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On bullies

Aaryn — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:07:32 +0000

I was running down the stairs, weighted with my overstuffed backpack, jammed in next to all of the other students—some going in my direction and some going up—trying to make it to fourth period on time, when she hit me in the back of my head. For no reason that I can remember now, or that I was aware of back then, the 8th grade bully had punched me from behind. I was in 7th grade with braces, gawky and unknown. She was pretty with long dark hair, was intimidating and unprovoked. After she struck me, I cried in the girls bathroom, alone. My head ached. But more than anything, I was humiliated.

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Go Figure

Aaryn — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:45:15 +0000

I have something to say about citizens bringing guns to Presidential events.

Which is perhaps more inflammatory than the swimsuit worn by that…person…in my previous post. Or, perhaps not. You be The Decider.

And with this thought, happy weekend

Aaryn — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:40:11 +0000

“[S]omething is wrong when a black man can be arrested for disorderly conduct because he yelled at a cop on his own porch, but a mob of white, teabagging sheeple can disrupt town hall meetings with heckling, violence and threats, and THAT is considered protected free speech. Black professor = threat to the public. White mob = 1st Amendment heroes. People who think that’s perfectly fine = idiots.” -Tim Wise

Playin’ with the haters, II

Aaryn — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:21:31 +0000

To Me, from Robby T:

the compunction to respond to your rant is fleeting…it’s funny that libs (who are so nuanced haha) fail to see the forest through the sophomoric trees. think about your vasectomy, i mean your husband’s vasectomy experience and then ask yourself why you are in favor of socialized medicine. on a lighter note, u pulled off sounding like a man-hating bitch w/ flair! imagine wanting to witness your man’s vasectomy…to each their own, i say; but then, i’m no whining, clueless lib. thanks for the laugh, hater! rt

To Robby T from Yours Truly:

Oh, ye with the tiny wiener!

Robby, Robby, Robby. You small-minded, woman-hating, anti-curious dolt: If anything is sophomoric, it is your email to me. Clearly, you missed the point of my piece but that’s hardly surprising given your inferred affiliation with the conservative club and your insistence—like many conservatives—to be an asshat.

To be clear, I was giving props to my husband for being the incredible man that he is—the kind you could never be—for navigating with aplomb our oh-so-functional health care system, which, fyi, is no worse than socialized medicine no matter what Bill O’Reilly tells you. Quit drinking the Kool-Aid! If we had socialized medicine as a safety net (with the access to private insurance for those who wanted it), then all Americans would have access to health care, we’d have a healthier population, less crowded emergency rooms, and increased productivity. People like you, however, can’t see the bigger picture because you suffer from short-sightedness and selfishness and self-righteousness and a disgraceful inability to place yourselves in the shoes of the less fortunate.

Personally, I’d like to think that you’ve had a vasectomy so the world isn’t populated by a whole bunch of little yous. But as I said in my piece, it takes a Real Man to get his tubes snipped and you, sir, are not even remotely related to a Real Man. You are nothing more than a crusted santorum stain on blue plaid, poly/cotton blend sheets.

~aaryn