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...Crocker bristles at polo stereotypes??associations of the sport with a culture of “Great Gatsby, Ralph Lauren, and white britches.” He considers life in the stable anything but glamorous—you have to do a lot more before you can put those white jeans on, he wryly observes...
...than once imagined evening gowns constructed from spare pipe, empty canned food containers, and shopping cart parts. In other words, this show bestows upon you an amazingly overactive utilitarian mentality. Also, avant-garde—that is all. 1. “The Amazing Race” Geography and stereotypes??one is dangerously ignored in standard education curricula, and the other is a little too reinforced on the show. One day I hope to be one-half of Happy Couple. (Also, never, ever be the only team on an airplane flight. Ever.) —Denise...
...invisible.” During the workshop, participants suggested reasons for and exceptions to stereotypes about Asian male sexuality. One participant said there was a lack of attractive Asian men in the media, while another mentioned a friend who didn’t understand the effeminate Asian male stereotypes??in her hometown, the Asian men were all hyper-masculine. Ultimately, Lee placed the responsibility of breaking the stereotypes on Asian men themselves. “If there is any fixing to be done,” Lee said, “that’s going to come...
...because these groups are fighting off droves of talented women out of some kind of prejudice; the applicants are also overwhelmingly male. No one makes the same kind of concerted effort to get women into comedy that they do to get them into politics. The positive stereotypes??women are great connectors and have lots of caring and feelings—tend to backfire when applied to comedy. All that compassion makes it difficult to tell a joke. And once they do get involved, there is the problem of the unstated dress code. Women in politics have similar issues?...
According to the Leadership Alliance’s website, the panel on which Summers served addressed ways to break down “negative stereotypes?? by employing more minority professors, and the need for universities to keep pace with a changing U.S. demographic...