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2017 in review!

That’s right folks, as we count down the hours left until the new year, it’s time once again for Helios’ fucking awesome review of the year we just had.

I think it’s safe to say that 2017 was a very...weird year. That’s probably the best was I can describe it. And I’m not just saying that because somehow a reality TV star became the (supposed) leader of the free world, it just seemed like there were a lot of things that happened this year that just made us wonder, as a species, “Just what the heck are we doing?!”

But, like Taylor Swift, I’m not going to act like the year was all gloom and doom (and fuck you Buzzfeed for trying to pretend that’s all it was). Cause even though 2017 was full of things that seemed bad, or even just weird, there were still a lot of good things that happened as well, and we need to remember them. Because I’ll be damned if I’m going to let clickbait distract us from the fact that there were moments where we lit up the darkness.

Here’s some of them:

The Women’s March on January 21st was one of the largest protests ever with 2 million people taking part.

Scientists in China discovered our oldest ancestor yet, a 540 million year old Saccorhytus

The New England Patriots won Super Bowl LI capped by an incredible comeback in the second half, Tom Brady wins his 5th ring and arguably cements his status as the greatest NFL QB of all time.

Adele won best song and best album at the Grammy’s.

A mostly underwater continent called Zealandia was discovered in the South Pacific.

7 planets roughly the size of Earth were discovered around the star Trappist-1, 3 of which could possibly support life.

“Moonlight” upset “La La Land” for Best Picture at the Oscars (literally at the last moment!)

The world’s oldest golf club in Scotland voted to admit women as members for the first time. 

Carrie Lam became the first woman to be elected chief executive of Hong Kong.

The largest Dinosaur footprint ever measured (at 1.7 meters) was found in Western Australia.

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Edward Enninful became the first black man to become editor of Vogue.

France declared mandatory labeling of digitally modified photos of fashion models.

Emmanuel Macron defeated Marie Le Pen in France’s Presidential election.

MTV became the first major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories.

Apple became the first company to be worth more than $800 billion.

Brazil declared the national emergency as a result of the Zika virus was over. Puerto Rico also declared its own Zika epidemic had ended.

A global ransomware attack was halted after a 22 year old UK blogger stumbled on the kill switch.

Japanese researches reported the birth of mice that were fertilized by freeze-dried sperm stored on the International Space Station.

The Golden State Warriors won the 2017 NBA championship after posting an unprecedented 16-1 record in the postseason.

Facebook reached 2 billion users.

Columbia rebel group FARC disbanded after 52 years.

France announced it will ban petrol and diesel powered cars by 2040. Great Britain soon announced a similar ban.

Tesla produced it’s first mass-market car, the Model 3. Elon Musk is of course the first owner.

Jodie Whittaker became the first female Doctor on Doctor Who.

Despacito became the most streamed song ever.

John McCain cast a decisive vote to strike down an attempted repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

Gene editing in human embryos to eliminate disease causing mutations was successful performed for the first time.

Scientists identified a deficiency in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) as being a major cause of birth defects and miscarriages.

A 100 year old fruitcake was discovered in Antarctica in a hut used by the expedition of Robert Falcon Scott, and it was almost edible! 

Paris and Los Angeles were announced as the hosts for the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games.

The Cassiopeia Jellyfish was discovered to be the first brainless animal that can sleep.

The first woman graduated from the US Marine’s Infantry Officer Corps.

The first Ichthyosaur fossil was found in India.

The painting “Salvador Mundi” by Leonardo Da Vinci sold for $450.3 million.

A rainbow in Tapei was recorded lasting nearly 9 hours, the longest ever.

Gay marriage was legalized in Australia.

Doug Jones became the first Democratic Senator from Alabama in 25 years.

The Vatican rediscovered long lost painting by Raphael.

The Asteroid Oumuamua was discovered to be an interstellar object.

Two neutron stars collided and confirmed the existence of Gravity Waves.

SpaceX launched and recovered a reused Falcon 9 rocket for the first time.

How about the movies that came out this year? Spider Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnorok, Star Wars.

