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Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green came together to send a message to California residents urging them to save their education program from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's dramatic state-wide school budget cuts.


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posted by Olivia Mistelle Maxell on April 6, 2010

Most of us have heard the news surrounding 17-year old Constance McMillen in Mississippi.

Seems the the latest in this archaic ordeal is students of the school started a Facebook Fan Page, titled, 'Constance Quit Yer Cryin' and McMillen's school sending her an invite to a fake prom.  She and her (same-sex) date, unknowingly attended while the rest of the student body went to a secret location to the 'real' prom organized by some parents. Constance stated that her fake prom was at a local country club which also happened to trick five other students, as well; two having learning disabilities.


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posted by Olivia Mistelle Maxell Mar 30, 2010 


Phoebe Prince a 15-year-old Irish immigrant, endured vicious and ‘unrelenting’ bullying from 9 other students at South Hadley High School located in Northampton Massachusetts. 

It all came to a head when Prince couldn’t take the abuse any longer and hung herself, in her home, Jan. 14th of this year. 


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Posted by Seana Maloney Mar 24, 2010


Am I wrong when I say that the conservative/tea baggers/republicans base their platform on Christian principles? When did it become okay to represent anyone or any platform by spitting, using racial and anti-gay epithets to bully someone who does not support their policy?


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Posted by Olivia Mistelle Maxell Mar 24, 2010


Recently, Wanda Sykes stated on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, that all disapproval of Obama is just because he’s black and there's absolutely no other reason it could be. That’s just too easy, wouldn’t you say? Now you got to be careful when you criticize or question Obama’s political presence and or decisions because you will very likely be accused of being racist (or a tea-bagger) by at least one person, if not a handful depending on the IQ of the forum


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posted by Olivia Mistelle Maxell 3-18-2010

When I saw the trailer to Robert Pattinson’s new film, Remember Me I didn’t know how to see him as anything other than the blood sucking Edward in the Twilight sagas. I gathered it was a love story after seeing Pattinson and co-star Emilie de Ravin (Lost) kissing and cuddling on a beach. I figured, ‘poor guy has seriously been pigeonholed into teeny girl romantic leads and his career's fate is sealed.’ 


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by contributing writer Seana Maloney 3-17-2010

Leviticus 18:22 seems to be the key verse that is used to condemn gays and lesbians to the eternal fiery pits of hell by anyone who opposes homosexuality. It still amazes me that this verse is different depending on which translation is used.  The King James Version of this verse states, “Thou shall not lie with mankind as with womankind: it is an abomination.”  


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 Posted by Olivia Mistelle Maxell 3-14-2010

The Texas State Board of Education voted Friday to adopt new standards in text book history, economic, and social studies, curriculums. This decision will affect millions of school children across the country grades K-12 for the next decade. Texas is the second largest textbook consumer in the country, so publishing companies tend to distribute the same content to the rest of the states schools. 


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Kathryn Bigelow made history at the 2010 Academy Awards tonight being the first woman to receive the Best Director Oscar for her 2009 debut film, 'The Hurt Locker'. 

Um, it’s about fucking time. I mean 82 years and this is the first time a woman has won this category? 


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 posted by Olivia Mistelle Maxell 2-25-2010

Wednesday, Italy convicted three Google executives of violating privacy laws for permitting a 2006 video of a disabled Italian boy being bullied to be posted online. At the time the video in question appeared on Google Video which is a service now provided by YouTube. 


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by contributing writer:
Jennifer Karen on 3-1-2010

I know this may be a strange topic but one I have always pondered. When is it ok to let cut one loose with a new partner? This question has recently been a thought of mine as I’m leaving the comforts of a marriage and throwing myself back in the dating game. I don’t know why but always in the most inopportune times I get that oh-so-familiar-feeling. 


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