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Celeste Harmer

Celeste Harmer

About Celeste Harmer

Celeste Harmer is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Rosemont College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and is currently pursing an accounting degree. She was raised in a working-class Philadelphia family that attempted to set limits on her ambitions, but she continued to push forward, and after much sacrifice and hard work, she completed her first Bachelor's degree in 2012. She now lives in an upper-class Philadelphia community with her husband and their four cats.

Flying Toward the Light: Women Transitioning from the Working to the Upper Class

March 5, 2015 by Celeste Harmer 4 Comments

When I was a teenager in the mid-80s, my parents laid out how my life was to be lived even before I lived it. As a girl, I was expected to find a job in a secretarial pool, or in a similar service-sector career, before marrying and having several children by the time I reached […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism

“You Don’t Look Like a Homeowner”

November 20, 2013 by Celeste Harmer 1 Comment

For years my husband and I have nurtured the dream of homeownership, and when it finally came true last year, we were in heaven…but then reality caught up to us, as we ran into people who didn’t think we looked the part. We live in a condominium complex.  All the units are privately owned, and […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: ageism, classism, homeownership, renters, stereotypes

Hopscotching the Tracks

December 21, 2012 by Celeste Harmer 4 Comments

In my last essay, I spoke of my experiences of the disdain I receive as a working-class woman walking among the denizens of the middle-class world.  Just yesterday I received another cool reception – in my old neighborhood, of all places. I still cling to my working-class ways, including shopping at thrift stores, and I […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life Tagged With: class cultures, crossing class, middle class, straddlers, working class

A story of crossing the tracks

December 11, 2012 by Celeste Harmer 6 Comments

I was born and raised in working-class Philadelphia.  Growing up I did not see myself as an underrepresented and repressed segment of society.  Certainly I saw that there were those who had more money and material goods than I did, but it was not something I dwelled on.  This was because everyone I knew was […]

Filed Under: Class in Higher Education, Classism in Everyday Life Tagged With: academia, classism, education, first generation college students, snobs, working class

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