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I get much better responses from the middle aged and older lecturers when I wear a long skirt, corset, nice shirt and tailored jacket than when I wear jeans and a t-shirt. I'm not sure whether they like the fact that I'm more formally dressed than the scruffy students, the fact that I have better posture, or the fact that my attire is simply a refreshing change from everyone else's gear.
Sometimes being alternative but soberly dressed gets you much better kinds of attention than being normal and dressed as is usual for your profession and age group.
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The noblest sentiment I have encountered and the most passionate political statement to stir my heart both belong to a fictional character. Why do we have no politicians as pure in their intent and determinedly joyous in their outlook as Arkady Bogdanov of Red Mars?
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