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The article is here. Sign the petition here.
Don’t Expel Bullied Gay Teen!
Darnell “Dynasty” Young has been bullied for months — it has sometimes gotten so bad that he has thought about suicide.
His mother contacted the school but instead of taking appropriate action, asked Darnell to “tone down” his accessories. That is victim blaming.
Not knowing what to do, his mother sent him to school with a stun gun because he didn’t feel safe. On April 16, 6 students surrounded him threatening violence. He pulled out the stun gun and raised it in the air, setting off an electric charge. He did not use it on anyone — he simply scared them away, protecting himself.
Young was soon arrested and taken away in handcuffs. He is now facing expulsion from the school.
Please tell Arsenal Technical High School to not expel Young — who hurt no one and was just trying to protect himself — and to change their school’s bullying policy to offer more protection for LGBT youth. No one should feel unsafe at school!
— Brittany
Please re-blog and actually sign it. There is an option for your name NOT to be displayed online so, your safety is not an issue :) Petitions like this can in fact change the usual course of action…
This only has 66 signatures, y’all.
HELL YES, LET’S PUSH IT OVER 10,000!
Source: foreverliberal
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This can keep me up for days.
And I can still never find an answer.
Do people who fall into temptations to drinking and smoking automatically lower in worth to people who stay above the influence? Is that the message you have to spread if you want people to stay above the influence?
But there are so many grey areas! Not that there is a formula for the justification of drinking and smoking at a young age (if any justification at all), but what about the hardships of being raped, or having no money, or being abused, or being expected to be something you’re not? And don’t forget the different thresholds! A broken nail may affect someone a whole lot more than someone else worrying about other things. You may just say that that’s bullshit and there should be no tolerance for that kind of pain but what can you do? They were raised that way! That’s like saying everyone in America, even the ones that are homeless can’t possibly complain because you know what, someone else definitely has it worse than them in Asia or Africa. All these lines and these “certain extents” are so complicated, it hurts to formulate an opinion without seeming ignorant.
What about the people that want to get out of the drinking addiction but can’t? Does that mean they’re weak? Are you supposed to tell them that you thought that “they were better and stronger than that” to motivate them? What if they know all those things and they just feel so pathetic for not being able to climb out of the dark themselves? Are they truly weak now? Will they forever be until they stop?
I’ve been exposed to so many things this year and I’ve been proved to be ignorant about all the opinions I’ve formed about those things. I don’t know what to think or what to say anymore because I don’t want to hurt any more people.
All I got to say is that I have faith. I believe that I will form a spine, I believe that I will eventually be ok with the thoughts that make who I am, I believe that people will turn out for the best, I believe that people will get through their hardships, I believe I believe I believe.
Sigh, I want to have faith.
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The Power of Tumblr. The Beauty of Strangers.
My name is Ray Stoeser. I am a high school teacher living and working in Detroit. Below is a testament to the power of Tumblr and social networking. Most importantly it is about how 554 complete strangers helped change the lives of my Detroit students.
The Power of Tumblr. The Beauty of Strangers.
This actually warms my heart a little bit.
Source: detroitsomething
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Hey guys! Sorry its been so inactive around here. I’m slowly but surely getting finished with my finals.
Anyway, I found this and thought I had to share. The way body language can tell how a person is really feeling is something that I consider very interesting. I think it would be a great way to show, in a subtle way, how a character is really feeing.
Hope its useful! And good luck with finals! Hopefully, this place will be a bit more active once summer kicks in.
THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME
Source: fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment
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why a lot of POC, namely black folk, don’t want to ally with many white outs anymore.
seriously
trying to appeal to the oppressor’s morals has time and time again proved DEADLY.
Just a thinker…….
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Damn, you’re so beautiful.
Your intentions are so gorgeous. Your humor is captivating. Your intelligence is arousing. I could spend hours just listening to you speak. Your mind inspires me to want to do something more. The reason you are on this earth alone and what you want to do with your existence warms my whole conscience. You are so beautiful.
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