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When media tackles bullies

Angela Espinoza
Contributor

“I worry about the way
information circulates...”

- Olive Penderghast

Yous students and adults
alike have adopted the
pink shirt tradition for Anti-
Bully Day, which celebrated its
seventh year on February 26,
but there is little evidence that
the event’s message carries on
throughout the rest of the year.
There are limited examples in
film and television that display

are, it’s understandable that
more viewable media wouldn't
want to touch the subject—at
least, not seriously.

Generic Disney Channel
shows and the likes of Glee
grossly exaggerate what
“bullying” actually looks like.
Disney shows in particular
glorify characters who are
perhaps meant to be anti-
heroes but are in turn accurate
examples of how a bully would
act.

Of the few examples of
media that fairly represent
bullying, the 2010 film Easy A
comes to mind. The film tells
the story of 17-year-old Olive
Penderghast (Emma Stone),
who lies about losing her

: weeks, finds her high school

: student body is far too intrigued
: and socially aggressive towards

: her asa result. While there

: certainly is a level of wackiness

: on the film’s part, Stone’s

narration throughout the film
provides extensive commentary

: on what feelings can arise from
: bullying and what lengths more
: difficult students (and people

: in general) will go to if they

: are cruel or simply insensitive

: enough.

The 20 documentary Bully

: has also played a large part in

: bringing awareness to what high

: school students endure with

: more severe cases of bullying.

what bullying is actually like for The doc focuses on the suicides

young people, but with cases of: f Tyler Long (1992 ) and
. . : of Tyler Long (1992-2009) an

severe bullying being what they : Ty Smalley (1998-2010), who

: were both quite young, and

: what specific aspects of their

: bullying led them to end their

: lives.

It’s important to note that

: outbursts from one child to

: another are far from what Anti-
: Bully Day is fighting against.

: Rather, it’s the cases of repeated
: and consistent bullying—which
: largely result from not dealing

: with the issue at hand—that

: Anti-Bully Day’s message is

: trying to prevent.

While Easy A and Bully

: may otherwise have very little

: in common, their accurate

: representations of bullying have
: certainly been a wake-up call for
: many in the past few years. But

: where Easy A i iate f
virginity and, within a few short : Wwinere fasy 218 appropriare tor

: teens, who sorely need to hear

the film’s message, Bully has

: the issue of being a restricted
: film in the US (although it was
: released as PG in Canada), as
: it does extensively discuss the
: suicides of two young people.

There also lies a problem

: in how exactly media should

: address bullying. Easy A

: manages to balance out its

: otherwise serious plot witha

: sassy and delightful protagonist.
: Realistically, teens would

: probably be more inclined

: to seea fun film like Easy A

: over an immensely dramatic

: documentary like Bully any day
: of the week. Thus, rather than

: address the topic seriously,

: we then get plenty of film and

: television cases where bullying
: is poorly represented to an

: audience that sorely needs a

: clearer idea of what “bullying”

: can actually look like.

In turn, there needs to

: bea thorough message that

: the way to combat bullying

: is not to bully back, or to not

: say anything—it seems like

: common sense, but what few

: examples such as Glee and

: even Easy A provide is that

: students will actually not

: receive help from their teachers

: or principals. Perhaps that

: message more than anything is

: what makes a day like Anti-Bully
: Day so necessary: not the idea

: that bullying is at an extreme

: high, but the idea that receiving
: help is at an extreme low.

 

Easy A(TOP), Glee (BOTTOM) // By www.screensyndrome.com

Delicious desserts in ‘Recipe to Riches’

» Season three premieres on CBC

Jerrison Oracion
Contributor

Re to Riches is back
and it’s bigger than
ever before. The show’s
third season aired its first
episode on February 26 on
its new network, CBC. The
show began its next search
for a recipe that is worth

$250,000 and will be sold asa
President’s Choice product in :

Loblaw supermarkets.

This season is hosted by
Carlo Rota from CBC’s Little
Mosque on the Prairie and

the judges this time are food
writer Gail Simmons, Vikram
Vij from Vij’s Restaurant
in Vancouver, and Arlene
Dickinson from Dragon’s Den.
In the season premiere,
the show focussed on
everyone's favourite food
item: desserts. In the episode,
viewers are introduced to
Erica Pauze with her maple-
bacon butter tarts, Port
Coquitlam’s Jesse Meredith
with his milk chocolate
raspberry cheesecake bites,
as well as Brad Reinsch with
his coco nut nut bars. Pauze,
Meredith, and Reinsch are

: all trying to win for the
: competition with their recipe.

In the end, Meredith’s

: milk chocolate raspberry

: cheesecake bites—with their
: great design that promises a
: creamy and rich taste—won
: the $25,000 episode prize,

: and are now available at

: Superstore and President’s

: Choice supermarkets. He

: will go on to compete for the
: $250,000 grand prize.

Keep watching Recipe to

: Riches for more delicious new
: foods, soon to be found ina
: supermarket near you.

 

The cast of Recipe to Riches // www.templestreetproductions.com