Word: stigmas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women's sexuality--that many people simply feel they are not yet ready to understand and accept a culture informed by queerness. Perhaps, in time, with the aid of rational and sensitive outreach efforts by the queer community, we will see a radically transformed cultural landscape. Just as the stigma attached to interracial couples is slowly dissipating, gay and lesbian couples will no longer provoke a second glance...
...other hand, there are some students who absolutely cannot stomach the taste of the Cambridge water supply, and are willing to pay through the nose to avoid it. Cage buys Poland Spring because "I have a stigma about water fountains and where water comes from." However, Cage was unable to explain the presence of a large bear in the commercials for her drink of choice. She notes, "I've never seen that commercial, and if I did I probably wouldn't drink Poland Spring...
Over the weekend, raise a glass of the beverage of your choice to this Valentine's Day and next year's, and to that happy future age when all students can celebrate Valentine's Day in the manner that they choose, free from both schoolwork and stigma. (And while we're at it, let's hope for world peace...
...Some [women] might think it's kind of random," she acknowledges. "I don't know if there's a stigma attached to women's wrestling, or if [Harvard women] just don't know about it." Still, she notes, that as a fitness activity, "it definitely beats stair master...
Regardless of when and to what degree, most students, unlike Hirzel, agree that depression among the student body is more widespread that it appears. For many people, admitting that they feel depressed is often difficult as a result of the negative stigma, the sense of shame linked to mental illness in general...