Oh, Derangers. Have you heard about these kids who are killing themselves because they can’t take being bullied anymore?
I am less far-removed from high school than most of you. And I get it.
Series and subseries of thanks to Ms. Sherman, who let me eat lunch in the art room when the cafeteria felt unsafe (and who did try to teach me how to draw. So not your fault I never learned!).
Photo credits:
Panel 1: Nationaal Archief
Panel 3: Anne G
Panel 4: Taber Andrew Bain
Panel 5: The U.S. National Archives
Panel 6: Colin Purrington
Panel 7: Nelson Pavlosky
Panel 8: Studio 34
Panel 10: see the original comic
Tags: it gets better, life
Derangement and Description 
October 27, 2010 at 11:31 am |
You are awesome. Just saying.
October 27, 2010 at 11:33 am |
Bravo. Thank you so much for posting this.
October 27, 2010 at 11:34 am |
Amazing. And good. Love it.
October 27, 2010 at 11:57 am |
Beautiful, Rebecca, and so meaningful. Please make sure Dan Savage sees this.
Lori
October 27, 2010 at 12:47 pm |
Truly amazing, beautiful, and well done.
October 27, 2010 at 1:22 pm |
beautiful
October 27, 2010 at 2:59 pm |
Thank you.
October 27, 2010 at 3:37 pm |
Beautiful. Moving. Sweet. Thanks.
October 27, 2010 at 4:15 pm |
Good job from an old archivist.
October 27, 2010 at 6:18 pm |
Simply brilliant. Thank you.
October 27, 2010 at 7:33 pm |
I love this.
October 27, 2010 at 8:49 pm |
Brilliant and beautiful. Thank you so much.
October 27, 2010 at 10:32 pm |
It’s an honor to share that home in the archives with someone as courageous as you.
October 27, 2010 at 10:33 pm |
This is absolutely lovely.
October 28, 2010 at 9:45 am |
Just beautiful.
October 28, 2010 at 10:24 am |
I love it.
October 28, 2010 at 10:24 am |
Thanks for posting this piece. It was great to experience it today.
October 28, 2010 at 11:07 am |
I like it a lot. You do a wonderful job of making our profession relevant and you bear powerful witness to the It-gets-better-process. Thanks!
October 28, 2010 at 11:38 am |
Thanks for posting this, Rebecca!
October 31, 2010 at 11:42 am |
Thank you.
November 2, 2010 at 8:30 am |
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November 3, 2010 at 9:06 am |
Thank you for this. I really liked “…no individual can be understood out of context and no single item defines a person.” Very beautiful. Thank you for your blog posts.
November 3, 2010 at 1:13 pm |
This is so moving and eloquently written. Thank you!
-a new archivist!
November 9, 2010 at 10:19 am |
Well done, rebecca! This is so lovely and hopeful. We need more like you.
January 31, 2011 at 11:36 am |
Lovely. Thank you!
August 3, 2011 at 10:22 pm |
I’d hug you through the computer if I could! Maybe at MARAC. I’ll introduce myself first… so it’s not weird.
September 16, 2011 at 7:10 am |
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November 2, 2011 at 7:58 am |
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December 4, 2011 at 10:50 am |
[…] of the blog itself is such a gem!) Two posts she wrote, “Post SAA Howl” and “It Gets Better (in the Archives)” influenced me greatly in the courage and passionate advocacy she displayed. Heartfelt thanks, […]
July 26, 2012 at 8:50 am |
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May 20, 2013 at 12:57 pm |
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