“Mama waves a hand. “That doesn’t mean anything. You know, they say boys are meanest to the girls they like the best.” “I hate that saying. Meanness is meanness. To tell a girl that there’s some sort of benevolent action behind it all is to say that it’s okay for her to be victimized.”

“Mama waves a hand. “That doesn’t mean anything. You know, they say boys are meanest to the girls they like the best.” “I hate that saying. Meanness is meanness. To tell a girl that there’s some sort of benevolent action behind it all is to say that it’s okay for her to be victimized.”

— Kristen Callihan