When someone confronts us, or picks on us, our instinct is usually to either get upset and feel small, or to see red and retaliate. For example, one of the most common ‘insults’ I hear of is the age-old, go-to: How would you react to this? 1: Get upset and cry. This is exactly what the bully hopes
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We all assume there are a number of careers that are available to us, and mechanic is not usually one of them. Have a look at Patrice Banks, who says “I couldn’t find a female mechanic, so I became one.” Patrice posted a poll on facebook in 2011 asking her female friends to name their No
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There are some really cool young adult books out at the moment. Have a look at some of our favourites below: The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson: David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real
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Today I was lucky to get to speak with this lovely group of first years in the Presentation Convent Kilkenny. These girls were super smart and very understanding when we had a few technical issues! I asked the girls for some suggestions on how we can make the programme even better and one girl had a great
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Australian teenager Essena O’Neill had over half a million followers on Instagram when she was 18. Her pictures showed her fabulous life, perfect body and amazing wardrobe, until one day she realised that her pics were contributing to the pressure teens feel to have the perfect, but unrealistic life. Essena went back and re-captioned
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Good morning, Its Sunday morning, and you’re probably lying in bed wondering what to do with your day, your week, or your life.Before you decide, watch this video.
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Meet Frostine Shake… Shes a badass. Frostine, 30, from Austin Texas works as a make up artist and model, and is a classically trained ballerina. Having danced from age 6 or 7, Frostine quit ballet as a teenager because of the pressure she felt to be thin. When she was 18, she discovered burlesque dancing and says “I started
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From a young age, I have loved to write, and find writing about my worries helps me get my head straight. I came across this story about a new initiative for young writers today in the Irish Times. Fighting Words is a path to freedom, a resource, a nest, a friend, a challenger, an oasis,
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Love, love, love, love, love this story. Anaya Ellick from Virginia was born with no hands, and recently beat 50 other kids to win first prize in a handwriting competition. Tracy Cox, the principal of Greenbrier Christian Academy in Chesapeake told ABCNews: “There is truly very little that this girl cannot do”. Anaya does not use prosthetic
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We all have body issues, there are aspects of all our bodies that we love, and some that we hate. Heres the thing, our hearts, minds and souls are what makes us special, the body is just the vessel in which all the important stuff is contained. Have a look at the post below by Sarah
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“This is not only an unspeakable tragedy for her family, but also for the school, and the entire community.” On Thursday, a 16-year-old sophomore girl at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware, died after a fight with multiple other students in a school bathroom. “There was an altercation that initially started between two
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Meet the Girls Who Developed the Internet’s Most Talked-About (and Addictive, and Awesome) New Game, ‘Tampon Run’ Oh yeah, Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser are going there. Photos: Nadia Gilbert Real talk: We live in a world where it’s totally cool to run over prostitutes for fun in video games like Grand Theft Auto, but
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62 million girls don’t have access to school Women make up up 70% of those living on less than $1 a day Childbirth is the 2nd leading cause of death of girls between the age of 15 and 19 Do you think these facts are from 1915 or 2015? You might be wrong…..
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Photographer Meg Bitton has shared a photo of a transgender teen in response to controversial laws in the US that force members of the transgender community to use bathrooms that reflect the sex written on their birth certificates. Corey Maison was born male, but is currently undergoing transition with hormone therapy. In the photo, she is wearing makeup, has her golden
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This is hard to watch. Real men read real comments made online to sports reporters Sarah Spain and Julie Dicaro. You can see how uncomfortable they become as they realise the reality faced by some women who are just trying to do their jobs.
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I try to listen to a TED Talk every morning, in order to start the day on a positive note. I came across this gem this morning from Lizzie Velasquez. Born with a syndrome which means she can never gain weight, Lizzie has faced every kind of bullying, including being dubbed the “worlds ugliest
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