
Fads Often a Representation of Society’s Emotional State
I read an article about fads recently that I found intriguing. It said that fads are apt to appear when society is shaken up for some reason. Perhaps they sooth our collective psyche when the culture is clouded with unknowns. Take, for instance, fads in the Roaring Twenties, like flappers or yoyos. Flappers represented new