tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post6157729976849526630..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: The perverse pride of the palePhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-33365631733278122052014-03-26T17:32:38.713-04:002014-03-26T17:32:38.713-04:00Hey, it's a fascinating topic! Lots of ideas I...Hey, it's a fascinating topic! Lots of ideas I'd had/seen floating around, but not been able to pin down.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-58586022775406226372014-03-25T20:34:46.550-04:002014-03-25T20:34:46.550-04:00Hey, just dropping by to say thank you for reading...Hey, just dropping by to say thank you for reading and linking to the "not a pretty girl" post! I'm delighted to see more conversation happening around the topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-30338379459701119292014-03-25T12:42:48.190-04:002014-03-25T12:42:48.190-04:00Yes, I found that baffling as well. I went to two ...Yes, I found that baffling as well. I went to two schools prior to college, one fancy, the other nerdy, and am finding it hard to picture that someone who wrote that post would have had that experience at either place.<br /><br />But maybe it's not meant to be taken literally? At least not the part about being the dumbest and least-nerdy girl around. As for other girls not meeting the Other Girl stereotype, perhaps what she meant was... sort of what the sorority-girl post I link to gets at. Namely that *everyone* feels like a unique outsider in adolescence, even those whose chosen aesthetic is ditz. Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-57603709855106045022014-03-25T10:55:41.119-04:002014-03-25T10:55:41.119-04:00The person you linked to says,
"Every girl i...The person you linked to says,<br /><br />"Every girl in my class was as smart or smarter, as nerdy or nerdier, as I was, and I can’t think of anyone I knew before college who even got close to the Other Girl stereotype. "<br /><br />WOW how is that possible? I guess she just went to fancy schools all her life? I certainly met a lot of girls who were pretty much intentionally going for that stereotype.caryatisnoreply@blogger.com