The Michigan Basketball Team won the Big Ten Tournament after surviving a plane crash.

THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE. How can anyone forget that day?

As you can see, there’s a lot that happened this year! A lot of stuff that ranged from interesting to amazing. And even though there people in this world that are still hell bent on convincing us that everything has gone to rack and ruin, we must never forget that there are still a lot of good things that happened this year, and will continue to happen in the year ahead.

Even so, there’s been a lot of talk this year about where we’re going as a culture, a society and a species. There’s people who feel, for a variety of reasons, that we’re heading on the path to destruction, or at the very least have strayed from the path we should be on. And everyone seems to have the same question; “How do we get back on the right track?”

Well, here’s a suggestion for creating the world you want to live in:

Try spending the next year doing the things you want to do and being the person you want to be.

You don’t need to post a hashtag or join a protest to make a difference. Donate to a charity or help a friend in need. Maybe offer to drive someone who’s not feeling well to the doctor, or go clean the yard of one of your elder neighbors. Or just do what you can to promote the values you believe in. Why wait for a day of action or some galvanizing event? You can do this stuff right now.

You don’t need an incendiary tweet to take action, just try to do the right thing every other day.

Instead of trying to focus on how you can get the entire world onto the right path, why not start with just yourself and your immediate friends and family. Become an inspiration for your fellow citizens, lead by example. 

And most of all, never forget to look for the light. It’s hard to light a candle, and much easier to curse the dark instead. But as President Kennedy once said, we do these things “Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

Now as always, there’s one more good thing that happened this year, and you are gonna tell me what it is. Because I guarantee you that even if you’ve just had the worst year ever, there was something good that happened. Maybe someone got you a gift you really wanted, or you reconnected with a friend you didn’t even know you were missing, or maybe you finally did something you’ve wanted to do your whole life.

I can tell you that all three of those things happened to me, and that’s why I can look back and say I had a decent year. And I bet that if you give it some thought, you can say the same thing.

Share it below, tell us what awesome thing happened to you this year. And use that positivity to attack the new year with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind!

I hope you all have a wonderful New Year’s Eve, and a fucking awesome 2018.

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Priyanka Chopra might have landed 'the man of her dreams' — but she's so much more than Nick Jonas's wife

Photo: Annie Leibovitz for Vogue

In a week when every other headline is about the newlyweds Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, Vogue‘s cover story featuring the Indian actress is perfectly timed. In a week when a writer for The Cut decided to malign Chopra as a “scam artist,” however, Vogue’s cover lines for Chopra’s interview are very unfortunate. Unwise and untrue, you might even say.

“Priyanka Chopra on breaking barriers and landing the man of her dreams,” reads the cover of the January issue.

The reactions were swift: “You have a strong successful woman and you are going with ‘landing the man of her dreams’ really Vogue?” asked Elena on Twitter.

you have a strong successful woman and you are going with ‘’ landing the man of her dreams ‘’ really vogue ?????

— Elena (@shamsismail6) December 6, 2018

“Yeah because that is the purpose of a woman’s ambition: ‘landing’ the man of her dreams,” Mahwash Ajaz wrote sarcastically.

One of Vogue’s headlines was ‘Priyanka Chopra – on breaking barriers and landing the man of her dreams’. Yeah because that is the purpose of a woman’s ambition: ‘landing’ the man of her dreams.

— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) December 6, 2018

It’s a pretty odd choice, probably made by an editor, not the writer, Abby Aguirre. The article itself gives exactly the opposite impression of their love story. Repeating what we’ve learned in bits and pieces over the past few months, Jonas and Chopra recount how Jonas first DM’ed the actress on Twitter. She gave him her phone number so that her “team” wouldn’t be able to read their “friendly with an eye toward flirtation” exchange, as Jonas put it. They had a drink at an Oscar after-party after he famously got on one knee. They met once more before attending the Met Gala together in 2017, when they partied all night.

Joe Jonas backs up the notion of Nick being the pursuer: “I think she kind of knocked him off his feet,” he told Vogue of his brother after their second date. “He was just this little puppy dog.”

