Pretty darn white. The buzziest new blog right now is Stuff White People Like, which in its 6-week life span has generated more than 4 million hits and yesterday was given a big boost on beloved-by-white-people NPR. Really, it’s stuff liberal 20-50 year-old liberal middle-class white people like, so of course I see quite a bit of myself in there. I love greenmarkets, Brooklyn, recycling, Barack Obama, film festivals, sushi, Arrested Development, being the only white person in an ethnic restaurant, David Sedaris, public transportation, traveling out of the U.S. whenever I can, gifted children, independent music, and so on. The things that don’t apply: I don’t love dogs, Sarah Silverman, snowboarding, bicycles (nothing against them, I’m just afraid of getting hit by an SUV–a Prius would never hit me!), rap, divorce (it wasn’t fun), lawyers, vegans, or irony. But still. I’m verrry white. The blog is hilarious. I look forward to posts on the New Yorker and bloggers.
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February 27, 2008 at 5:17 pm
You don’t love dogs? Say it isn’t so! What about cute little curly ones?
February 27, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Okay, I do like the curly ones.
March 2, 2008 at 6:46 am
omg, i thought for one brief moment there was a small tear in the will-jen space-time continuum.
stand back folks, nothing to see here…
This IS a funny website. Although I really wanted them to have a test for white people along the lines of ‘How black are you?’ Us white liberals all want that, right?
March 2, 2008 at 6:49 am
and I just read…
“Belle and Sebastian concerts that essentially looks more like a disorganized line of people than a music event.”
So cruel…
March 2, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Ha, I just went to see Dean & Britta and Keren Ann last night. Exactly the same scene–just a little earnest head-bobbing, no other motion.
March 2, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I can’t remember the last time I danced at a live music event! Gee… I am just SO white. How did it get this way? Our parents would not have dissociated live music from dancing… (but just don’t ask ME to dance. I’m a great head bobber, sometime shaker!)
March 3, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Haven’t visited the blog yet, but I do not like Sarah Silverman. She gives Jews a bad name. Not like dogs?!
March 3, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Yeah, I’m not a fan of SS’s comedy (although I grew up with her and am happy she’s successful). I view dogs much as I view children–I only like clean, quiet, well-behaved ones, and then only if they belong to other people. So, while I like dogs conceptually, I’m not really a dog lover.
March 3, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Clean, quiet, and well behaved…. no wonder you have kitties! I love my big ol Ben!