Word: awkwardness
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...picked the name to make fun of the stereotype that all homeschoolers lack social skills and need support to enter society.“When I’d tell people I was homeschooled, they wouldn’t believe it because I didn’t act socially awkward,” Norberg says. Winston says she’s faced similar reactions from classmates and friends.“People have ideas that homeschoolers are great at spelling bees and not much else,” Winston says. “I think people were surprised...
...demonstrate their adept skills, in part, limited by the choreography of Lila K. Gollogly ’04. Countless repetitions of the same tricks—Ochi’s beautiful splits and grand jetés—combined with unchallenging lifts and turns resulted in a boring, awkward choreography that clashed with the music and truly obscured the dancers’ prowess. At this point, the evening took a permanent turn for the better. The third piece, Arleene Monahan’s “Riverdance” was arguably one of the best performances of the night...
...feel the need to measure up to men. If feminism were about loathing men, then feminists would be called something else, something more like “Antimanists” or “Manhaters” or “Masculophobics,” or something equally awkward for anyone but a Harvard student to say with a straight face. But that is not what feminism is all about...
...vulnerability, and Gregory shows Jones’ emotional neediness well: it’s easy to see why Jones always gets a second chance. Although Considene appears somewhat stiff as Thorogood, this only serves to heighten the contrast between the flighty, flamboyant rock star and the reserved and socially awkward builder...
...Clinton in 2008? "Can Hillary Join the Club?" [March 20] stated that Senator Clinton is "known to misread a crowd sometimes" and claimed that at a Kennedy Center benefit for AIDS last fall, "she harangued an audience already deeply engaged with the epidemic with an awkward demand that they do even more." As the event's organizer, I can tell you that about half the audience of 500 was not in any way "engaged with the epidemic." They were invited to the event in an effort to get them involved. Clinton eloquently called on the corporate and government leaders...