How strange to hear Jeri say those words. We have no examples of her every helping her sister in anything like that. And Sabra “Stick” is Teena’s closest friend in the world. And Jeri has shown a marked disdain for Stick because she doesn’t look right to her. And Jeri is, as they have been called in the past, a “stuck up”.
I watched Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer last night and was struck with the bullying culture towards the misfits. It all seemed to be centered around the idea that uniformity is the only way for anyone to get along.
This is exactly the same idea that Jeri is promoting. Haven’t we learned anything since 1964? It’s time to get over this concept of everyone “fitting in” and instead make space for a variety of people and friendship groups. The status-seeking that is promoted in every teen movie or TV show is an outdated social concept and we really need to do away with it. Welcome the diversity of human expression as contributing to a more varied and interesting environment, and watch how the world changes for the better.
blunebottle over 6 years ago
Stick to commenting on the Stick in the strip or we’ll stick it to you and make it stick
gmartin997 over 6 years ago
That would be a new wrinkle. Jeri doesn’t stick up for Teena now.
asrialfeeple over 6 years ago
What’s all this then?Is Jeri having a redemption arc?
VTX1800F over 6 years ago
Jeri “DID” think about this issue .. for her sister… very strange…
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 6 years ago
How strange to hear Jeri say those words. We have no examples of her every helping her sister in anything like that. And Sabra “Stick” is Teena’s closest friend in the world. And Jeri has shown a marked disdain for Stick because she doesn’t look right to her. And Jeri is, as they have been called in the past, a “stuck up”.
jbarnes over 6 years ago
I watched Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer last night and was struck with the bullying culture towards the misfits. It all seemed to be centered around the idea that uniformity is the only way for anyone to get along.
This is exactly the same idea that Jeri is promoting. Haven’t we learned anything since 1964? It’s time to get over this concept of everyone “fitting in” and instead make space for a variety of people and friendship groups. The status-seeking that is promoted in every teen movie or TV show is an outdated social concept and we really need to do away with it. Welcome the diversity of human expression as contributing to a more varied and interesting environment, and watch how the world changes for the better.