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...FM's scrutiny this week, "What is Beauty?" (Oct. 5), puts forward a perceived Harvard ideal woman: "blond, sophisticated, wealthy, slim, petite, beautifully dressed and even more beautifully connected." It then discusses this ideal with Jewish, Asian and black students, who express varying opinions on the subtle pressures of plastic surgery and what kinds of girls get picked up first...
...appreciate FM's effort to sample several ethnicities, but (ignoring race for a moment) they are addressing a narrow cross-section of the social world here at Harvard. The article made a tacit assumption about the personalities of all these beautiful people: The Harvard ideal woman is a well-dressed socialite, and everyone here wants to be one. Reading the FM article, I had the same feeling I get every time I pick up a women's magazine like Cosmopolitan or Glamour: this has no relation to my life...
...spend so little time thinking about the "Harvard ideal" that we couldn't even tell you what it is. Most important, we're not the tiny minority the FM article paints...
...Saved My Life (written by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton) notes in its chapter on the history of the radio DJ, record companies in the '40s were initally skeptical about the power of radio as a promotional tool, and were afraid it would take away sales. Similarly, when FM stereo was introduced, they were likewise afraid the quality of home taping would make LPs redundant. And yet these obviously haven't hurt the music industry too badly. So there's historical precedent for Napster's arguments...
...weekend magazine, best represents the Carrie contingency on campus. They tend to dress a little bit better than the rest of us (at least than the rest of us at the paper), start the trends and be in the know. Carrie's articles would probably be published in FM, and I can name some FM'ers who would gladly fill Carrie's shoes...