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Britney Spears didn’t appreciate Alyssa Milano’s perhaps well-intentioned tweet aimed at the singer.On Dec. 21, Milano took to Twitter, writing, “Someone please go check on Britney Spears.”It seems Spears caught wind of the comment recently and responded to Milano this week, writing on her Instagram Story, “It saddens me to see things about me from people who don’t know me!!! This definitely feels like a form of bullying!!!” She continued, “Ladies, we are supposed to be rooting for one another not pulling one another…

“Teachers who bully students might have a more authoritarian or neglectful leadership style,” researcher says. Credit: Elisabeth Tønnessen / The Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment All over the world, children are being bullied by adults in school. New research now shows that these students could also be at increased risk of being bullied by their fellow students. …

Britney Spears is still cranky about people calling the cops to check up on her — and now she’s directed her frustration toward actor Alyssa Milano, who tweeted more than six weeks ago, “Someone please go check on Britney Spears.” “It saddens me to see things about me from people who don’t know me !!!,” the singer wrote late Tuesday on her Instagram stories, to which she added a photo of Milano’s Dec. 20 tweet. “This definitely feels like a form of bullying !!! Ladies, we are supposed to be rooting for one another not…

Credit: wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock In the academic year 2020–21, there were 1,198 instances of racially motivated bullying reported in Scottish schools—up from 409 in 2016–17. These are the highest recorded figures to date. My research, carried out with colleagues, explores the impact of racist bullying like this—bullying…

Credit: Emerald A new book "Women, Work and Transport" brings together researchers with international expertise in gender and transport work, to provide original evidence of the experiences of women working in all transport modes across countries in the Global North and the Global South. Women play an essential role in the transport…

Merriam-Webster says that the word has lost its teeth as a new, broader definition becomes more common. Image: Sharaf Maksumov (Shutterstock)As conversations around mental health become more normalized, so does the surface-level way we talk about it on the Internet. According to Merriam-Webster, the word “gaslight” is the dictionary’s 2022 word of the year as the nuance and magnitude of the word has been dulled across cyberspace. Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse that can cause a victim to question their own…

The Minnesota Supreme CourtPhoto: Wikimedia CommonsDefamation, an umbrella term encompassing both libel and slander, is a legal doctrine that allows a plaintiff to recover damages if the defendant makes a false statement about them to others, harming their reputation and esteem in the community. However, different rules apply when the statements involve public figures or issues, and what is considered “public” may soon be reassessed by the courts due to the changing digital nature of how news and information becomes…

Growing up means being left out sometimes, especially when friends splinter into new social groups during middle school and teen years. With group chats and social media, kids can more easily see when they’re not part of the crowd.Exclusion can result in hurt feelings, even when there’s no malicious intent behind it. But educators, pediatricians and researchers say online exclusion can be overt, particularly in group texts or chats on whatever platform teens use to communicate and make plans, be it Apple’s iMessage,…

Photo: CHANDAN KHANNA (Getty Images)Parents are calling on Congress to enact stricter rules monitoring kids’ data and accounts on social media, claiming the platforms played a part in causing their children’s harm or even death.In a letter to Congressional members including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), and others, 55 parents wrote they lost their children, listed as ages 10 through 21years old to “fentanyl poisoning…

Credit: Shutterstock Unconscious bias and gender stereotypes are preventing teachers from intervening when they see LGBTQIA+ students being bullied, researchers from the University of South Australia say. In a new study published in the Journal of LGBT Youth, researchers assessed the intentions of 437 Australian teachers to intervene…