My Shoeless-Ness Behavior

Walking around barefoot did not contradict or disrupt my presentation in a way which halted my ability to perform daily functions. I was not stopped, harassed, laughed at, or demeaned. Of course my behavior was impressed within pre-existing interactions and relationships within a community. I am a young, white, female college co-ed. I dress like I come from an upper-middle class family: and I do. The result is that the chances of my shoeless-ness being interpreted as a sign of poverty or vagrancy was next to nil. Given my identity and status, I would likely have been safe (but very uncomfortable) walking around the Rice campus naked.
General reactions to my shoeless-ness were constant among students, professors, and staff. Consistently, I