2009 with Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Flo Rida, and of course, Pitbull performing upbeat eurodance-style songs with catchy melodies, vapid lyrics, and fast beats. This was the true early 2010's sound. The new crop of songs seem to be slower, less energetic, and melodically more variable, and borrowing heavily from the more downtempo electronic genres like dubstep, e.g. Iggy Azalea.
Also witness the popularity of British TV, unthinkable in the 2000s; my mom, about as cosmopolitan as an Afghan peasant, is now a Doc Martin fan. Also, the growing popularity of soccer as a spectator sport.
We have overcome a recession (which began the era we are in right now), or depression, or whatever you want to call it, but to the average Jill or Joe, job recovery has largely been in low-paying service sector jobs, e.g. personal care technician. That, too, has not gone without reaction, and Generation Y has largely been behind the activism to make the "minimum" wage a "living" wage.
The 2010s started started early in 2008. This is when a new president was elected, when things shifted towards electropop, and when the economic crash happened. A very dark mood also set in. It feels just as dark now as it did in late 2008. If the trends continue, I see this decade ending anywhere from 2015 to 2019. For some reason 2017 sticks to me as the beginning of a new era.
The 2010s started started early in 2008. This is when a new president was elected, when things shifted towards electropop, and when the economic crash happened. A very dark mood also set in. It feels just as dark now as it did in late 2008. If the trends continue, I see this decade ending anywhere from 2015 to 2019. For some reason 2017 sticks to me as the beginning of a new era.
I would argue that the mood hasn't been dark since 2012 and that we are moving into a new era now (Summer 2014). The early 2010s (2008-2012) might be viewed in the future as its own dark, quirky era, with the real 2010s starting in 2013 or 2014 with the expansion of gay marriage and legalized marijuana.
I would argue that the mood hasn't been dark since 2012 and that we are moving into a new era now (Summer 2014). The early 2010s (2008-2012) might be viewed in the future as its own dark, quirky era, with the real 2010s starting in 2013 or 2014 with the expansion of gay marriage and legalized marijuana.
2008 and 2009 were technically the late 2000s but I feel like late 2008 laid the foundation and was the early stages of the 2010's. I think the dark mood has shifted. In late 2008 through 2011 the economy was at it's worst. I think it has gradually stabilized over the last few years. The dark mood is now shifting to international matters like Iraq and the constant threat of U.S. military action and the numerous mass shootings that have occurred in America in the last few years. We are definitely in the mid 2010s now.
I would argue that the mood hasn't been dark since 2012 and that we are moving into a new era now (Summer 2014). The early 2010s (2008-2012) might be viewed in the future as its own dark, quirky era, with the real 2010s starting in 2013 or 2014 with the expansion of gay marriage and legalized marijuana.
I don't know where you live but there was an extreme difference starting in late 2008.
Up through then, people felt invincible as if their actions wouldn't really matter. People without jobs were given up to 10,000 credit lines (I know people who were).
It was easier to get credit and easier to spend spend spend. That was the mentality of the 00s: spend, party and vacation on credit. People didn't really save up much during the time and used what they had as if it were their last days. The 00s were pretty much a time where no one was really caring about the future and the actions were pretty reckless. In 08 the economy crashed, people lost jobs, and then started to awaken from the slumber. The atmosphere still seems dark to me but starting to look upwards.
2010s has begun. It's the generation of mobile internet usage and contrasts the 2000s, the decade of chat rooms and laptop computers and IMs from a home portal
The 2010s is the no more at home on my computer surfing the web
1990s was the desktop computer decade for web surfing
Music : CDs (1980s cassette tapes)
90s - use CDs to make mix tapes
80s the compiling involved using a "tape recorder"
2000s = laptops for predominant web surfing
Music: mp3s and MP4-eg
Use mp3s to burn mix CD
2010s = mobile devices for primary web surfing
Music: watch youtube and pandora app, I heart radio, ringtones and itunes
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