By Katie McCabe on November 25, 2011
Anyone who knows me knows I think banning of books is pretty stupid. If you don’t like what’s in a book, then don’t read it. In fact, by not buying it you’re already making a statement with your wallet.
Posted in Censorship | Tagged banned books, banning, bloody mama, censorship, Katie McCabe, LK Gardner-Griffie, Misfit McCabe, New Zealand, Radio New Zealand News, Robert Thom, Tattered |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on November 4, 2011
Having been a soda-holic at one point in my life… okay, let’s be honest for most of my adult life… I found this article on the consumption of sugary soda highly interesting.
Posted in Underage Drinking | Tagged characters, LK Gardner-Griffie, soda, soda consumption, teen drinking, teen drinking habits, violence, Writing |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on November 3, 2011
When someone uses their celebrity to help address one of my pet issues, it makes me feel good. That they use their pull and tap into their fanbase to raise awareness about the issue, such as bullying, it gives me hope that something positive will come out of it.
Posted in Bullying | Tagged anti-bullying, Berkman, Born This Way, Born This Way Foundation, bully, bullying, Jamey Rodemeyer, Lady Gaga, LK Gardner-Griffie, MacArthur Foundation, The California Endowment |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on October 2, 2011
Bullying is a hot topic these days. As a nation, we’re grappling with how best to stop bullying and yet more cases are jumping into the public eye. Recently the case of Jamey Rodemeyer has been making headlines, because bullying drove this fourteen-year-old boy to take his own life.
Posted in Bullying | Tagged Brandon McInerney, bullies, bully, bullying, Lawrence King, Lawrence King shooting, LK Gardner-Griffie, middle school violence, mistrial, trial, victim |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on September 13, 2011
When I saw the article title at first I thought I had misread it. I looked again. Nope. It said what I read the first time. Lawyer wants to ban Pledge of Allegiance in schools; claims it’s bullying.
Posted in Bullying, Censorship | Tagged beverly cleary, brookline ma, bully, bullying, catch-22, joseph heller, LK Gardner-Griffie, patriotism, pledge of allegiance, ramona the pest |
By Katie McCabe on August 10, 2011
This is hard. I’m struggling to find the words I want to say.
In July, after reading about Samuel and Takeimi, I couldn’t stop thinking about them.
Posted in Death, Underage Drinking | Tagged alcohol, Arman Partamian, Brett Elder, Dayne Cutler, death, Dylan Lyford, Elizabeth Mun, George Desdunes, Jason Wren, Joe Loudon, Karen Kappelman, Katie McCabe, Lexi Hagen, LK Gardner-Griffie, Mackenzie Frazee, Makamae Ah Mook Sang, Misfit McCabe, Olivia Hyten, Paris Shorter, Samara Stricklen, Samuel Hayes, Scott Roberts, Shelby Lyn Allen, Takeimi Rao, teen drinking, Underage drinking, Warren Kimber |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 9, 2011
This is a continuation of Stop the Insanity – Part I so if you haven’t read it yet, you might want to click the link #justsayin. Back to the insanity of banning Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler.
Posted in Censorship | Tagged Book banning, censorship, Kurt Vonnegut, Laurie Halse Anderson, LK Gardner-Griffie, Republic MO, Sarah Ockler, Slaughterhouse-five, Speak, Twenty Boy Summer, Wesley Scroggins |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 8, 2011
The world is an insane place. That is the only explanation I can come up with. Back in September 2010, a man by the name of Wesley Scroggins stirred up the people of Republic, MO by asking that Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler be banned from the schools.
Posted in Censorship | Tagged Book banning, censorship, Kurt Vonnegut, Laurie Halse Anderson, LK Gardner-Griffie, Republic MO, Sarah Ockler, Slaughterhouse-five, Speak, Twenty Boy Summer, Wesley Scroggins |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 6, 2011
One of my goals is to share real world experiences along with thoughts and articles about the issues which crop up in my writing. And to do that, my plan was to contact people and ask them to share some of their experiences…
Posted in Bullying | Tagged Armijo High School, bullies, bully, bullying, Cecil, High Functioning Autism, intolerance, life experience, LK Gardner-Griffie, reality check |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on July 28, 2011
The Children’s Court president judge said the only option for the offences committed was a year of detention. I’m a little underwhelmed by the decision, if in fact detention is the same thing in Australia as it is here. Here’s the thing… a 16-year-old boy decided to “impersonate” a bully…
Posted in Bullying | Tagged abuse, Australia, bully, bullying, cyberbullying, FaceBook, LK Gardner-Griffie, sexual predator, teens |