Great article, thanks for reading it to us... From flappers to jazz babies to bobby-soxers to greasers to beatniks to hippies to street freaks to goths and new wave and grunge...it's called the passage of time.."A rose will bloom..it then will fade. So does a youth..so does the fairest maid..."
Interesting article, but absolutely no different from every generation which followed. Poodle skirts in the 50s, beehive hairdos in the 60s, the hippie movement in the late 60s/ early 70s, "yuppies" in the 80s, mullets in the 90s, and so on. Every generation seems to have defining things about it which are unique to that time period.
Same thing as the hippies. They went out of style. The depression and he second world war took the fun out of frivolity. Then like all humans they grew up.
@@chuckstuartGood point! The young longhairs seem to treat us Vietnam era freaks almost with reverence. I've been asked a dozen times if I went to Woodstock. I say no, but I saw Hendrix in 1969 and Led Zeppelin in Tampa Stadium in 1973...
I live in the city and state of Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda's home museum, Scotty had been long dead . Poor Zelda got a mental illness but she was a good artist.
Zelda could write. This article was interesting, reflecting a time written during that time by a young "modern" woman of that time. I'm glad thiscwas in my feed. Thanks!
I have a growing collection of 1920s books and articles. If you are interested in any particular topic and need to do some research let me know and I'll see if I can find you additional reference material.
Hi, Big Sheik! Last year I listened to an unabridged audiobook of THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED. It seems like flappers actually got started pre WW1? The book was published in 1922. Anthony Patch is already into Gloria Gilbert before his WW1 service. She was veritably PUNK for her time! Anyway, my point is, we associate flappers with the 20s but the idea of them predates the 20s. Actually the scene that sticks out for me the most in the book is this one passage, so modern, about Patch noticing all the billboards in NYC and the one telling people to repent and be saved by Jesus. That strain of American religiosity.. he got it! Great book. A little long at times. Loved the ending, that Gloria was so dirty looking, or something off about her, after a lifetime of fastidious cleanliness. That they had the money, finally, but they were trashed as people. And anyone reading this and thinking I have just spoiled the ending... SORRY!
I think that was a little dismal. Especially the ending. I don't think their sense of self was just all tossed aside for marriage and whatever ever other, "duties" mentioned. My granny didn't rush into marriage and become a house frau. She played tennis for her college and became an artist, chicken farmer, etc. I mean she became wife and mom too, but my goodness.
To me this reads like a young woman writing a love letter to her younger self and all the women of her cohort who, like every generation, have to "grow up" at some point. To put it in perspective, the author was married in 1920 at age 20, and penned this article 5 years later at 25. 25 seems young now but she was a published author, wife, and mother by this time. She ended up having problems in her marriage and at one point was in a mental hospital. So this article seems more of a nostalgia for her own youth because adulthood ended up a disappointment to her. I read this as sort of a "pseudo" 3rd person and not an indictment on all young marrieds.
I have mentioned this several times with no response. HOW CAN YOU SO A SERIES ON THE 1920S AND NOT EVEN MENTION H L MENCKEN?? THE BOOK REVIEWS, THE HATRACK CASE, THE MONKEY TRIAL AND ALL THE COMMENTARY. MENCKEN IS AS MUCH A PART OF THE 1920S AS FITZGERALD.
There are so many people, events, and themes that I want to cover, but I don't have enough time to do everything I want to. And I have to take into account what I'm personally interested in, otherwise it would probably sound phoned in. Of course Mencken was at the top of his profession in his day, but I don't have much background knowledge on him, so it requires much more research than a topic I'm already more familiar with. It's the same reason why I haven't covered in detail, say, Jack Dempsey, because I don't know much about boxing. But I've covered more baseball topics because I'm already familiar with the sport. I already have a long list of video topics, and at a rate of one a month for the time-consuming documentary ones, I always wish I could do more than I'm able to do.
I always assumed The Great Depression killed off their happy mood.
That's actually not a joke.
You are correct. 1919 killed off the flappers.
1929
Great article, thanks for reading it to us...
From flappers to jazz babies to bobby-soxers to greasers to beatniks to hippies to street freaks to goths and new wave and grunge...it's called the passage of time.."A rose will bloom..it then will fade. So does a youth..so does the fairest maid..."
Very well put. The flapper craze simply went the way of all fads as we mere mortals go the way of all flesh.
@@radicalross7700Oh, it didn't go away. I know a flapper, she is still flapping and sometimes even flopping and bopping.
@@MintIceCreamEnjoyerI assume you don't mean a leftover flapper from the 1920s. She'd have to be about 115.😂
@@radicalross7700 Exactly, but she is even older than that. The trick to stay young is to avoid sunlight.
@@MintIceCreamEnjoyerGood for her and no disrespect intended! I hope she keeps on going!
Interesting article, but absolutely no different from every generation which followed. Poodle skirts in the 50s, beehive hairdos in the 60s, the hippie movement in the late 60s/ early 70s, "yuppies" in the 80s, mullets in the 90s, and so on. Every generation seems to have defining things about it which are unique to that time period.
