Androgyny

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Leader: Sirvoid
Criteri di appartenenza: Aperto
Data creazione: 3 Mag 2009
Descrizione:

A group created for those who are androgynous and for those who admire or enjoy this very special kind of beauty. Maybe the definite form of beauty, as some people say.

Have a warm welcome!

GROUP RECENTLY CREATED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION: ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS ARE VERY WELLCOME ^^

Androgyny is a term derived from the Greek words ανήρ (anér, meaning man) and γυνή (gyné, meaning woman)[1] that can refer to either of two related concepts about gender: the mixing of masculine and feminine characteristics, as in fashion statements; or the balance of "anima and animus" in psychoanalytic theory.

An androgyne in terms of gender identity, is a person who does not fit cleanly into the typical masculine and feminine gender roles of their society. They may also use the term ambigender to describe themselves. Many androgynes identify as being mentally "between" woman and man, or as entirely genderless. They may class themselves as non-gendered, genderneutral, agendered, between genders, Intergendered, bigendered or, genderfluid.

Around the world

Increasing numbers of children in the United States and other modernized countries such as Sweden are being raised to behave in androgynous ways. But traditional gender roles continue to dominate the cultures of many countries around the world.

Music

Many musical movements have embraced an androgynous theme. For example, the genres of glam rock, new wave, goth rock, and no wave often feature male acts sporting an androgynous look. Similarly, the Visual Kei movement of Japan often includes an androgynous look in its style.

Anime and manga

Androgynous characters are readily apparent in anime and manga, possibly due to the concept of beautifully feminine boys known as bishōnen & biseinen, which are a form of Moe. Also, transsexual or crossdressing characters are relatively common when compared to Western media. Bishounenism is not as popular as it was in the 70s, when long haired, skinny androgynous men were the norm for basically all main and secondary characters. Further on the moe of biseinen; effeminately gorgeous villains are very common in both shoujo, shounen anime, and manga (a very good example of such a villain in the Western culture is David Bowie's Jareth the Goblin King in the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth). Aside from those forms of media, the music and television industry in Japan also seems to prefer effeminately pretty male musicians (such as Hyde of L'Arc-en-Ciel) over masculinely handsome (such as Tomoya Nagase of TOKIO), like the way they prefer cute, big-eyed women (such as Ayumi Hamasaki) over voluptuous, "silicone" women (such as Pamela Anderson).

(text from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgyny)

Discussioni attive

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"Who's your favourite androgynous artist?" (9) Agosto 2011

Artisti più ascoltati della settimana

Generali Connessi al gruppo

1	The Cure	11
2	David Bowie	10
3	Florence + the Machine	10
4	Depeche Mode	9
5	Placebo	9
6	Marilyn Manson	8
7	The Sisters Of Mercy	8
8	Lady Gaga	8
9	Joy Division	8
10	MALICE MIZER	8

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NianaDix

I saw Selia-san and I join <3

Gennaio 2012
arukuaround

Très sexy.

Agosto 2011
alemii

I'm not androgynous, I just dig androgynous. When its pulled off well, anyway.

Giugno 2011
BrideOfTheSun

I am a girl...but well, I do love being misunderstood as a boy. I dont wear make up, skirts, female-connected clothes, but well my hair still are femaleish.... Nevermind, being mentally something between a woman and a man is great. Not misunderstood with change of sex, I just love dressing up and claiming myself as a mix of 2 sexes.

Aprile 2011
InplosiveIvory

Otto Dix & La Roux

Aprile 2011
maycowantunes

@PlatinumGirl13 brasileiros aqui! ;)

Novembre 2010
viragom

John Cameron Mitchell should totally be in connected artists... anyone else love Hedwig & the Angry Inch? COME OOON

Ottobre 2010
Moarrrrrrrrrrrr

I ♥ it

Agosto 2010
xemeex

Do you have Golf-Mike(http://www.lastfm.se/music/Golf-Mike) among the artist, it's a Thai pop band...people sometimes thinks Mike is a girl...

Giugno 2010
Rayffle

=]

Maggio 2010
Eilenna

Hi there, I just created a community about androgyny, you're all welcome to join ;) http://genderbender.ning.com/

Marzo 2010
Sirvoid

Coffeanpigs, thanks for your suggestion, I really love that movie and I think it really fits there. And congrats for being the 100th! XD

Marzo 2010
Sirvoid

Whoah, it's been such a while since the last time I popped here, sorry! Forum opened and leader celebrating that we're already more than a hundred :D! Thanks for joining! hope this will be a bit less "depressing" from now on XD

Marzo 2010
coffeeandpigs

you all should watch Performance (1970) - a great, trippy, movie all about the loss of indentity, and touches a lot on androgyny

Marzo 2010
humanplastics

Selia photo ftw<3

Marzo 2010
coffeeandpigs

100th member

Marzo 2010
alTerngOth

n___________n

Febbraio 2010
Saranella

http://www.last.fm/group/Live+fast.+Die+young./

Gennaio 2010
Tori_Neskwik

I love you!!! =*

Dicembre 2009