Bully

How Our Society Has Manifested the Bullying Epidemic

Amy Weber | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Teen Suicide, Hate, Bully, Lgbt Teen Suicides, Cyber-Bullying, Suicide, Bullying, Discrimination, Anti-Bullying, Culture News

Bullying is a multi-layered epidemic. It's like a disease that cultivates and feeds off of the bloodline of social acceptance and like-minded opinion, fueled by fear and pain so deep, it is subconscious. But where exactly does bullying originate?

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The Anti-Bullying Movement: What's Next

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Lee Hirsch Bully, Rep Mike Honda, Mpaa Ratings, Education, Cyberbullying, Bully, Bullying, Mpaa, Lee Hirsch, Teachers, Anti-Gay Bullying, Parents News

The American Dream is first ignited in the classroom, and bullying is a clear and present danger to our nation's safety, spirit and competitiveness. Each educator and campus leader has a key role to play in the national mission to create a safe environment for each child.

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WATCH: Bully Cats Attack Peace-Loving Dogs

The Huffington Post | Oliver Noble | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Mashup, Fight, Video, Attack, Bully, Bully Cats Attack Dogs, Dog vs Cat, Funny Videos, Bully Cats, Cat, Cats vs Dogs, Dog, Comedy Original Video, Mashups, Comedy News

Nobody likes a bully. But when they have sharp claws, fangs and a nasty look in their soulless feline eyes, well, it’s just that much worse. This is...

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'90210' Star Michael Steger Reveals He Was Bullied As A Child: 'You Feel Like You're Going To Die' (EXCLUSIVE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Hernandez | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Bullied, Video, Cultura, 90210, Michael Steger, Bully, Celebs, Bullying, Slidepollajax, Latino Voices News

On the CW's hit series "90210," (Tuesdays, 8/7c), Michael Steger plays Navid Shirazi, a rich and confident college student who dates gorgeous girls li...

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Fighting Back Against the Bullies

George Heymont | Posted 05.13.2012

Despite the tendency of many Americans to think that the whole world revolves around them, the phenomenon of bullying takes place in any society where power games lead to one person attempting to dominate another.

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Lord of the Flies? In Abundance

Mike Lux | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Lord of the Flies, Hate Crimes, Bully, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Bully, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Romney went from being the big bully in his high school, to being the cavalier dad who made the family dog ride on top of the car even when it was making him sick, to being the "vulture capitalist" at Bain Capital.

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That Girl From High School Writes

Ann Bauer | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: High School, Carrie, Stephen King, Bully, Bullying, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Junior High School, Home News

If I had one message for all those kids out there, it would be this: I was a hopeless, miserable kid, every single day, for the first 15 years of my life. Then I escaped. And my life has been interesting and satisfying and sporadically fantastic ever since.

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Documentary on Workplace Bullying Presents a Different View

Janice Harper | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Bully, Beverly Peterson, Bullying, Suicide, Gary Namie, Bullies, Workplace Bullying Institute, Ted Genoways, Kevin Morrissey, What Killed Kevin Morrissey?, What Killed Kevin?, Virginia Quarterly Review, Workplace Bullying, Business News

Kevin Morrissey's death cannot be undone, and no suicide is ever fully understood. But What Killed Kevin? provides a starting point for understanding workplace aggression.

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Bullying

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Dr Helene Pavlov, Bully, Hospital for Special Surgery, Bullying, Elder Abuse, Bullying Problems, Stop Bullying, Emotional Wellness, Cyber Bullying, School Bullying, Workplace Bullying, Healthy Living News

Bullying can happen in various forums and to individuals of all ages. Those without a voice, children, teenagers, the physically and mentally challenged, and the shy and timid are all vulnerable and in need of protection.

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Middle School, Bully and What We Should Do Now

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Depression, Cyberbulling, Mental Health, Bully, Bullying, Somatic Symptoms, School Lunches, Mommybloggers, Schoobus, Parenting, Teasing, Education, psychology.suicide, Recess, Middle School, Family, Parents News

Several parts of this documentary made me bristle with fury. I felt both protective of these helpless victims and angry that the adults in charge were mostly dismissive.

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Chicken-Hearted Bullies And Lionhearted Girls

Rev. Peter Baldwin Panagore | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Bullying, Psalms, Cyberbullying, Bully, School Bullying, Religion News

In a town far away, in a town anywhere, out on a rural road. This story is true, and stories like it occur every day.

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The Rise of the Social Change Film, Stand in My Shoes

Anna Reeves | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Self-Preservation, Documentary, Bully, Social Entrepreneurship, Stand in My Shoes, Impact News

Through our film project, Stand In My Shoes, we're taking a hard look at empathy. We're asking, how important is it? What are its limits, especially when pitted against the competing interest of self-preservation?

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Why So Snarky to Those Trying to Make a Difference?

