My 1920s pop culture padlet by Avery Stinson

The rise of animation

27astinson — 2024-09-24 14:05:13 UTC

Animation really came into its own during the 20s and into the 30s especially considering a war just happened people wanted a reason to laugh not to dissimilar to 2020s culture of doom scrolling or really any form of new content being used as escapism

The charleston

27astinson — 2024-09-24 14:14:59 UTC

The charleston was on the rise in the 1920s and had a deep connection to women's liberation mainly the flapper movement

Smoking in pop culture

27astinson — 2024-09-24 14:23:30 UTC

Smoking was seen as something to make you seem sophisticated back in the 1920s. Smoking also heavily benefited from the women's liberation movement as women felt more free to smoke and do more things traditionally only done by men. Some states the smoking age had been lowered to 18 from 21 in the start of the 20s https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902755/#:~:text=The%20laws%20appeared%20in%20the,between%2016%20and%2018%20years.

Jazz bursting onto the scene

27astinson — 2024-09-24 14:35:45 UTC

Jazz was big part of the harlem renaissance and was huge it's usually used to set the mood of the 1920s even now in the 2020s. It was also heavily connected to black culture in america as it was their big creation in the 20s showing how even in discrimination they could make amazing art https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=13&smtid=6

The Prohibition

27astinson — 2024-10-08 14:32:14 UTC

The Prohibition was a country wide ban on alcohol through the 18th amendment which led to many people "bootlegging" their own alcohol which is a term we still use to describe knock off products till this day https://www.britannica.com/event/Prohibition-United-States-history-1920-1933

Film in the 1920s

27astinson — 2024-10-08 14:35:06 UTC

Filmaking made huge strides In the 1920s with many genres being popular at the time like slapstick and romance

Thesis statement

27astinson — 2024-10-08 14:36:35 UTC

The 1920s had many staples of pop culture with advancements in art as well as many social movements that can even be compared to modern day pop culture.