Word: awkwardnesses
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...will the book actually help you talk to girls? Not really. But it makes for a good gag gift. Have a permanently single male friend? Want to creep out strangers by reading it alone at a bar? Self-help books written by 9-year-olds provide endless opportunities for awkward, uncomfortable amusement. Besides, nothing in the book is incorrect. We girls (and women) are not as elusive as we may seem. We like gifts and attention and people who make us laugh. We dislike hyperactive, clingy boys (and boys who wear sweatpants). If you want to talk to us, sometimes...
...vice president of advocacy for HCHRA and a singer with the Veritones. The celebration was sponsored by the University Committee on Human Rights Studies (UCHRS), the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and the Film Study Center. “This artist shows how subversive, difficult, and awkward talking about human rights still is,” said Bhabha, the director of UCHRS. “We are inscribing on our University the principles and inspiration of our work.” A goal of the events is to show students how they can participate in human rights work, according...
...does awkward have an antithesis? This is perhaps the most puzzling aspect of this generation-defining term. Awkward has no real antonym—the words that come closest, from “cool” to “pleasant” all fall somehow short. Indeed, in our generation’s frenzied opposition to awkwardness, we have become the very thing we so desperately sought to avoid. Instead of risking mispronouncing our roommate’s name, we spend three years coming up with inventive terms of endearment. Rather than call someone, we send text messages that...
...Perhaps Generation A will have to grow up soon and face the awkward music. But why rush things? We’re still in college. We’ll have plenty of time to talk face to face when the economy crumbles, obliging us to sell our cell phones, dress in drab burlap ensembles, and stand in long lines waiting for soup. There’s a reason we consider sincere intellectual engagement awkward. The longer we can postpone that, the more time we can spend making lists of verboten terms like “moist...
...we’re generation awkward. We’re here. And we’re awkward. So, get used to it, um, I guess...