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Film, TV, & Music Reviews BY and FOR you

Every week, new films and songs are released around the globe. Throughout the year, TV shows are launched. 24 hours, 7 days a week, you can turn to “Breaking News” on one of the many “news dedicated” cable channels. With all of these mediums constantly changing, how can you stay up-to-date or know how to hold conversations about the shows everyone is talking about? Good news! Now, you have a source to turn to for fun, thought-provoking, and helpful reviews.

Here, you will find reviews from students, educators, and experts. Each review will provide you with an unique perspective relating to how the media and/or entertainment outlet’s production effects society’s views of dating, sex, intimacy, relationships, violence, consent, and sexual assault.

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High school students take action on intimacy & sexual assault!

Too often, the media and entertainment industry (TV news shows, gossip magazines, & online new sources) focuses so much attention on negative and/or dangerous choices male and female teenagers engage in – that they miss a lot of the positive choices high school students make concerning intimacy, dating, sexual activity, and supporting sexual assault survivors every day in our country. We were honored to hear our “Can I Kiss You?” program inspired teenage students in Wisconsin at Lodi High School, Portage High School and Wisconsin Dells High School to continue the messages of “Asking First,” “Opening a Door,” and “Being a Friend” throughout their high school careers. They created an “AWARENESS DAY” at their schools and in their communities. In addition, they are already working on creating ideas for next school year AND concepts to be practiced over this summer which encourage safer and healthier decisions for everyone. They shared pictures with us of males and females taking active roles in making educational posters addressing consent, respect, boundaries, supporting sexual assault survivors ,and dealing with sexual intimacy in high schools. The posters were being put up around the schools AND in popular community places of business for students to see throughout the summer. The teenagers told us the poster making was motivated by the “Do You Ask?” posters addressing consent at http://www.DoYouAsk.org

Regardless of where you are located geographically, send a note to their Principals and give them a big Kudos for being role models to others. Here are the 3 e-mail addresses:

l ovela@lodi.k12.wi.us
exok@portage.k12.wi.us
ckunau@sdwd.k12.wi.us

Share your thoughts and encourage more students to follow these ideas by leaving your comments in the “Leave a Reply” box below.

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“Freedom Writers” Shows the Drive

After recently writing a post about "Passion vs. Drive", the movie Freedom Writers shows us a great example of the difference. While many characters in this movie had passion, one person had the drive to push standards to a higher level. Even more special is the truth component. The movie is based on an actual class. Experts say Freedom Writers is very close to what really took place (not always common in movies "based on a true story").

Don’t worry. I’m not going to go into details on the movie. Go see it. For many people, this movie will be an eye opener on cultural issues in our society and in our schools. Plus — if you love what you do for a living, you will relate to the main character in Freedom Writers.

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