When Bullies Punch Down, I Punch Back (and Why I’m Done Being Quiet) I hate bullies. I hate them with a passion. Not in a casual, eye-roll way. I mean a deep, lived-in dislike that comes from decades of being on the receiving end of their cruelty. I was born with a lazy eye, clinically known as strabismus. It is part of my body. It is part of my face. It is something I did not choose and cannot control.

Ableist jokes aren’t jokes. They’re tells. I’ve lived with strabismus my entire life, and I refuse to be silent or ashamed. Calling out harm isn’t being sensitive, it’s being honest. The joke isn’t on me. It never was.

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