This article originally appeared on VICE Indonesia. Two decades ago, the film Fight Club, adapted from Chuck Palahniuk’s novel of the same name, portrayed fights as a means of escapism for the working class to resist capitalism. Even before that, some six decades ago, Muhamad Abdullah Maksum Jauhar, known affectionately…
By Reuters 17 October 2019 KUALA LUMPUR—Technology could help Myanmar fight a rise in rape cases, said an award-winning entrepreneur who is using augmented reality (AR) to bring sex education to the socially conservative country. The rape in May of a 3-year-old girl at a private nursery in Naypyitaw has sparked outrage, prompting thousands…
The mother of a Brisbane girl snatched from Kmart and sexually assaulted says her child is coping “fairly well” despite the terrible crime committed against her. Sterling Mervyn Free was last week jailed for a maximum of eight years after abducting and sexually assaulting the seven-year-old girl in bushland near…
NEW YORK (AP) — Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use. It was the largest single-year increase in the survey’s 44-year history, far surpassing a mid-1970s…
Plus: Safe Routes to School Forum on Saturday; Mental Health Fair scheduled | Published: 2019-10-17 20:00 Middle school students receive free iPads Through a new partnership with Verizon, more than 3,000 students at Argyle, Forest Oak and Neelsville middle schools recently received free iPads. The partnership provides free internet access…
Monica Lewinsky Theo Wargo/Getty Images Monica Lewinsky Related Content (CNN) – A new anti-bullying PSA video produced by Monica Lewinsky allows watchers to briefly experience cyberbullying firsthand. “The Epidemic” begins with a short video that shows Hailey, an American teenager, suffering from an unknown virus. She’s a regular teenager —…
Parenting We asked about everything from parental involvement to screen time, from extracurriculars to expectations to sex ed. They had a lot to say. Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! Philadelphia teachers tell all. Photograph by Stevie…
A woman who claims she was raped by a fellow student has accused the University of Birmingham of failing to investigate – because the attack took place off campus. The alleged victim says the attack took place following a night out at Pryzm in the city centre almost two years…
New state-funded SRO’s hit the halls in elementary schools by The Press and Standard | October 18, 2019 5:00 am Last Updated: October 16, 2019 at 12:48 pm The four new school resource officers hired as a result of a grant from the S.C. Department of Education’s School Safety Program…
Self-portrait, Financial District, San Francisco, 1973. © Michael Jang. He spent 40 years documenting the street life and subcultures of the Bay Area, but kept his work hidden. Discovered by SFMoMA in 2001, Michael Jang’s vast archive now forms a new book and his first major retrospective, giving a rare…
