Posted by mcclungsonline on January 15, 2012 · 1 Comment
Staten Island teen Amanda Cummings, 15, whose relatives say she was relentlessly bullied, died after she jumped in front of an oncoming city bus. By: Shannon Clarke Feature image via New York Daily News. Another year, another heartbreaking story of a teen bullied so badly, she thought her only option was death. Fifteen-year-old Amanda Diane … Read more
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Posted by mcclungsonline on November 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
It almost seems wrong to call Cat’s Eye a work of fiction when so much of it is relatable.
And the older I got the more complicated it became. You can be pretty but you can’t know that you’re pretty. People can like you but not too much. You can be right but you must always apologize for it…
Filed under Literature, Reviews · Tagged with bullying, Canadian author, Cat's Eye, feminism, fiction, literature, Margaret Atwood, mcclungs, novel, Review
Posted by mcclungsonline on October 28, 2009 · 1 Comment
By: Marlee Kostiner I first heard about sexting while flipping through the channels and stumbling upon Dr. Phil ranting about it last year. In case you are unfamiliar with this wombo (word combo), sexting is a combination of sex and texting, indicating that it refers to the act of sending sexually explicit photographs by cell … Read more
Filed under Miscellaneous · Tagged with boys, bullying, girls, phones, photos, sex, sexting, sexual harrassment, sexuality, text, texting, tweens, young girls
