Unabashed Narcissism

By On 11 April, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In culture and society, life, social

 

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.

-Andre Dubus (writer)

My “brother”, Derek posted an interesting opinion about Tumblr (on his Tumblr), Twitter and Facebook, and his thoughts on each of [...]

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Living outside of marked categories

By On 8 November, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In articles, life

This semester, I had the opportunity to take a sociology of gender class with Michelle Corbin (and for those at UMD College Park taking any sociology courses – I highly recommend signing up for her classes because she is a-w-e-s-o-m-e).

When I first signed up for this class I was partially interested in the subject. [...]

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Living outside of marked categories – 2

By On 8 November, 2010 · 2 Comments · In articles, life

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Seriously, how does an individual who grew up in two distinct cultures meet the obligations and obsessions of social identity? My problems of being able to identity with one culture over the other is one social problem I’m currently experiencing. I [...]

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You are what you buy

By On 3 June, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In articles, life

Do the brands we consume influence who we are? Or is it our personalities that determine which brands we buy?

I hated shopping as a kid, and I hate shopping now. I was my parents’ worse nightmare when it came time to buy things, and now I am my own worse nightmare. [...]

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