Smith College Top Questions

Lesbians, Feminists, Liberals,

We're one mad, constant lesbian orgy (when we aren't studying).

Smithies are studious Smithies are all lesbians

That we're all lesbians with buzzcuts, that we're smart and brash and upfront

Some stereotypes about Smith and Smith students is that we’re all a bunch of granola eating, hippide dippie, gay liberals. I think another stereotype is that we’re extremely politically active. All the students want to "save the world".

that we are all gay. big feminists.

I've heard we are all rich and prissy and also that we are all butch lesbians. I've heard we hate men or that we can't cope with real social situations. I've also heard that we are determined and driven and independent.

That every girl who goes here is lesbian, or bisexual. Also that we are "Thelmas" like Scooby-Doo (Amherst= Freddy, UMass- Scooby, Hampshire= Shaggy, Holyoke= Daphne, and Smith= Thelma). We don't know how to have a good time, and we're A-social.

They are all lesbians.

People think that Smithies are all Lesbians, that we are forceful and aggressive feminists (as though this was a bad thing to be). People know that Smithies are smart women going places!