This is by far, the most accurate and effective portrayal of bullying I have ever encountered. All of it is there: harassment, destruction of personal property, degradation, violence, and the threat of revenge if you dare say a word to anyone about it.
Please share this with parents, teachers, and students. People need to know what this is like and what can be done about it.
A friend of mine posted about this:
Color me repulsed. What annoys me most about Luhrmann is how he creates these lush, dazzling set pieces, but refuses to let the camera linger on them for anything longer than five seconds. The result is a stylish hot mess of pretty pictures that looks like it was edited by a squirrel on crystal meth.
However, this gives me a perfect excuse to post the Nostalgia Critic’s epic 45 minute review of Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge. Yay!
Who would have known that Critic, of shrill voiced vitriol, had such an impressive singing voice?
“Malia and Sasha, they have friends whose parents are same-sex couples. There have been times where Michelle and I have been sitting around the dinner table and we’re talking about their friends and their parents and Malia and Sasha, it wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated differently,” – President Barack Obama
This is how minds open folks. If you can’t bring yourself to rationalize it to your children, you need to think it over. This is called ‘evolving’, not ‘flip-flopping’.
Dear slam poets who think they are so original when they walk into the audience at open mics,
Watch as Yunus Quddus shows you how to do it properly. Take notes kiddies.
sincerely,
Kris
“I feel the local scene has either decided to put me in a position of ‘hey man, you’re doing it and you’re making a name for all of us’ or put me in a position of ‘man, fuck you and your crew, we’re better than you’…and that’s a beautiful thing. That’s a big part of rap, the competitive spirit pushes you and inspires you to do better than me, and that’s what I want.” – Slug (Sean Daley)
These were taken by, and used with kind permission from Stephanie Bottitta.
No word yet on a new home for Sean Theall’s open mic. I hope he finds one soon. That dude sure knows how to put together a multi-feature.
The other day Poetry At The Main St. Cafe host Sean Theall posted in his venue’s Facebook group that the Main St. Cafe has closed permanently. He is currently working hard at finding a new home for his Poetry Open Mic. This is the same place where I had my first ever poetry feature as part of the Young Lions line up. I sure hope he can find another place soon. I’ll post details as soon as I hear from him.
If you know of any libraries, coffee shops, cafe’s, or any other place in or around North Easton, Massachusetts that would be willing to be a venue for a poetry open mic, please contact me and I’ll forward it to Sean. Thanks.