Then she jetted off to Zimbabwe, and they didn’t see each other again for a whole year, until the 2018 Met Gala. Does any of this sound like a woman intent on “landing” a man?

There’s another logical error with the Vogue headline and the now-deleted Cut article’s characterization of Chopra as a woman on the hunt for an American husband: She is worth more and more famous than he is. According to Yahoo Finance India’s calculations, Chopra is worth $28 million, thanks to earnings from TV and movies, endorsements, her production company and real estate investment.  Celebrity Net Worth estimates that her new husband’s value is just $25 million, coming from his music and acting career.

ABC’s Quantico, though it only ran for three seasons, solidified Chopra’s place as an American, as well as a Bollywood, star. No shade to Jonas, but his last album was out in 2016, and his most recent acting gig was the Audience Network series Kingdom, whose last episode aired in August last year. It’s not likely she was making some calculated effort to increase her fame by dating him, although at least in the short term, this wedding craze certainly has made us more fascinated with both of them.

“The presumption that Chopra is chasing Jonas (or any other white American) for his success is absurd,” wrote Jezebel in response to the Cut piece.

Our collective fascination with their relationship began long before these two stories. After the 2017 Met Gala date, Jimmy Kimmel teased Chopra about the silly idea that she’d had of dating Jonas. “Isn’t he, like, 11 years old?” Kimmel asked, and she laughed it off.

At 36, Chopra is, in fact, 10 years older than her husband, and our society still isn’t used to the idea of a woman being older than her husband. Even her BFF Meghan Markle being three years older than Prince Harry seemed to take some people aback. These are women in the prime of their careers and lives, not exactly decrepit senior citizens — but even if they were, what’s it to us?

Another factor making these two juicy headline fodder was the speed with which their relationship developed. Despite their first meeting and Met Gala, they weren’t really dating until May 2018. According to their Vogue story, they got engaged the day after her birthday in July. They were one of three hot young couples to put a ring on it so swiftly this summer, and you know the media (certainly not we at MAKERS) can’t ignore anything that comes in threes.

“For celebrities for whom divorce is not financially devastating in the way it is for us mere mortals, maybe a wedding is just a big fancy party for their relationship,” psychologist Ramani Durvasula told Yahoo Lifestyle when asked why couples like Chopra and Jonas, Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin, and Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande got engaged so fast.

Yes, one of those three couples is already kaput. Yes, celebrity marriages seem to have a poorer track record than civilian ones. Yes, we somehow feel invested in their happiness anyway. After looking at all those photos of the elaborate ceremonies in Jodhpur over the weekend, how could we not fall under the illusion that we’ve sort of attended the wedding of two friends?

In that case, rather than criticizing these newlyweds for their rapid courtship or possibly inequalities, we might want to take them at their word. Based on their interviews, they seem like quite a supportive, well-matched pair.

“I love the way you look at the world. I love the drive you have,” Jonas said to Chopra on a date, she told Vogue. “As a girl, I’ve never had a guy tell me, ‘I like your ambition.’ It’s always been the opposite.”

Read more from MAKERS: 

This touch-sensitive dress records how often women are groped at clubs: ‘A woman is not an animal to be captured’

People model lingerie in Times Square to challenge body stereotypes perpetuated by Victoria’s Secret

Ashley Graham shares sexy photos celebrating size diversity in response to Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

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6 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show stars remember the first show 22 years later

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Stephanie Seymour

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Veronica Webb

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Victoria's Secret fashion show, 1995

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Beverly Peele

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Veronica Webb

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Beverly Peele

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Angelika Kallio

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Frederique van der Wal

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Catherine McCord

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Catherine McCord

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Catherine McCord and Ingrid Seynhaeve

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In 1995, a mid-market lingerie brand headquartered in Ohio decided to host a fashion show. Staged in New York’s plush Plaza Hotel, some of the biggest supermodels of the time—Stephanie Seymour, Veronica Webb and Beverly Peele—were recruited to walk.

