4 Comments

1. funniest. rant. ever. and in a boston accent? so good, thanks selena. i live in chi town, so i really needed this!

   —meesh, July 25, 2012 at 8:10 am

2. In the story Stop Signs, I was so angry.. how can anyone be so passive?

   —Anonymous, August 2, 2012 at 10:33 am

3. Anonymous, you should have been angry — as I am when I think back on that time in my life. It’s not healthy or natural to be that passive. We’re made that way by things that happened to us and messages we got growing up. If anything, I want that story to be a message to adults that teaching kids to defer to others and be overly accommodating can have dangerous ramifications. Thanks for listening.

   —Julie Threlkeld, August 21, 2012 at 2:34 am

4. I’m more sad that no one told Julie not to take abuse like that. People can be passive and know when to walk away from a situation if its dangerous. Julie is a very lucky woman since “Ron” never acted on what he threatened. I’m glad physically nothing happened and it was a lesson learned.

   —Sarah (with an h), March 21, 2013 at 4:32 pm