School Trustee Says Gay Students Should Act Less Gay
If you’re a student in Alberta hoping that the school boards will offer some official protection from anti-gay bullying, it looks like you’re going to have to keep hoping. Last…
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The Con Bullies and the Dead Children
Three days ago hundreds of people gathered to remember Port Coquitlam teen Amanda Todd.She would have been sixteen next week, but she killed herself last October after two years of…
Preventing Bullying of Amanda Todd Just As Important As Preventing Her Suicide
Amanda Todd’s death has put the focus on bullying but in only attempting to solve half of the problem, we’re barely solving any of it. Bullying has plagued every generation,…
The Persistence of Misogyny
It has been fashionable for as long as I can remember for bitter males, along with a few reactionary female allies, to claim that the feminist movement not only succeeded…
The War on Bullies and the Harper Cons
Could it be true? Could it really be happening? After all this time. After all those dead kids.Has the death of Amanda Todd ignited a war on bullies? At last.For…
Jian on Bullying for Amanda
Jian’s essay: Amanda Todd, and bullying | Q with Jian Ghomeshi | CBC Radio From the House of Commons Readers are advised not to switch to full youtube view and…
The Con Klowns Strike Again (PG rated)
Gawd. Living in Harperland isn't easy eh?Sometimes you weep, and sometimes you laugh.And sometimes on a day like this one you can do both. Weep for the bullied children of…
The Dead Kids and the Con Bullies
I'm glad to see that the sad story of Amanda Todd is getting so much attention all over the world.An outpouring of grief from around the world continued on social…
The King of YouTube’s Atheist Slime Pit
There are so many triggers here I wouldn’t know where to start in listing them all. From Manboobz: Amanda’s story illustrates what can happen to young girls when sexualized images…
The King of YouTube’s Atheist Slime Pit
There are so many triggers here I wouldn't know where to start in listing them all. From Manboobz: Amanda’s story illustrates what can happen to young girls when sexualized images…
The King of YouTube’s Atheist Slime Pit
There are so many triggers here I wouldn't know where to start in listing them all. From Manboobz: Amanda’s story illustrates what can happen to young girls when sexualized images…
The Bullies and the War on Girls
When I came home from work this evening, the CN tower was still glowing pink in honour of the first ever International Day of the Girl Child.A day to honour…
Friday miscellany…
First, I am sorrow-filled for yet another young person who has taken their own life because of bullying. The message that bullying is not acceptable and can have disastrous impacts…
Sexism: A Call to Arms for Decent Men
Guys, we have a problem. We are letting way too many boys get into adulthood without actually becoming men. We’re seeing more and more adult males around who are not…
Harperland and the Sad Days of August
I hate this time of the year. When you wish summer would go on forever eh? But you know it will soon be over. And as David Frum tweeted recently…
When Assaulting the Homeless is Funny
I don't know whether this video of some loser apparently urinating on an unconscious homeless person is real. The video that lasts 27-seconds shows a young man approaching a man…
Left Over 2012-07-31 11:30:07
Hundreds of women join RCMP harassment lawsuit While reading through the comments posted under this article re the pending RCMP harassment lawsuits, I ran across one comment that was so…
Big boys in big girls’ shoes: the significance of Sharon Needles & RuPaul’s Drag Race
It’s not easy to explain how RuPaul’s Drag Race – especially season 4 – is more than just a bunch of big boys in big girls’ heels, to paraphrase contestant…
Bill 13 and the Victory of the Bullied Children
It seems like it took forever. But tonight bullied children in Ontario are finally a little bit safer. And gay kids have the right to call themselves gay, and form…
Gay is the Word
I was in the gym tonight when Toronto Archbishop Tom Collins came on the television. The Ontario government is currently fine tuning proposed anti-bullying legislation, which of course affects catholic…