Press review - fat free and happy

Hi guys!
Today I'm going to tell you something about an interesting article which I was reading the other day.
This article“fat – free and happy” talks about cultures and clichés. I thought you might be interested because these keywords are compared.

Firstly, the author was talking about the thoughts how the USA would look like. This girl had visions of an unspoilt countryside, white churches and houses and small fishing ports. Instead of that, her first impression was rather different because in her mind it was a mess of freeways.

Basically, what it says is that Europeans are compared to the USA extremely arrogant. Why do we allow ourselves to think, that we are better educated, better dressed or better informed? Cliches die hard and not fast.

What puzzled me most was that a lot of people say that Americans have no culture. But what is “culture”? In my opinion, everyone has another definition of “culture”. Does it mean to know nearly everything about art and music? Or is it even more? From my point of view, “Culture” is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined from language, religion, cuisine and social habits.

But this girl in the text has to admit that a lot of clichés are true as well, like everything is bigger in the States for example the shopping malls, the women and the glasses of Coca-Cola. It surprised me a lot that Businesswoman wear Sneakers and white tights with elegant dresses when they walk to work.

That is all for today!
See you soon,
Kristina