Tag Archives: bullying
Quick Hit: The Upside of Ugly
TweetWe’re a few days late highlighting this, but it’s just too good not to share. Jessica at The Nation responds to the 14-year-old girl was recently given $40,000 in free cosmetic surgery because she was being bullied for having ears that stuck out: As my friend writer Jaclyn Friedman once said to me, the problem isn’t that [...]
Proposed bill in Tennessee would essentially legalize anti-LGBTQ bullying
TweetNo joke. Former Republican Senator David Fowler is pushing the Tennessee legislature to take up a new bill he’s proposed that would create a loophole in the current anti-bullying policies in the state that would — rather than protect students from being bullied — protect students’ right to bully. TPM reports: The proposed bill would [...]
New Study: Sexual harassment prevalent in grades 7 to 12
TweetThe New York Times reports: Nearly half of 7th to 12th graders experienced sexual harassment in the last school year, according to a study scheduled for release on Monday, with 87 percent of those who have been harassed reporting negative effects such as absenteeism, poor sleep and stomachaches. On its survey of a nationally representative [...]
On Spirit Day, push for enumerated anti-bullying policies
TweetToday is the nation’s annual Spirit Day. Today, I think of 18-year old Tyler Clementi, 11-year old Carl Walker-Hoover, 13-year old Asher Brown — or 15-year old Jamie Hubley, who ended his life just this past weekend because of anti-LGBT bullying. While the major “ask” on Spirit Day is for folks to wear purple in [...]
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