Why METRO sexual....? I know, rhymes with Hetero,,,but it needs more.
Antother media hype term, with a half-life of a month.
L
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From: Mikal <mikalm_at_ix.netcom.com>
To: <OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Metrosexual?
> > Here is an interesting article. Curiously, I heard about it on the
> > radio yesterday as I was coming into work.
> >
> > http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/71/81366.htm
> >
> >
> Absolutely nothing new about the phenomenon. It's based on an NYT
article,
> no doubt published as filler to close the content gaps created by the loss
> of Jayson Blair.
>
> And as usual, the Grey Lady is noting an old, old phenomenon and calling
it
> "new". These types have been around for CENTURIES. They were
particularly
> visible and influential in Louisian France, and Georgian and Regency
> England. Less enlightened ages referred to said males -- I won't dignify
> them with the title "men" -- as "sissies," "lounge lizards," and
> "precieuses" (the last is from the Louisian era).
>
> In closing, I'll quote the great Ray Davies of the Kinks (it takes one to
> know one!) from a 1966 song:
>
> The Kinks -
> Dedicated Follower of Fashion
>
>
> They seek him here, they seek him there,
> His clothes are loud, but never square.
> It will make or break him so he's got to buy the best,
> 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.
>
> And when he does his little rounds,
> 'Round the boutiques of London Town,
> Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends,
> 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.
>
> Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
> There's one thing that he loves and that is flattery.
> One week he's in polka-dots, the next week he is in stripes.
> 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.
>
> They seek him here, they seek him there,
> In Regent Street and Leicester Square.
> Everywhere the Carnabetian army marches on,
> Each one an dedicated follower of fashion.
>
> Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
> His world is built 'round discoteques and parties.
> This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his best
> 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.
>
> Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
> He flits from shop to shop just like a butterfly.
> In matters of the cloth he is as fickle as can be,
> 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.
> He's a dedicated follower of fashion.
> He's a dedicated follower of fashion.
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Received on 2003-07-30 18:44:35