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Margaret Cho: A bullied girl grows up

Not a week goes by without at least one news article about some kid who has been bullied and decided to react in some awful way. Today we bring you the story of a woman, who was bullied as a child, and how her grownup self reacts to negativity.

Margaret Cho, standup comedian and actress, last seen in “Drop Dead Diva”, recently had a Twitter rant when she received negative comments regarding how she looks. She tweeted, “You criticize a woman’s body – and young girls see it. You murder us all inside. You are responsible for our slow genocide. May you suffer.”

One fan took offense at some of the language that, the sometimes salty, Margaret used and said that she was no longer a fan. In response, Margaret took to her personal website with a heartfelt post that people need to read before opening their mouths with stupidity. Margaret writes, “I want to defend the children that we still are inside, the fragile sensitive souls who no matter how much we tried were still told we were not good enough. I want to make the world safe and better and happy for us. We deserve beauty, love, respect, admiration, kindness and compassion. If we don’t get it, there will be hell to pay. I am no saint, but I am here for you and me. I am here for us, and I am doing the best I can.”

Read more at Margaret Cho.com.

About Eileen Rivera

Eileen was born in The Bronx, to Puerto Rican parents. She grew up thinking the whole world was Latino. Moving to Rockland County in upstate New York taught her it wasn’t. One more move in 1976, brought her to Hudson County, New Jersey where she currently resides. She attended Rutgers-Newark where she majored in Social Work with a minor in Puerto Rican studies. Eileen credits her history professor, Dr. Olga Wagenheim, for the spark and impetus to search out her roots in a pre-computer era. The daughter of a minister, she credits her father for the activism, volunteerism and search for justice that have characterized her adult years.

The mother of two adult daughters, Eileen has worked in the Juvenile Justice system for twenty-eight years. She acts as a liaison between the Juvenile Detention Center and the Juvenile Court.

Writing was something she shared with family. Stories and songs for her children and Christmas tales for the extended family. She now shares her writing with a larger family, the Being Latino family.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be understood to be shared by Being Latino, Inc.

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