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...maybe they aren't quite so "cool," after all. Look carefully and you'll see that the backlash has already begun. It started Oct. 12. Mercedes-Benz took out a full-page color ad in the New York Times and the image of three stunningly beautiful, dewy teenage models instantly drew your attention. Their pleading, almost imperious expressions were given meaning by the ad's tag line: "If their Daddies could buy them Mercedes CLKs, so could yours." The ad only ran once; Mercedes dealerships were flooded with so many vituperative phone calls and all-caps e-mails that...
...Harvard, the backlash against the snots seems well on its way. I've overheard a number of people commenting on how "uncool" punching the Pudding is this year-one girl jumped into my conversation while I was discussing this reversal with a friend: "You know, if I want to go out," she reasoned, "I want to do my hair, wear tight clothes, be fabulous and dance my ass off. I don't want to be in a stuffy room without alcohol, with a bunch of girls in Calvin Klein talking about New York...
...some disagree that Harvard even needs a backlash against the snobs. "I actually think Harvard is too liberal for the snobby girls to rule. Go to Penn and you'll see what it could have been like," said one girl. Maybe she's right-take a look at this e-mail from an officer of a certain "hip" organization to the rest of the staff. The writer clearly believes that her peons are nowhere near as snooty as they need to be. (It was forwarded to me by a disgruntled staff member with the attached note, "If this is what...
...Backlash or no backlash, there will always be snotty girls who confuse pretentiousness for coolness, pretentiousness for obnoxiousness. But even though the girl is clearly on crack, we can forgive her, right? After all, she does plug my column...
...knew that milk was so scandalous! Once considered the trustiest of drinks (except to the 90% of the Asian population that is lactose intolerant; sorry kids), suddenly milk has become scrutinized, controversial, even-gasp-dangerous! It all seems like backlash to those ubiquitous "Got Milk?" ads that tell us so bluntly that if we don't drink milk, then we can't have iron pecs like Mark Maguire or shoulders like Serena Williams (read the fine print at the bottom: "Milk is part of a complete, healthy breakfast. Including steroid supplements.") Let's see what spawned all the Moloko Madness...