Love Revealed The Meaning Of "Retard Girl" In A 1990 Interview With Flipside A Los Angeles Fanzine "'Retard Girl' That's Our Single. It's About Getting Picked On In School Anyone Who's Ever Been Picked On In A Big Way Or A Small Way. I Just Got This Vibe One Day About How When I Was In School I Was Really Shy And Sort Of Picked On And I Swore That I Would Never Pick On People Who Were Picked On."