Word: haire
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...impact of rape on the lives of rape survivors goes beyond the time it takes to utter the word "rape." Four letters cannot possibly communicate the pain from the slaps, the hair pulling and the slamming of my head against a wall. They do not express the feeling of suffocation from being pinned down by someone 100 pounds heavier than me. The word does not begin to describe the month of pain and bleeding, the days of constant nausea and vomiting, the flashbacks and nightmares or the stress, anger, hurt and fear...
Anorexic women often stop menstruating and grow excess body hair. Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. Bulimics often purge upwards of five times a day. Fat people don't smell and aren't always lazy. Binge eaters have no concept of hunger or fullness...
...wrong. I can understand that there is something different about my hair and this leads people to want to learn more about it. But I am not a petting zoo, and I refuse to be one for the white students to find out how it feels to run their fingers through a head of black hair. I can even understand that other people are not so offended by the act, but I will explain why things are different in my case...
...matter of personal space violation for me. You can shake my hand or fondly caress my shoulder (acceptable forms of greeting in the West), but the hair is sacred. How many of your white friends do you greet by scruffing their heads...
...ubiquitous political gimmick, practiced by candidates nationwide. Perfected in the President's 1992 campaign, the format is familiar to anyone unlucky enough to own a TV. A television studio--or a hall outfitted like a TV studio--is filled with a carefully screened audience. A local television anchor, his hair perfectly in place, serves as master of ceremonies. The candidate, or President as the case may be, wanders the stage looking thoughtful, pensively wagging his wireless microphone. The people speak, the candidate listens. And then he responds with perfectly scripted spontaneity. Concerns are addressed, issues are aired, dialogue is facilitated...