Positive Youth: A Film of Hope and Caution
By: Shannon Clarke You’re in a nice restaurant, having a great conversation with the person you’ve been out with two, maybe three times when they lean across the table to say, “Before this gets serious, you should know: I’m HIV positive.” Actor Charlie David (Mulligan, Dante’s Cove) knows how he might’ve reacted and isn’t proud … Read more
Amanda Cummings: Bullying in the social media age
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
Lady Sovereign + self-groping = ultra cool
Written by: Ronak Ghorbani A friend recently told me my anti-mainstream porn story (as part of McClung’s winter 2008 debate she-said-she-said section) was a hot topic for a while at Ryerson’s journalism school. Why was my article being talked about? Because I start off with this: Growing up, my mother always told me pornography degraded … Read more
‘Nice ass’… not a compliment
By: Amber Rowe You’re at a party, and you’re a bit tipsy. In other words, you’re feeling good. At least until some guy you just walked by checked you out and said “nice ass”. And girls (holla if you hear me on this one) it rarely feels cool when a strange guy at a party … Read more
