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In this audio only podcast, They Say Hell is Fictitious.
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Kirsty
04 Mar 2006
Wow, what a powerful episode, thank you for being so brave and honest, Sage. I too was an outcast as a child and could totally relate to the vicious spiteful bullying that girls are prone to.
Brenda
04 Mar 2006
Blown away. Sage, you are amazing.
mia
04 Mar 2006
Sage, I listened to the podcast this AM and am still thinking about your story, wishing I could have been there to befriend the 4th grade Sage. Children, especially girl children, can be so nasty. I remember in 7th grade my “best friend” wouldn’t speak to me for 3 days because I had used a tampon. Her reasoning was that it was disgusting to touch “down there.” I remember she laughed and pointed at me and held up her fingers like a cross in the locker room.
kathy
05 Mar 2006
I have been thinking of your podcast since the day it came out. I was never popular in school and children didn’t treat me nicely but nothing came close to this. I can’t imagine anyone being treated that way. I’m so sorry.
I wish I would have known you back then. I enjoy our friendship now and I think the same would have held true then too. As written earlier by someone, girls in particular can be very cruel.
It took a lot of courage for you to share that with all of us. I can’t imagine though why you would want to go back there in your memories and relive this again.
Christy
06 Mar 2006
Sage, I too was an outcast as a child. I take some comfort in knowing that the Shining Stars and bullies often peak in high school.
I am so glad that each year of my life is the best one yet. When I see the girls who bullied and tease me as a child, I never envy them. I don’t want the lives they live now and their thoughts that high school was the best time of their lives.
Thank you for sharing this incredibly real and raw story with us. As always, you tell it beautifully.
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