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Back in the late 1960s, when Yves Saint Laurent was shaking up the stuffy Parisian couture world with his radical street-inspired looks (think motorcycle jackets, pea coats and beatnik sweaters), the idea of wearing a safari shirt laced up the front yet open to the navel was considered completely cutting edge...
Today, though, it’s pure American comic existentialism, stealing a glance away from its navel to plunder decades of pop culture. References to weapons of mass destruction, The Matrix and Popeye abound among more serious moments of reflection...
...long after the demise of this naval power, navel gazing has also led to increasing spates of exceptionalism. The fall of Labour in the recent local and European elections was as much a sign of dissatisfaction over the Iraq war, largely seen as a blow to European cooperativeness, as it was a sign of a yearning for independence. Calls for “democracy over bureaucracy” are as old as the Magna Carta, and they continue now in the form of the rising U.K. Independence Party, which, like the Tories, is quite happy with the Pound and doesn?...
Blogging isn't just for techies, teens and presidential candidates. More parents, especially mothers, are entering the blogosphere, transforming the way moms commiserate and families communicate. And communicate they do. Mommy blogs often take navel gazing to new and uninhibited depths, recording every aspect of parenthood, from the pregnancy blood test through the umbilical-cord clipping to the latest triumph in toilet training--complete with photographs, video clips and message boards...
...mission accomplished. Here we go, folks. Into the navel, endlessly gazing...