This video whilst only having a small amount on dress code still shows that even though there is no "uniform" for any form of protest made by anonymous, they still observe and acknowledge the effect of group dress codes can have on an audience, a sense of professionalism and authority, almost contradicting what Punk tries to achieve (dismantling societies tropes and stereotypes) instead using these very aspects to their advantage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIaLdMqMRh8
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This brief review of the anonymous Mask shows that even though anonymous is by its very nature a modern movement, it draws its iconography from centuries prior to its existence. this in itself can provide archaic authorities and ideologies over to its members and actions simply through visual interpretations alone.An interesting topic considering anonymous being born of the internet.
http://anoninsiders.net/the-mask-46/
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Punk isn't dead (and neither am I)
Sorry for my absence guys! I just didn't think and didn't take my laptop home over Easter so here is an overly large post with half the stuff i found, ill put the rest up over the next couple of days!
The lecturer in this video raises some interesting points about Punk fashion and instead of talking abouts its deconstruciton of society how it builds itself up out of chosen parts of society in a DIY manner, and how the Punk rock movement encourages the growth of the individual instead of the selction of the famous through celebrity culture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHrnHjRRu8
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And in this video, the young woman talks about how the Punk Aesthetic allowed her to express herself rather than conform to societies idea of "success" and "rock" and how it demolished societies pressures to achieve these, however instead of looking at it as destructive she views it as a way to view herself through from her own perspective, and the liberation and self acceptance it gives those who want freedom for the commercial machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSwSQE32Ek8
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Found this study interesting as it talks about the sexuality of the punk Dress code and how its more prevalent in Countries where dress codes are more regulated, suggesting how much Punk differentiates all over the world in response to cultural pressures and to deconstruct them requires individual responses from the subculture depending on geographical location.
http://www.stevenlaurie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/moore-punkauthenticity.pdf
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just a short one, but this view on Punk fashion being contradictory of its aims gives an interesting insight as too questioning what it actual achieves by using societies own stereotypes in order to subvert and counter act itself. By conforming to the stereotype isn't that doing exactly what Punk was trying to escape in the first place?
mystylepsyche.blogspot.com/2013/08/is-fashion-self-destructive.html
The lecturer in this video raises some interesting points about Punk fashion and instead of talking abouts its deconstruciton of society how it builds itself up out of chosen parts of society in a DIY manner, and how the Punk rock movement encourages the growth of the individual instead of the selction of the famous through celebrity culture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHrnHjRRu8
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And in this video, the young woman talks about how the Punk Aesthetic allowed her to express herself rather than conform to societies idea of "success" and "rock" and how it demolished societies pressures to achieve these, however instead of looking at it as destructive she views it as a way to view herself through from her own perspective, and the liberation and self acceptance it gives those who want freedom for the commercial machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSwSQE32Ek8
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Found this study interesting as it talks about the sexuality of the punk Dress code and how its more prevalent in Countries where dress codes are more regulated, suggesting how much Punk differentiates all over the world in response to cultural pressures and to deconstruct them requires individual responses from the subculture depending on geographical location.
http://www.stevenlaurie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/moore-punkauthenticity.pdf
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just a short one, but this view on Punk fashion being contradictory of its aims gives an interesting insight as too questioning what it actual achieves by using societies own stereotypes in order to subvert and counter act itself. By conforming to the stereotype isn't that doing exactly what Punk was trying to escape in the first place?
mystylepsyche.blogspot.com/2013/08/is-fashion-self-destructive.html
The hacker teen queen of Anonymous pleads guilty in London- article
Who is Kayla? According to hacker legend, she's a 16-year-old member of Anonymous subgroup LulzSec and a heartthrob to geek boys on three continents. On Tuesday, in Southwark Central Court in London, she entered a guilty plea on one count of "conspiring to do an unauthorized act to impair the operation of a computer or computers."
And then word got out. Kayla isn't a teenager. Kayla isn't a girl, either. Kayla's real name is Ryan Ackroyd, and he is 26 years old.
The Anonymous Solidarity Network responded with the tweet "We do not forget Ryan Ackroyd aka Kayla #FreeKayla" and a video proclaiming "Free Incarcerated Anons."
Ackroyd's teenage persona is typical of LulzSec, who always claimed to be in it for the laughs. Kayla was a drama-enhanced persona designed to gain the maximum number of fanboys in the shortest time. An empowered cyberpunk female teen hacker would out-draw pretty much anyone except a risen Steve Jobs in that kind of competition. Particularly after the audacious and much-publicized Gawker hack, Kayla's appeal was a central part of the cultural impact of LulzSec. Say what you will about their exploits, they certainly understood marketing.
http://www.dailydot.com/news/kayla-ryan-ackroyd-lulzsec-anonymous-guilty-plea/
This seems to highlight the absence of female figures in Anonymous, as they used this fake female persona to lure in more male supporters. They may also be attempting to shock the public as a teenage girl wouldn't be the typical computer hacker, its saying that absolutely anyone, however unlikely could be part of Anonymous, which I suppose is living up to its name! This would suggest the subculture was open to any gender or age groups not just the typical young male.
Monday, 28 April 2014
The relationship between anonymous and v for vendetta
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16968689
This link talks about how the movie v for vendetta and the masked man are adopted by anonymous as an icon of hope.I feel this shows how certain cultures can adopt certain aspect of others and work hand in hand to put a message across. The message that is trying to be communicated by wearing these masks is to portray themselves as a movement that is trying to make the future better and is trying to stand up against corruption of the highest level by protecting there identity as they do this ! MF
Monday, 21 April 2014
Female Punk Musicians, 1970's
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
LULZ
And then theres lulz who believe in hacking to bring the truth to the people. They work as a community of hackers which bring conspiracy's to there knees hacking through files,phonecalls and website but also helping rebllion all around the world.
LULZSEC
The reason for the attack? Apparently because Fox.com had described a rapper called Common as "vile" on-air.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/16/lulzsec-hacking-fbi-jail
Lulzsec is a break off sector of anonymous which enjoy exercising there power over the internet just for the laugh of it. The people behind it contracted away from the moral views of "lulz" another sector which was the first to be established. The sectors originated from a chatroom culture of laughs and rebellion against what most of them believed the wrongs in the world.
This is a huge attack from lulzsec against foxnews over a comment which was so small - Lulzsec felt that was bad so as a community of hacktervist they leaked files and brought havoc to the whole world just for a laugh.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/16/lulzsec-hacking-fbi-jail
Lulzsec is a break off sector of anonymous which enjoy exercising there power over the internet just for the laugh of it. The people behind it contracted away from the moral views of "lulz" another sector which was the first to be established. The sectors originated from a chatroom culture of laughs and rebellion against what most of them believed the wrongs in the world.
This is a huge attack from lulzsec against foxnews over a comment which was so small - Lulzsec felt that was bad so as a community of hacktervist they leaked files and brought havoc to the whole world just for a laugh.
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