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LuvLoogie

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16. She's cute, attractive, big eyes and smile, if her picture is any indication.
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 03:50 PM
Jan 2015

College-aged men are college-aged men even if they are engineers. They hit on her, but I don't think they assaulted her. It's not clear, but some of the comments she gets are likely from other women, perhaps other women MIT students. But not necessarily because she is blonde. Although bright blonde hair is like a beacon, indoors and out.

Cute is cute. At MIT, the library, the grocery store, traffic court, Starbucks. I think the blonde archetype developed out of the silver screen because the hair just glowed in black and white with the right lighting and filters. The way it reflects and contrasts with everything else.

That is what this young woman is contending with. Decades of idolization, jealousy and scorn.

Sometimes people look good just by taking a shower and brushing their teeth and hair. Others take more effort than that, not because they need to, but because it makes them feel good or secure. That's all.

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"cause I'm a blond" (from "earth girls are easy") niyad Jan 2015 #1
The article is OK, but my one problem with it is hollysmom Jan 2015 #2
there is a certain irony to that, I think Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #3
I once met a beautiful blonde woman who was studying engineering MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #4
that there would even be a reason to need to explain a blonde is smart, kinda is the point. seabeyond Jan 2015 #5
I don't think it needs to be explained MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #10
Blondes I have loved LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #6
Veronica LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #7
really? where in this OP do you get the idea us women are asking men to validate the existence of a seabeyond Jan 2015 #8
They're just head shots of iconic blondes. LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #12
again. so? and why? seabeyond Jan 2015 #13
She's cute, attractive, big eyes and smile, if her picture is any indication. LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #16
And the relevance of your loves is...? LanternWaste Jan 2015 #9
Iconic Blonde Archetype Override? LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #14
It believe it may have been relevant had they been pictures of... LanternWaste Jan 2015 #15
I was actually in the middle of looking LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #17
My favorite: ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #11
I need to come in here more often. cwydro Feb 2015 #18
Try being a redheaded female at MIT. pnwmom Feb 2015 #19
I am male. I completed a pure math PhD at UCLA... Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #20
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