Models wore modest bias-cut slips, cheongsams and bralettes on the runway, accessorised with cardigans, prim handbags and plaid dressing gowns—wearable, yes, but lacking a certain razzle-dazzle. There were no TV cameras, no music performances, and certainly no wings. Some model castings were done over the phone. A few hundred people saw it, and virtually none of the journalists in the room chose to cover it.

Fast-forward 22 years and the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show has changed almost beyond recognition. The TV broadcast is watched by a global audience of millions, accompanied by live performances from the world’s biggest pop stars—Taylor Swift and The Weeknd among them. Models undergo months of rigorous training, donning expensive, elaborately constructed outfits that can weigh upwards of 30 pounds.

But the first show, masterminded by Victoria’s Secret executives Ed Razek and Monica Mitro, gave a glimpse of what the modern fashion show was to become. Celebrities—including Donald Trump and Russell Simmons—dotted the front row at a time when the prime seats were reserved solely for editors and models dominated the covers of magazines. Victoria’s Secret understood the power of celebrity in fashion well before the fashion industry itself did.

Below, six attendees of the original Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show tell us what it was like.

Catherine McCord Then: Model Now: Chef and entrepreneur

“I remember the fittings, Ed [Razek] was there and so was Monica [Mitro]. I was totally nervous—oh my God! You forget that back then it was all about print, and the Victoria’s Secret catalogue was everything. Back then, you were either a runway and magazine model, or you were catalogue, but somehow Victoria’s Secret was able to break that boundary. I don’t think the show prep was intense in the way it is now, but I do remember doing lymphatic drainage, and having lots of leg massages. It’s comical when you look back at the photos—we were almost fully dressed. There were cardigans! Even so, I did feel scantily clad. I’d done shows in London, Milan and Paris, but I remember getting to the end of the runway and suddenly feeling self-conscious because the atmosphere was different. It was more a mix of normal people and journalists. I’m sure I remember seeing Donald Trump in the audience. Models didn’t have publicists, we were just throwing off our clothes, we were naked—I’m on the more conservative side, and I don’t think any of us thought twice about it.”

Ron Galella Then: Paparazzo Now: Retired

“I didn’t pay much attention to the audience—I couldn’t stop looking at the models. The models were the heroines. I know some of the models were nervous, but they never showed it, they were so graceful on the runway. Today they go overboard with the costumes; they have wings, they have gimmicks. In 1995 they didn’t have all that: the models were the main event. I think that something got lost; to me the first show was best. If you have Stephanie Seymour on the runway, what more do you need?”

Veronica Webb Then: Model Now: Model, writer and founder of Webb On The Fly

“I was lucky, my casting was a phone call from my agency saying, ‘Go to your fitting for the show’. [Victoria’s Secret executive vice president] Monica Mitro is one of the nicest people you’ll ever want to meet and she supervised every fitting personally. I had this white corset with white stockings and suspenders and white high heels. I think I did nearly 1,000 squats the week before and went on a ketogenic diet to reduce bloat. You’re in your underwear so it’s all about your body and how strong and healthy you are—there’s nowhere to hide a single body flaw. It was a great exercise in overcoming fear and self-consciousness. But it is a show like no other. It was a big, glam pyjama party with all your besties sharing the spotlight.”

Gail Elliott Then: Model Now: Designer and founder, Little Joe Woman by Gail Elliott

“I walked thousands of runways for 24 years and the two I remember are the first Victoria’s Secret show and Gianni Versace’s ‘Freedom’ show. Back then, backstage was almost as exciting as the shows. Champagne would be flowing and all the models’ boyfriends—who were actors, movie stars, rock stars, musicians and screenwriters—were photographed having fun. I don’t remember it being stressful or feeling nervous, although I guess doing a show in my underwear should have been. I probably wore less clothing at Versace shows! During the show there were a lot of wolf whistles from the audience. The audience wasn’t there to buy: Victoria’s Secret’s vision for the show was different and they’ve certainly kept it up today with the Angels, pink planes and mega hype. It’s a clever company.”

