Taylor Swift strongly discourages bullying through her emotion-filled and story-telling message, "Mean", a song with a strong and clear message only amplified by its tie-in music video. This song was released in 2010, at this time there was a lot of bullying going on; Taylor Swift herself was bullied and criticized, and wanted to send out a message to the ones who were once in her position; she took it upon herself to write this song to send out a message and a hope for change. When Taylor was younger, she was always getting made fun of because she was different. Swift was the nerd who loved country music and being different from others. The audience for this song are the bullies themselves, and the ones being bullied. As of 2010, 160,000 kids miss school every day because they fear that they will get bullied. There’s not only physical bullying but there is cyber bullying, and emotional bullying. Because of social media, cyber bullying has become a lot easier to humiliate people and call them out and point out their flaws. 2.7 million students are bullied every year, and fear of going to class. There are many types of people in this world short, tall, African American, Hispanic, gay, straight etc. Society portrays guidelines as to which you must follow or you are considered weird, and different but not in a positive manor.
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Phoebe Prince was a freshman in high school, and was taunted and threatened by six people, whom they believe led her to her suicide. She was an exchange student from Ireland and had been bullied by two boys and four girls. Until one day she had enough. Princes’ sister found her hanged from the staircase in their house. The family knew right away it was because of all the torture kids had put her through. Her parents went to the school multiple times but yet nothing was to be