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Whenitcomestohomedecoration,oneofthefirstopportunitieswegettoexpressourselvesisbychoosingwhichposterstotearoutofmagazinesandstickonourteenagebedroomwalls.Sowhywasthehumblepostersopopular?Thesimplestargumentisthatitallowschildrenandteenstomatchtheirbedroomstotheirpersonality.Adolescenceisatimewhenwelongforindependenceandavoice,andpostersallowthatfreedom.Thisisparticularlyimportantatatimewhenthebedroomisanimportantspaceawayfromthepressuresofschool,annoyingbrothersorsistersandparentswhoseemtogooutoftheirwaytocauseembarrassment.
Anotheradvantageofpostersasafirstattemptintodecorationistheirtransience.Buyingmagazineswithpin-upsofyourfavouritecelebritiesisamoreaffordableandlesstime-consumingalternativetodecoratingabedroomand,onceafashionpasses,posterscaneasilybetakendown.
Myownwallswerecoveredwithpostersfromayoungage.Attheriskofsoundingstrange,swappingmypostersaroundwasahobbyduringmyteenageyears.I’dcommithourstorearrangingthemonmywall,ensuringeveryinchwascovered.
ResearchconductedbyGeorgeHomeAsdain2017showedjust7percentofteenshadpostersontheirwallscomparedto78percentinthe1990s,largelyduetothe“plainwallsandfairylightsaesthetics(美学)”favouredbyinfluencers.TheexperimentalteenagebedroomsofGenX(指出生在1965年至1980年的人)andMillennialsaregone,andnowtransformingstraightintoamoreadultspace.
It’ssadtothinkyoungpeoplearemissingsomethingthatplayedsuchabigpartofyouthculture,buttimeshavemovedon.Andiftheloveofallthingsold-fashionedcontinuestobeinfluencedbynostalgic(怀旧的)shows,perhapstheposterwillenjoypopularityagain.Whoknows?Assomeonewhofoundsomuchjoyintheposters,Ireallydohopeso.
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