Holly Brubach Then: Style editor, New York Times Magazine Now: Author and screenwriter

“I have only the dimmest memory of that first show at the Plaza. It doesn’t surprise me that there wasn’t much coverage back then. I do recall that most members of the fashion press regarded it as not ‘legitimate’ in terms of design and trends, more of a mall brand. Which it was. But I thought it was such an interesting phenomenon, and I’m not surprised that it has been such a big media success. I think of it as being in the same category as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue—something that gets a lot of attention and builds a ‘halo’ around the brand. The product is sort of beside the point.”

Ingrid Seynhaeve Then: Model Now: Founder of June 7.2

“I was very proud to be opening the show. It was quite nerve-wracking, as we were in lingerie and I was used to the couture and high fashion shows like Valentino, Ralph Lauren and Dior. You have to walk in a sexy way, playing with the camera, feeling—and looking—like a million dollars with not much on. But it was a fun change to have eye contact with the public and cameras, and to make a statement at the end of the runway. The show grew bigger and bigger each year, I think I must have walked the show five times. It helped with our day rates and became the most prestigious show to do. It gave me a voice as a model afterwards as so many people saw me in interviews on TV.”

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Diana Vreeland : The Artist Editor

“I am so disappointed that no one has taken any interest in the freckles on the models.”, wrote Diana Vreeland on one of her memos at Vogue. Mrs. Vreeland was the fashion editor at Harper’s Bazaar, the Editor in Chief of Vogue (1963 – 1971) and later the special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She shrewdly arranged herself to be born in the Belle Epoque period in Paris, in the middle both artistic and technological before the two great world wars. “I was mother’s ugly little monster”.  Being a most brilliant hypocrite, she said things like “The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it” and “Unshined shoes are the end of civilization” in the same breath.

Vreeland had every quality of a tough business woman and every quality of an original artist including the hypocrisy and contradictions that came with both the jobs.

The leader in Diana Vreeland was a self-invention. She had the vision, novel ideas were the stuff her life was made of, had the capacity to identify talent and nurture them, she demanded the best and had deep disdain for mediocrity. Vreeland has inspired a character in 1957 Audrey Hepburn movie, Funny Face, and certain characteristics of the infamous Miranda Priestly in Devil Wears Prada. Diana Vreeland picked up talents off the streets, nurtured and inspired designers and photographers, worked on collaborations and provided a breath of fresh air and vision to the magazine. However, she also made her assistants cry because she always expected her staff to work as hard as she did. “Never say I, always say we” said Mrs. Vreeland but never held a staff meeting. She always told them what to do.

Her artistic side triumphed because of her eccentricities as well, or is it the other way around?. When questioned about someone she thinks personifies style she said, “When a race horse is being let out, I think they've got something.” She clearly does not see style as something as small as fashion or luxurious lifestyle but something else entirely. Something inherent. Something you are born with that is extremely natural and dynamic. And both these qualities have a farfetched perfection and not an obvious perfection.

One does not have to read about her to understand her. One just need to look at the iconic pictures she commissioned from photographers to understand the quality of her mind. Richard Avedon, the fashion photographer talks about how he left his home for work every day to work with a crazy Aunt. A brilliant crazy Aunt, he adds. While David Bailey laughs about how he called her a blind old bat because she was so unreasonable in her demands. She not only commissioned the pictures but constantly inspired the photographers to not just see the story behind a composition but also feel the story while shooting.

Mrs. Vreeland knew that fashion was very boring without fantasy and energy. She did not care for swan like models but fixed her gaze on non-model like beauties with gap teeth, a face full of freckles or an unnaturally long neck, features that are normally considered unacceptable imperfections. She commissioned pictures of plastic surgeries being done, naked pictures, Cleopatra from Egypt, tigers from India and epic love stories from Japan. “You can’t give them what they want”, said Diana Vreeland. “You have to give them what they don’t know they want”. She was not shocked by anything unusual but accepted them even if she may not embrace them herself.

Diana Vreeland’s work became so exceptional, dynamic and something totally unseen before because she did not take sides. She did not pick the new over the traditional or the natural over the artificial. She saw beauty in both and vulgarity in both and saw beauty in vulgarity. Vreeland could accept that she identified herself in both the sides that made her consistent in her contradictions because after all, the eye has travelled.