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“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

Is delaying marriage really the solution?

April 2, 2013 by Tina Rodia 1 Comment

Ross Douthat’s opinion piece in last week’s New York Times summarized the results of a study arguing for “delayed marriage” as an economic boon to a select population of men and women. But studies that publish the socioeconomic statistical average of a certain population largely ignore the realities of the study’s outliers, like me. Delayed […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Classism in Everyday Life, Gender Class Intersections Tagged With: ageism, college, marriage, stereotypes

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