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...there must have been—I was a witness to fellow internationals’ inside jokes about the U.S., and there seemed to be a general attitude that since Americans weren’t interested in other countries, it stood to reason that we shouldn’t bother too much about them. Many of my American friends reciprocated this sentiment—I learned that Woodbridge seems to them a cliquish group of internationals that doesn’t much care for its integration into the American community. I’ve even heard it referred...
...skeptical look and occasional off-hand comment don’t seem to bother the girls in either place, even though sometimes when other squads see them wearing shirts emblazoned with “Harvard” they think it’s a joke...
...stereotype I have here doesn’t bother me either,” Daniels says with a smile. “I think it kind of complicates who I am a little bit. It really isn’t something I think about...
...fear not, I do feel ashamed at getting caught up in this hateful display towards women—men don’t get a great run either, but the stereotypes for women are often archaic. In trying to rationalize my enjoyment, I don’t bother with the debate as to whether these programs are scripted or simply acted out. In the end, our gravest generalizations about the sexes are confirmed regardless: Men choose blondes, women choose money and the rest get kicked off the island...
...read about me and my family?"--typically yields to pleasure rather than embarrassment. Jean-Marie Maier was startled at first when strangers entered a contest she put on her pregnancy blog to guess how much her newborn would weigh. "It's weird that people we don't know would bother," says Maier, 32, a marketing consultant in Sunrise, Fla. Yet the encouraging responses she has received have been so positive, Maier doesn't mind...