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Not a chameleon, but maybe mercurial...
Well, I've always been one of those "neither fish nor fowl" sort of girls...
So--let's see what they got to say:
La-la-la I'm in love with a four-eyed girl.
-- Rhett Miller
If you want to date the Academic Girl, it's time to hit the books, or at least hit the bookstore. This is the girl you never met in college because you never spent an evening in the Rare Books Room. Or, if you did, you were too busy reading rare books.
Actually, the Academic Girl has never really left the university, not because she's still chugging margaritas (see The Party Girl) or wearing her college colors (see The Girl Next Door), but because the Academic Girl is a lifelong learner, eternally seeking knowledge and culture and the answers to the Big Questions. This is the Girl whose favorite date is a lecture, whose cat is named Plato, and whose favorite love note is a footnote.
She Might Be an Academic Girl if:
1. She drives: a Volvo, a Saab, or a Toyota. How about a Mazda?
2. She can talk for more than ten minutes about: her thesis. Well, yes, but are you interested in Rouault and Gaugain?
3. She begins her sentences with: "Noam Chomsky says . . ." Ha!
4. She'd never: read Cosmo. True. Only wasted my time doing that once.
5. She owns any of the following: an Oxford English Dictionary, any book written in a "dead" language (Greek, Latin, Aramaic, etc.), a lifetime membership to Mensa. True. W has an Oxford, I have many others. Considered Mensa, but as an artistic type, I doubted I could join--I don't test well. And I can recognize whether someone can keep up with me from conversation, thanks...
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Moderation in all things, excess in nothing.
-- Epicurus
Imagine that the Girl Next Door moved to the big city. Think of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. She's America's sweetheart with an urban sensibility. She's a post-Christian spiritualist, a pre-Monica Clintonite, and a dues-paying member of at least one social-change organization like NOW, Planned Parenthood, or the Sierra Club. You won't find her at an Earth First or PETA meeting, though. Those are the Granola Girl's stomping grounds. Progressive Girls want the world to be a better place, but they live out their politics in a moderate, left-of-center way.
If you are going to date a Progressive Girl, the one sin you can commit is to be a chameleon. Molding your opinions to fit hers will lose her respect. One very positive thing you can do is offer her new experiences -- the Progressive Girl is fearless about trying new things. Whether it's pluralism, skydiving, Asian peanut sauce, or this book, the Progressive Girl is always looking for new ideas.
She Might Be a Progressive Girl if:
1. She drives: a small SUV but really wishes it got better mileage; once she can get a good hybrid, she will. Hummm...W has a Honda Civic, I think about hybrids but worry about obsolecece...
2. She can talk for more than ten minutes about: just about anything. Maybe...
3. She begins her sentences with: "Susan Sarandon says..." Fine actress, but I don't need to quote her for anything.
4. She'd never: pass up the chance for a new experience. The old me, perhaps, but the new me hurts too often to immediately say "Here!" (In fact, the New Me says "Oh, no, not another learning experience!")
5. She owns any of the following: a water filter, a tabletop fountain, an acre of rain forest, a mutt from the pound. Guilty--to the first two...
Mood is scattered, really, but that's not an option...
She is a hybrid of: Progressive Girl Academic Girl Click on the pictures below to read more:
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So--let's see what they got to say:
La-la-la I'm in love with a four-eyed girl.
-- Rhett Miller
If you want to date the Academic Girl, it's time to hit the books, or at least hit the bookstore. This is the girl you never met in college because you never spent an evening in the Rare Books Room. Or, if you did, you were too busy reading rare books.
Actually, the Academic Girl has never really left the university, not because she's still chugging margaritas (see The Party Girl) or wearing her college colors (see The Girl Next Door), but because the Academic Girl is a lifelong learner, eternally seeking knowledge and culture and the answers to the Big Questions. This is the Girl whose favorite date is a lecture, whose cat is named Plato, and whose favorite love note is a footnote.
She Might Be an Academic Girl if:
1. She drives: a Volvo, a Saab, or a Toyota. How about a Mazda?
2. She can talk for more than ten minutes about: her thesis. Well, yes, but are you interested in Rouault and Gaugain?
3. She begins her sentences with: "Noam Chomsky says . . ." Ha!
4. She'd never: read Cosmo. True. Only wasted my time doing that once.
5. She owns any of the following: an Oxford English Dictionary, any book written in a "dead" language (Greek, Latin, Aramaic, etc.), a lifetime membership to Mensa. True. W has an Oxford, I have many others. Considered Mensa, but as an artistic type, I doubted I could join--I don't test well. And I can recognize whether someone can keep up with me from conversation, thanks...
***
Moderation in all things, excess in nothing.
-- Epicurus
Imagine that the Girl Next Door moved to the big city. Think of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. She's America's sweetheart with an urban sensibility. She's a post-Christian spiritualist, a pre-Monica Clintonite, and a dues-paying member of at least one social-change organization like NOW, Planned Parenthood, or the Sierra Club. You won't find her at an Earth First or PETA meeting, though. Those are the Granola Girl's stomping grounds. Progressive Girls want the world to be a better place, but they live out their politics in a moderate, left-of-center way.
If you are going to date a Progressive Girl, the one sin you can commit is to be a chameleon. Molding your opinions to fit hers will lose her respect. One very positive thing you can do is offer her new experiences -- the Progressive Girl is fearless about trying new things. Whether it's pluralism, skydiving, Asian peanut sauce, or this book, the Progressive Girl is always looking for new ideas.
She Might Be a Progressive Girl if:
1. She drives: a small SUV but really wishes it got better mileage; once she can get a good hybrid, she will. Hummm...W has a Honda Civic, I think about hybrids but worry about obsolecece...
2. She can talk for more than ten minutes about: just about anything. Maybe...
3. She begins her sentences with: "Susan Sarandon says..." Fine actress, but I don't need to quote her for anything.
4. She'd never: pass up the chance for a new experience. The old me, perhaps, but the new me hurts too often to immediately say "Here!" (In fact, the New Me says "Oh, no, not another learning experience!")
5. She owns any of the following: a water filter, a tabletop fountain, an acre of rain forest, a mutt from the pound. Guilty--to the first two...
Mood is scattered, really, but that's not an option...