Topic: Bullying

Canadian Teen Rehtaeh Parsons Commits Suicide After Alleged Gang Rape And Subsequent Bullying

Canadian Teen Rehtaeh Parsons Commits Suicide After Alleged Gang Rape And Subsequent Bullying

A 17-year-old Nova Scotia girl named Rehtaeh Parsons has been taken off life support after attempting suicide several days prior. Since her alleged gang rape a year and a half ago (I have to say “alleged” for legal reasons, but I believe her), she had been dealing with bullying, victim-blaming, and an incompetent police force that refused to charge the boys for their crimes, factors which her mother Leah Parsons believes contributed to her death, in addition to the initial trauma of the rape itself. More »

Were You Bullied As A Kid? I Was.

Were You Bullied As A Kid? I Was.

To announce that I was bullied as a kid, as if I was the first and last to be so, would be insulting to every other person who has ever been bullied. I was not the first, I will certainly not be the last and as long as kids go without appropriate punishment for their actions, which have far too often resulted in those being bullied taking their own lives, it will continue. While my experience isn’t as severe as other stories out there, it is a story worth sharing if only to prove that more needs to be done to stop this fucked up behavior. More »

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