So true.
Flannel for the early 90s. Don't ask me why.
Time marched on they got older and a new trend came along the next decade like it continues to this day !
Perhaps they grew wings and flew away? Seriously the Great Depression made "flapping" unaffordable and unacceptable.
What an interesting piece, thank you!
Most likely disbanded due to the great depression, since the 1930s was about everything....except fun.
Sometimes I wonder if there were Flapper gangs.
Same thing as the hippies. They went out of style. The depression and he second world war took the fun out of frivolity. Then like all humans they grew up.
60 years later, I still see hippies but 100 years later I do not see flappers
@@chuckstuartGood point! The young longhairs seem to treat us Vietnam era freaks almost with reverence. I've been asked a dozen times if I went to Woodstock. I say no, but I saw Hendrix in 1969 and Led Zeppelin in Tampa Stadium in 1973...
@@chuckstuart Yes, Hippies are still around but Beatniks completely disappeared.
They grew up ?? Never.... never I tell you !!
Life got serious.
I figure that they sprouted feathers and flapped away. 🐦
This was written long before the flappers themselves faded away.
I live in the city and state of Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda's home museum, Scotty had been long dead . Poor Zelda got a mental illness but she was a good artist.
Love this!
Zelda Fitzgerald. Wife of F. Scott. Interesting.
She was a good writer
That is sad she had a mental breakdown.
Your videos are great! what an interesting article
Zelda could write. This article was interesting, reflecting a time written during that time by a young "modern" woman of that time. I'm glad thiscwas in my feed. Thanks!
I think 🤔 what happened was they got older, got married, had kids, and moved on with their lives.
I have a growing collection of 1920s books and articles. If you are interested in any particular topic and need to do some research let me know and I'll see if I can find you additional reference material.
they just find later on in live a simp that's it
Hi, Big Sheik! Last year I listened to an unabridged audiobook of THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED. It seems like flappers actually got started pre WW1? The book was published in 1922. Anthony Patch is already into Gloria Gilbert before his WW1 service. She was veritably PUNK for her time! Anyway, my point is, we associate flappers with the 20s but the idea of them predates the 20s.
Actually the scene that sticks out for me the most in the book is this one passage, so modern, about Patch noticing all the billboards in NYC and the one telling people to repent and be saved by Jesus. That strain of American religiosity.. he got it!
Great book. A little long at times. Loved the ending, that Gloria was so dirty looking, or something off about her, after a lifetime of fastidious cleanliness. That they had the money, finally, but they were trashed as people.
And anyone reading this and thinking I have just spoiled the ending... SORRY!
"Woman, you betta not be thinkin' of going to Mars again!" --The Legend of Zelda, or something
"Cognomen," sure sign of a Classical education.
I think that was a little dismal. Especially the ending. I don't think their sense of self was just all tossed aside for marriage and whatever ever other, "duties" mentioned. My granny didn't rush into marriage and become a house frau. She played tennis for her college and became an artist, chicken farmer, etc. I mean she became wife and mom too, but my goodness.
Maybe she was “confused” for a little while?
To me this reads like a young woman writing a love letter to her younger self and all the women of her cohort who, like every generation, have to "grow up" at some point. To put it in perspective, the author was married in 1920 at age 20, and penned this article 5 years later at 25. 25 seems young now but she was a published author, wife, and mother by this time. She ended up having problems in her marriage and at one point was in a mental hospital. So this article seems more of a nostalgia for her own youth because adulthood ended up a disappointment to her. I read this as sort of a "pseudo" 3rd person and not an indictment on all young marrieds.
They are all dead now
Thank you.
' Little Willy ' has other connotations in the UK !
😂😂
Since she's talking about parental protection of a daughter (not going too fast) it works either way 😅
Maybe they flapped!
what did they become?
in the pages of fiction?
Nora Charles.
(it's good to get a snippet of Zelda's literary style)
Sounds a lot like the modern era…
I have mentioned this several times with no response. HOW CAN YOU SO A SERIES ON THE 1920S AND NOT EVEN MENTION H L MENCKEN?? THE BOOK REVIEWS, THE HATRACK CASE, THE MONKEY TRIAL AND ALL THE COMMENTARY. MENCKEN IS AS MUCH A PART OF THE 1920S AS FITZGERALD.
There are so many people, events, and themes that I want to cover, but I don't have enough time to do everything I want to. And I have to take into account what I'm personally interested in, otherwise it would probably sound phoned in. Of course Mencken was at the top of his profession in his day, but I don't have much background knowledge on him, so it requires much more research than a topic I'm already more familiar with. It's the same reason why I haven't covered in detail, say, Jack Dempsey, because I don't know much about boxing. But I've covered more baseball topics because I'm already familiar with the sport. I already have a long list of video topics, and at a rate of one a month for the time-consuming documentary ones, I always wish I could do more than I'm able to do.
This channel could benefit from improved intonation.