Posted on Nov 27, 2013 in Bullying
This is an extremely delicate topic that requires deliberate thought to be dealt with properly. Tuesday morning a UK journalist got in touch with me for a story she is doing about a local girl, just 15-years-old, who committed suicide in January. It seems her father says part of what contributed to her depression was that she was bullied for having red hair. This comes on the heels of reports that came out less than two weeks ago that a 14-year-old boy in England took his...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2013 in Bullying
While I did not set out to make a film about bullying, anyone who has seen Being Ginger will know that among other things, the film is about the long-term impact that bullying can have on a person (and trying to “get over it.”) I’m not talking about kids calling a redhead “carrot top,” I’m talking about the kind of intense bullying I read about on a weekly basis that ends in 12-year-olds committing suicide, or worse. With Being Ginger I tried to wrap a very serious issue...
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