Comments on: Wow: The appearance of a nascent spine

By: Caro

Caro — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:15:23 +0000

Hi Aaryn! I love your writing, and hence, I’m here. You’re very talented and passionate, and I admire that about you.
I do have one tiny comment, though. I kind of-maybe-probably-just a little bit- felt that Obama hasn’t really done much (yet) to deserve the Nobel Prize. I admire some things about him, and I do like him. It’s just that to put him at the same level of Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa and Martin Luther King… well, I feel like it was much too soon to award him such a great honor. Even Gandhi wasn’t given a Nobel Peace Prize. Gandhi!
Please don’t hate me And, I’m definitely not a Republican. I’m not even an American, for that matter. Just a gal who most of the time agrees with you, sometimes disagrees, but loves your writing nonetheless.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:29:34 +0000

haha
i just now read all the comments above mine, and it makes the silliness within mine even sillier.
time out for nonsense.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:41:27 +0000

hello darling.
nice work as usual.
I’ve rewarded you a little something on my blog.
Please go there to see!
If you aren’t a fan of those, skip the homework part!

By: kellyg

kellyg — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:03:32 +0000

Coming late to the party (and I must say you throw some good ones).

Was it really just 12 short months ago that not supporting the president was being touted as treason by most of these same people? That saying mean things about the president was unpatriotic and un-American?

I realize that hypocrisy lands on both sides of the aisle — but, really, don’t those comments (especially about the Olympics) just seem childish? What’s next? A round of “yo momma’s so fat”?

By: aaryn b.

aaryn b. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:52:44 +0000

@Wehaf and kerryanne: Thank you! I hated to have to do it but it was time.

@justreading: kerryanne’s comment was directed at the people in the video and she is absolutely right: They are hateful, spiteful, poisonous assholes. Oh, and hypocrites, too.

As for the initial comment, it may seem bland if you haven’t been reading this website or The Women’s Colony. MAYBELLINE is a troll who doesn’t ever add to a conversation. I’m done with her. But she will play to your sympathies if you give them to her.

By: justreading

justreading — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:14:56 +0000

Hateful, spiteful, poisonous assholes?!
Such an example of love and tolerance, kerryanne.
The 1st comment posted was fairly bland to start such strong reactions. Maybe it’s in the video presentation.

By: kerryanne

kerryanne — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:25:12 +0000

You are the coolest (re: responses to Maybewhatserface)

And why oh why do I continue to be shocked at the behavior of these folks? hateful, spiteful, poisonous assholes.

By: Wehaf

Wehaf — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:05:34 +0000

Aaryn: I love you. Do you mind if I borrow that “toxic cauldron of your smallness” phrase? It sums up certain people so perfectly.

By: aaryn b.

aaryn b. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:40:42 +0000

Not only do you reveal yourself to be the lowest kind of woman, a woman-hater (it’s pretty old-fashioned to blame another woman’s intellect or passion or mood or wit on her period) but in a mere 14 words, you perfectly underscore, highlight and italicize my original assessment. Boy, do I ever have your number.

MAYBELLINE: Go. Away. Go back to Bakersfield.com where you can snicker and fret without retribution about “illegal aliens” and the babies they have out of wedlock (gasp!), where you can mingle with other like-minded trolls and stew together in the toxic cauldron of your smallness.

By: MAYBELLINE

MAYBELLINE — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:15:28 +0000

Wow. I didn’t realize where you are in your cycle. Hope you feel better.