Friday, May 13, 2005

The pale, the geeky, and the ambiguous

Tanorexia makes it to the NYT op-ed page. There should be a phrase for the pale but proud, sort of like "large and in charge" is used by the happily heavy-set. Somehow "white power" doesn't seem like quite the thing. "Pride in pastiness?" "Transluscent?" Something to get rid of "washed-out", "sickly-looking", "you-need-a-vacation"...

...Do geeky guys often come across as gay? This Google search brought someone to WWPD. I'm thinking a "not that there's anything wrong with that" is in order.

4 comments:

  1. Victorian.
    Cadaverous.
    Bleached.
    Ashen.
    Drained.
    Albino.

    Too negative? How bout:
    Weiss ist nice.
    Wan with elan.
    Melanoma-free.

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  2. Warholic.
    Snowy.
    Klannish.
    Fluorescent.

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  3. Excuse me, but I recall the pale, frail male was the hallmark of UofC... at least it was when I went there... and those were the hottest guys on campus!

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