tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167839614171598359.post7061320872913673496..comments2012-12-19T12:11:34.987-08:00Comments on My Still Life: Middle School Radio Show ReflectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167839614171598359.post-70448920453324377592011-11-13T08:43:43.343-08:002011-11-13T08:43:43.343-08:00I agree with you about empathy; when I listened to...I agree with you about empathy; when I listened to This American Life I kept hearing over and over how much folks felt like any kind of difference was really up for ridicule -- except for the Mimi's. They really created their own difference -- but it was a difference that was completely based on a popular culture conception (brought to us through marketing) of what is "cool" and acceptable. But, to some degree they created their own bubble of "this is who we are" and paraded it for their own protection. Its an interesting kind of situation.Beth Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09815354773076856587noreply@blogger.com