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You point out that the word "American," too, was once an insult, directed at the colonists by the English, but that, obviously, the word has become a label of pride.
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But disrupt, disturb and dissent -- that is just what Professor Ronell means to do in this book, so much so that stupidity may even be, for her, a label of some pride.
The problem was acute under Tether, who says he wears the label of "nanomanager" with pride.
They wore the label of ally with pride as the symbol that separated them from their confederate-flag loving kin.
"We are the battlers and they are the chardonnay set," she says, explaining that Dockers' fans view their 'underdog' label as a source of pride.
In Scotland, a new law designates "additional support needs" as the right term.Sometimes labels are a source of pride.
Relatedly, the early years of high school are a time of heighted social comparison, where one's social label (especially if it is seen as a fixed label) can be a source of pride or shame, and therefore a powerful influence on how one copes with peer conflict (e.g., Brown, Mory, & Kinney, 1994; Crosnoe, 2011; Eccles & Barber, 1999).
So, I kind of wear the label of 'Bathhouse Betty' with pride.
Record labels are a great source of pride for people to release their music, but times are changing.
It became a source of pride to be labelled as such, elevating the importance of hand hygiene, and the prestige of those working to improve it.
What once was--and still should be--a badge of pride is now a label to run from.
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