It's not just classist, but it's classism based on income rather than meritocracyWhy, what do you think fraternities and sororities are for? We had 1,000 students at my college, 95% on campus, all eating at the same time, so it was easy enough to form friendships and future business connections. My school was every bit as pricey as an Ivy, though there were a few poor kids on scholarship. But how to tell the right folks from the wrong ones? Meritocracy was handled by grades and grad-school admissions. What did we need frats for, if not be be classist?
...class is still a powerful force in American life. Over the past three decades, it has come to play a greater, not lesser, role in important ways. At a time when education matters more than ever, success in school remains linked tightly to class.So, while I personally don't think anything particularly ill of the young women at the centre of this story (I'm not American and this describes a world more alien to me than some of the anthropological FPPs about far-flung climes we sometimes see here), I can see why the underlying subject matter wouldn't sit easy with people who prefer a meritocracy like it says on the tin.
On beans:posted by Rory Marinich at 3:12 PM on February 12, 2010 [40 favorites]
Yes:LentilsNo:
Garbanzo
Soybeans if they're consumed with the right meal: aka, not out of the can and eaten in underwear on a futon
MungOn plates:
Lima. Ugh.
Anasazi I don't care if they're in season.
Yes:PorcelainNo:
Stoneware
Cream or dark colors, but not both at once!!!!
Anything pastel should do fineMelamineAdditional notes: Hopefully this isn't necessary, but guys. Beans on the plate. The plate is there for a reason, you are not just looking at it, you are putting the beans on it. I mean come on do you really need to be told that people
Paper: I shouldn't even have to tell you this
Anything colored like you'd expect it to be chic in Dagobah
No, but this guide suggests that it is incompatible with a nice watch. Unless Rolex no longer makes nice watches, clearly a nice watch can be made of stainless steel.Oh, so good watches have to be Rolexes, huh? All men have to go out and buy expensive Rolexes to tell time? God. You're such a classist.
I was simply using Rolex as an example because presumably if anything qualifies as a 'nice men's watch' it's a Rolex....Which is exactly why the author of this goofy little style guide kept referring to other major brands and using comments such as "Like [brand]..." when telling people what sorts of styles were acceptable.
“You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don’t know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue. It’s not turquoise. It’s not lapis. It’s actually cerulean. You’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn’t it, who showed cerulean military jackets? …posted by shiu mai baby at 1:17 PM on February 13, 2010 [12 favorites]
“… And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you’re wearing the sweater that was selected for you, by the people in this room.”
Cornell is a non-profit institution, receiving most of its funding through tuition, research grants, state appropriations, and alumnus contributions. Three of its undergraduate schools/colleges and the graduate-level College of Veterinary Medicine are called "statutory colleges" or "contract colleges". These colleges receive significant partial, ongoing funding from the state of New York to support their teaching, research, and service missions. For 2007-08, these colleges will receive $167.7 million in SUNY appropriations.[58] Residents of New York enrolled in the statutory colleges pay reduced tuition. Furthermore, the New York State Governor, the Speaker of the New York State Assembly, and the President Pro Tem of the New York State Senate all serve as ex-officio members of Cornell's Board of Trustees. The statutory colleges are an integral part of the State University of New York.[59] Despite some similarities, Cornell's contract colleges are not public or state schools—they are hybrid and mostly private institutions that Cornell operates under statutes, appropriations and contracts with New York State.[60]Cornell's colleges are:
« Older Olympian killed in luge accident... | Messages of love emptiness, fe... Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by griphus at 1:10 PM on February 12, 2010 [7 favorites]