[lbo-talk] school uniforms (was: Ehrenreich responds to BDL)

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Fri Aug 22 19:52:24 PDT 2003


On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Miles Jackson wrote:
>
> >Go to a mall and look at the clusters of 13 year olds and
> >what they're wearing. Can you say with a straight face
> >they're expressing their unique individuality? Bullshit.
>
> Could be that the distinctions are invisible to us geezers. I'm sure
> they could offer rich annotated guides to the styles of their cool
> and uncool peers.
>
> Doug

This just reinforces my point: where do the criteria for "cool" come from? 13-year old kids don't come up with this stuff themselves!

Miles



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