In gym class, a girl called me a dyke and I didn't have the… - Andrea Gibson

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In gym class, a girl called me a dyke and I didn't have the language to tell her she was wrong and right. I just showed up at her house promising to paint my fingernails red with what would gush from her busted face if she ever said it again.

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