Arrest Made in Connection to Amanda Todd Cyber Bullying Case
A arrest has been made in the Netherlands in connection to the death of Amanda Todd, a Canadian teenager who committed suicide after chronicling her online harassment.
Nebraska School Gives Most Idiotic Advice Ever to Deal with Bullies
A school in Lincoln, Nebraska is wiping some major egg off its face after a horrible bullying advice flyer was sent home with kids.
Bullied Boy Is Allowed to Return to School With My Little Pony Bag
A 9-year-old North Carolina boy whose My Little Pony backpack were banned by his school because they were a "trigger for bullies" will be allowed to return with the bag, according to school district officials.
Sikh Kids Get Bullied More Than Twice as Much than National Rate
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A recent survey by the Sikh Coalition has found that half of Sikh children and two-thirds of Sikh children who wear their hair in turbans report being bullied at school. The report entitled, "Go Home Terrorist," surveyed more than 700 students in California, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Washington and was included in a…
Florida Mom Arrested After Beating Up 12-Year Old To Stop Bullying
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I first read about fighting fire with fire in an old Tin-Tin comic I had borrowed from the library in the hopes that I would one day be interested in adventure (no. It's the napping life for me). In the comic, Tin Tin sets some grass on fire to put out another fire that is coming towards him and his merry band of…
Nonprofit Gives Free Plastic Surgery to Kids Bullied for Deformities
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A NYC-based nonprofit called Little Baby Face provides free plastic surgery to underprivileged kids who are bullied because of facial deformities. One 15-year-old girl who received a nose job says she had to be homeschooled for three years because of the viciousness of the harassment. She appeared on the Today Show…
TLC's Chilli Asks Media To Stop Bullying Celebrity Kids
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Following a particularly offensive article written about her son, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas of TLC is circulating a petition, asking the media to leave children of celebrities alone.
Mean Girls Arrested for Bullying 12-Year-Old Who Killed Herself
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Two girls — one 14-year-old and one TWELVE-year-old — have just been arrested, and bullying and Facebook played a part in the charges.
On Resisting the Urge to Cyberbully My Middle School Tormenter
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One of my earliest memories is the face of my mother, looking lovingly but sternly into my eyes as she lightly rested her hands on my tiny shoulders. "Be nice, Erin," she said. "BE NICE." She's told me this hundreds of times during my life — and as I've gotten older it's become easier for me to resist the urge to say aloud …
Hours After Twitter's Apology, British Classicist Reports Bomb Threat
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Mere hours after Twitter’s UK honcho Tony Wang apologized personally for the death and rape threats scores of women have received in apparent response to their activism, British classicist and occasional TV presenter Mary Beard received a bomb threat on Twitter, because the world can often be one big, festering pile of …
To Make Sure People Don't Hate You, Don't Be Ugly or Mean at Work
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While the following news may seem a little bit TL;DR/duh/moving on, a new study indicates that if you are unattractive and/or mean at work, your coworkers are more like to be unpleasant to you. Man, I hate high school.
Wisconsin Town Wants Parents of Bullies to Literally Pay Up
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In Monona, Wisconsin, a new law fines bullies — and his/her parents, assuming said bully isn't rolling in petty cash — upwards of $114.
Prosecutor Might Investigate Facebook Staff in Suicide of Italian Teen
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Those persistent Italian prosecutors are at it again, this time pursuing a possible case against Facebook employees for the death of 14-year-old Carolina Picchio, who committed suicide in January after a gaggle of teenage boys that included her ex-boyfriend circulated a video on Facebook of Picchio appearing drunk at a …
Participation in Team Sports May Stop Girls from Becoming Mean Bullies
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For girls in high school, participating in a team sport may help deter bullying and physical violence, though the fascist camaraderie of athletic cooperation apparently does little to dissuade high school boys from bullying and fighting with each other since popular male sports like football have a way of encouraging…
Fox News Says Middle School Anti-Bullying Class Is 'Lesbian Role Play'
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When Bard College students recently held anti-bullying workshops at a middle school on topics like gender identity and consent, instructors split boys and girls into two groups to practice "saying no" in a comfortable setting. Cut to: Fox News claiming that the girls' class promoted "lesbian role play" while boys were…
Anonymous Isn't Releasing Names of Teen Suicide Victim's Rapists...Yet
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The death of Rehtaeh Parsons, the 17-year-old Nova Scotian who committed suicide last week after being gang-raped at a party in 2011 and then cyber-bullied about it for over a year afterwards, is being avenged by Anonymous.
Everyone Talks About Bullying But Sometimes It's Just Plain Old Drama
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Bullying is a problem (related: today's story about 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons, who killed herself after photos of her alleged rape were mocked on the internet for years), but the term is misused so often that it's become somewhat of a useless buzzword. Experts say we need to separate the behavior from what teenagers…
Another Sexual Assault Victim Is Bullied Online After Rape Allegations …
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Right on the heels of the awfulness that was the Steubenville rape case comes a grim report from a small town in Connecticut: two 18-year-old football players from Torrington High School have been charged with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. If that weren't distressing enough, "dozens" of Torrington students…
Teen Girls Charged with Menacing the Steubenville Rape Victim on…
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The morbid parade of awful reactions to the guilty verdicts for two high school football players in the Steubenville rape trial continued into the evening on Monday, with news that two teenage girls were arrested in Ohio for using Facebook and Twitter to threaten the 16-year-old victim.
'Workplace Bullying' May Be the New Sexual Harassment
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"Workplace bullying" is a growing issue, according to the AP, which reports that "it could become the next major battleground in employment law as a growing number of states consider legislation that would let workers sue for harassment that causes physical or emotional harm."