OPINION | BRENDA LOOPER: Erase the mental-health stigma and stand up to bullies
Bullies will never find a safe space with me. Maybe it's because I was bullied, but I have the tendency to rear up in defense of someone else who's being bulli…
Brenda Looper joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as a news clerk in April 1997, and worked as a feature writer, reviewer and copy editor on the news side before moving to the opinion section in July 2011. She handles letters to the editor and edits columns for the Voices page, as well as proofreads the editorial and Perspective pages. Brenda also writes a weekly column that appears on Wednesdays.
Bullies will never find a safe space with me. Maybe it's because I was bullied, but I have the tendency to rear up in defense of someone else who's being bulli…
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