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Broke vs. “Broke”: Bothered by Humble Brags

October 9, 2014 by Nicole Renee Brown 5 Comments

This summer, I had a “stay-cation,” meaning I stayed put in DC where I moved last year to attend grad school.  My “stay-cation” was awful, imposed on me because of my lack of funds; I was completely broke.  I take issue when people flippantly use the term “broke” to describe their financial situation (e.g. the […]

Filed Under: Class in Higher Education, Classism in Everyday Life, First Generation College Students, Poverty Tagged With: first generation college students, graduate school, poverty, pretense

Phony rags to riches stories

October 9, 2014 by Lita Kurth Leave a Comment

I just finished watching the movie Julie and Julia, and it irritated me in the same way that many books and movies have irritated me lately: they purport to be the story of extremely humble origins turned into ravishing success through pluck and persistence. But they aren’t. I didn’t mind, in fact I preferred the […]

Filed Under: Class Themes in Film and Fiction Tagged With: pretense, privilege

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