What’s In A Bully? The Harm of Loose Definitions and Labels

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Surely we all remember the bullies of our day—the unfortunate among us may even recall being stuffed in a locker, spat on, or shoved to the ground.  And over the years we have been inundated with explicit examples of the bully archetype.  Think Angelica Pickles from “Rugrats” who got a kick out of exploiting and manipulating her cousin and his …

Flint Youth Theatre Partners with MI-YVPC to Talk about Bullying

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By: Corine Rosenberg, UM UROP Student The Hundred Dresses by Mary Hall Surface is a play based on the Newbery Honor Book by Eleanor Estes and is the Flint Youth Theatre’s second production in their 2012-2013 series. The play follows Maddie,  a young girl who finds herself a bystander to bullying, watching her “popular” group of friends tease another girl. …