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Chapters (46)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. BEING WEIRD
  5. Weird
  6. Todd, Part I
  7. The Realization
  8. Daniel, Part I
  9. Julia, Part I
  10. Beverly, Part I
  11. Jess, Part I
  12. The Exclusion
  13. Jess, Part II
  14. Emma, Part I
  15. Asma, Part I
  16. The Sting
  17. Emma, Part II
  18. Vivienne, Part I
  19. Alex, Part I
  20. THE WEIRD ADVANTAGE
  21. Creativity
  22. Truth
  23. Alex, Part II
  24. Julia, Part II
  25. HOW TO BE DIFFERENT
  26. Getting Support
  27. Julia, Part III
  28. Comfort with Discomfort
  29. Beverly, Part II
  30. Asma, Part II
  31. Better Than the Rest
  32. The Big Picture
  33. Daniel, Part II
  34. Deana, Part I
  35. Vivienne, Part II
  36. Emma, Part III
  37. Change Yourself
  38. Todd, Part II
  39. TO STAY DIFFERENT, OR TO FIND YOUR OWN KIND?
  40. Staying
  41. Leaving
  42. In Between
  43. Deana, Part II
  44. Acknowledgments
  45. Discover More
  46. Notes

“different sexual orientation”: Najle, M., & Jones, R., “American Democracy in Crisis: The Fate of Pluralism in a Divided Nation,” PRRI, February 19, 2019, https://www.prri.org/research/american-democracy-in-crisis-the-fate-of-pluralism-in-a-divided-nation/.

“Eventually, the man left”: Pinsker, J., “The ‘Hidden Mechanisms’ That Help Those Born Rich to Excel in Elite Jobs,” Atlantic, February 26, 2019, https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/02/class-ceiling-laurison-friedman-elite-jobs/582175/.

“Shanto Iyengar and Masha Krupenkin”: Iyengar, S. & Krupenkin, M., “The Strengthening of Partisan Affect,” Political Psychology 39 (2018): 201–18.

“the overall labor force”: Deming, D., “The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market” (2017), NBER Working Paper Series, 21473.

“fell again after the 1920s”: Google Ngram search.

“called Weird Maryland”: Lake, M., Moran, M., & Sceurman, M., Weird Maryland: Your Travel Guide to Maryland’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (New York: Sterling, 2006).

“Keep Austin Weird”: Yardley, J., “Austin Journal: A Slogan Battle Keeps Austin Weird,” New York Times, December 8, 2002, https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/08/us/austin-journal-a-slogan-battle-keeps-austin-weird.html.

“breeding ground for weirdos”: Yonan, J., “Can Austin Stay Weird?,” Washington Post, March 27, 2011.

“disagree with the group”: Schachter, S., “Deviation, Rejection, and Communication,” The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 46, no. 2 (1951): 190–207.

“less energy as a result”: Kaufman, L., “Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, with Envy,” New York Times, January 30, 2009, https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/science/earth/31compete.html.

“In a 2014 study”: Kitayama, S., King, A., Hsu, M., Liberzon, I., & Yoon, C., “Dopamine-System Genes and Cultural Acquisition: The Norm Sensitivity Hypothesis,” Current Opinion in Psychology 8 (April 2016): 167–74.

“Edith Wharton describes”: Wharton, E., The Age of Innocence (New York: Vintage Books, 2012).

“individual begin to diverge”: Revillard, A., “Social Norms (1): Norms and Deviance,” https://annerevillard.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/its02-social-norms-1.pdf.

“would be under the law”: Durkheim, É., The Rules of Sociological Method (New York: Macmillan Press, 1895/1982).

“commit ‘fatalistic’ suicide”: Gelfand, M. J., Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World (New York: Scribner), 193.

“just a few years ago”: Harrington, J. R., Boski, P., & Gelfand, M. J., “Culture and National Well-Being: Should Societies Emphasize Freedom or Constraint?,” PLoS One 10, no. 6 (June 5, 2015).

“Pool as a Negotiated Order”: Scott, S., “Reclothing the Emperor: The Swimming Pool as a Negotiated Order,” Symbolic Interaction 32 (2011): 123–45.

“Betsy Levy Paluck discovered”: Paluck, E. L., “Reducing Intergroup Prejudice and Conflict Using the Media: A Field Experiment in Rwanda,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 96, no. 3 (2009): 574–87.

“New York Times wrote in 1951”: Boal, S., “Revelations—1900–1951,” New York Times, August 26, 1951, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/08/26/88454413.pdf.

“license in women’s dress”: Horwood, C., “‘Girls Who Arouse Dangerous Passions’: Women and Bathing, 1900–39,” Women’s History Review 9, no. 4 (2000): 653–73.

“women in burqinis”: Minganti, P. K., “Burqinis, Bikinis and Bodies: Encounters in Public Pools Italy and Sweden,” in Islamic Fashion and Anti-fashion: New Perspectives from Europe and North America, eds. E. Tarlo & A. Moors, Annelies (London: Bloomsbury, 2013), 33–55.

“to the water’s edge”: Toussaint, K., “This Woman’s One-piece Bathing Suit Got Her Arrested in 1907,” Boston Globe, July 2, 2015, https://www.boston.com/news/history/2015/07/02/this-womans-one-piece-bathing-suit-got-her-arrested-in-1907.

“How to Swim in 1918”: Kellerman, A., How to Swim (New York: George H. Doran, 1918), 45.