Bullying, Girl-Style in the LA Times (reprinted in the StarTribune) and now a “why the media mania?” article by Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe.
Goodman wonders: When Rachel Simmons, author of ”Odd Girl Out,” told Oprah that being shunned was ”meaner” than getting hit, I wanted a time out. Wasn’t Columbine worse than a cruel instant message?
Huh? I never thought of Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as bullies. By many accounts, they were the bullied. But Goodman’s implication that physical punches are worse than verbal slams and social ostracization is off the mark. They all have a range of severity.