Toni Nagy | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Hbo, Girls, Philanthropy, Bully, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Lee Hirsch, Green Business, Green Living, Media, Business, South Park, Lena Dunham, Hollywood, Class Warfare, Culture News

If you are an unapologetic capitalist you will suffer less public scrutiny than if you are someone who is trying to do something meaningful with your life. The focus morphs from the meaning of the message to suspicions of opportunistic motives.

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Middle School Bully's Paralyzing Punch Nets $4.2 Million Settlement

AP | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Video, Ramsey School District, Syracuse University, New Jersey Schools, Bully, Student Paralyzed, Bullying, Student Attacked, Bullying Lawsuit, Sawyer Rosenstein, School Bullying, Education News

RAMSEY, N.J. — A New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit by a middle school student who was paralyzed when...

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Yes, We Are Talking About It More! That's the Good News about Bullying

Signe Whitson | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Bullying in Schools, Girl Bullying, Bully, Bullying, Friendship & Other Weapons, Bullying in School, Parenting, School Bullying, Parenting Advice, Parents News

The media's recent focus on bullying has given untold numbers of victims -- past and present -- a voice to share their experiences, now that they finally realize that they are not alone.

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Bullying: It Never Gets Better, But We Do

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Bully, It Gets Better, Bullying, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Voices News

I'm glad I was bullied. There, I've said it. I've broken the politically correct cardinal rule; yes, Lady Gaga is gagging right now. Now, I didn't e...

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Bullied To Death In America

Logan Lynn | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Bully, Bullying, Stop Bullying, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Bullying, Lgbt Teen Bullying, Lgbt Bullying, Gay Teen Bullying, Video, Gay Voices News

I went to see Bully this past weekend, and even now I find myself deeply affected. I cried for the parents who have lost their children to bullying, I cried for the bullied subjects in the film, and I cried for myself, having gone through an amplified version of all of this years ago.

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'Bully' Question: How One Father Spoke To His Child About Anti-Gay Abuse

HLN TV | Bert Weiss | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Bully Movie, Bully, Bullying, LGBT Youth, Homophobia, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Youth, Gay Voices News

"Daddy, I don't want to do recess anymore." Those are the words my then eight-year-old sheepishly uttered to me a year ago. I was baffled. My son i...

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A Happy (Sort of) Bully Tale

Karen Bergreen | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Birthers, Mean Girls, Esther Wiliams, Mean-Girls, Kids, Bully, Bullying, Birther, Summer Camp, Parents-Kids, Parenting, Cake, Dara Torres, Parents News

I wasn't cool and she could tell. The fact that I shared her name enraged her. Evidently, it diminished her. She kicked the pine needles in my face and told me she wouldn't call me Karen.

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Bully Will Disturb You and Give You Hope, But Ultimately It Misses the Mark

Ashley Bryan | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Bully Documentary, Bully Movie Review, Lee Hirsch, Bully Lee Hirsch, Bully Review, Bully Movie, Bully, Bullying, College News

I fear instead that those demographics not reflected in the film -- basically everyone except simple small-town folks -- will leave the theater troubled by what they've seen but ultimately detached from the issue.

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The Bully Movement: An Interview With Lee Hirsch

Toni Nagy | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Friendship, Bully, Bullying, Lee Hirsch, Cyber-Bullying, Lee Hirsch Bully, Lee Hirsch Interview, Anti-Bullying, Entertainment News

Where Hirsch's movie is so successful is that it ignites empathy for those that have been bullied and will forever imprint in the minds of those who have seen it.

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Bullying: Why Social and Emotional Learning in Schools Is Paramount to Prevention

Michael Jascz | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Bullying-Education, School Bullying, Bullying, Bullying Prevention, Teen Bullying, New York Schools, Bully, Education News

How does a child reach the point that they become a bully? Could the things our caregivers say and do, while well-intentioned, set the stage for bullying behavior to later surface?

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'Bully' Wins The Fight, Gets PG-13 Rating

The Washington Post | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Bully Ratings Battle, Twc, Harvey Weinstein, Bully, Mpaa, Bully Mpaa, Bully Pg-13 Rating, Weinstein Company, Bully Rating, Bully R Rating, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — The Weinstein Co. says the rating for the documentary “Bully” has been lowered from R to PG-13. The company announced Thursday ...

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Slouching Toward Freedom

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Armchair Activism, Homelessness, Passover Seder, Cyberbullying, Judaism, Bully, Kony 2012, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Jewish Social Justice, Passover, Hunger, Poverty, Religion News

It will take more than armchair activism, eating a piece of matzah or simply retelling a story. As we enjoy the bread of freedom, we need to realize in school hallways, on streets and in jungles the world over many are forced to eat the bread of affliction, if they eat at all.

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Is Your Kid Mean?

Christine Carter, PhD | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Kindness, Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Bully, Compassion, Teaching Kids About Bullying, Bullying, Parents News

Here are five things we can teach our children so that they are kind and compassionate.

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