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    Everyone Knows a Field Person and a Drama Geek Must Not Date

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 2:15AM

    By Christine Schoenwald


    Topics: high school, gay, beards, pseudoyms, strawberry alarm clock, cliques, stoners, go ask alice

    • 39 Ratings
    • 564 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Joy Stealers

    JUNE 22, 2011 9:38PM

    By Amy A


    Topics: i'm getting cranky in my old age and not in a good way, clubs, cliques, friends, to jr and rf who are not osers, i'm okay you suck, you're okay, i'm okay, dr. wayne dyer, endorsed by joan h., inspired in part by ann

    • 31 Ratings
    • 755 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    I am an OS member, but I am not a joiner

    OCTOBER 16, 2010 1:23PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: groups, joining, identity, activities, groupthink, os, cliques, oddballs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2862 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    Bullying has led to a suicide epidemic at my alma mater

    OCTOBER 8, 2010 5:14PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: bullying, suicide, cyber-bullying, mentor high school, ohio, mentor, high school, young people, teens, abuse, verbal abuse, gay-bashing, tyler clementi, diversity, education, schools, teachers, cliques, fitting in

    • 8 Ratings
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    • 10 Comments
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    My teenager decided to move in with his dad. Now what?

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 9:49AM

    By cindy capitani


    Topics: kids, families, growing up, divorce, when kids choose your ex, journeys, coming of age, parenting, cindy capitani, high school, cliques, starting over

    • 34 Ratings
    • 831 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Pilgrims, Outlaws and Pioneers: OS is the Internet Frontier

    AUGUST 17, 2010 12:12PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: open call, blogging, os, inspiration, writing, and dips, cliques, chips

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    John Marshall High School --Part One

    AUGUST 4, 2010 1:15AM

    By Kristie McEwan


    Topics: cliques, teachers, high school

    • 26 Ratings
    • 742 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Beauty, Brains, Brawn and Bravery: A look at OS writers

    JULY 18, 2010 2:30PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: open call, blogging, os, inspiration, writing, chips and dips, cliques

    • 25 Ratings
    • 1013 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Meta-phors of Cliques, Claques, Posses and Personalities

    JULY 18, 2010 11:55AM

    By Matt Paust


    Topics: dippety doodle chickenshit, dumbass cowshit, smart bullshit, just plain bullshit, passive aggressive bullshit, sacred cows, insouciance, righteousness, claques, cliques, posses, meta

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    Poking, Prodding, Praying

    AUGUST 5, 2009 7:08PM

    By Magari


    Topics: cliques, authenticity, open call

    • 9 Ratings
    • 737 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    You're Just Not X Enough.

    JULY 20, 2009 9:11AM

    By dicea


    Topics: society, being green, cliques, human stupidity, the way it is, other affairs of just plain living

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1391 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    My John Hughes Education

    JULY 2, 2009 7:12PM

    By Beth Cone Kramer


    Topics: john hughes, 1980s, the breakfast club, 16 candles, pretty in pink, cliques, high school

    • 20 Ratings
    • 1220 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Civility, Censorship, Emotional Topics/Outbursts on OS

    JUNE 11, 2009 9:29PM

    By jay busse


    Topics: freedom of speech even for ideas that make me puke in my mouth, voices on open salon, os, open salon, thin-skinned, writers, hypocricy, double-standards, cliques, name calling, fathoming the unfathomable, reprehensible topics, dust-up, online battles, flame wars, holocaust deniers should be heard, it helps to shed light in the corners, people who defend killing abortion doctors can talk all they want i just won't listen, os just a slice of life

    • 2 Ratings
    • 485 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    OMG, I'm also one of "those" parents (a new flaw)

    APRIL 9, 2009 7:04PM

    By dogmom


    Topics: social status, cliques, parenting

    • 0 Ratings
    • 332 Views
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    High School Hi-Jinks.

    APRIL 9, 2009 5:06PM

    By ASKaPUNK


    Topics: cliques, punks, high school

    • 4 Ratings
    • 741 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Kindergarten Social Experiment

    MARCH 3, 2009 12:30AM

    By dogmom


    Topics: children, school, social patterns, cliques, family

    • 15 Ratings
    • 834 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Mental Health Checklist, Part One

    FEBRUARY 18, 2009 7:08AM

    By Theodora L'Engle Knight


    Topics: endorphins, mood disorders, motley posses, writing partners, laughing, walk dogs, cliques, the superior people, the freaks, mocking preppy jocks, crew, motley posse, the quaalude, critical tapes, kf--- radio

    • 67 Ratings
    • 3068 Views
    • 99 Comments
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    Sex, crack, OS, a confession

    JANUARY 22, 2009 4:03AM

    By emma peel


    Topics: confessional, good writers, os, sex, crack, cliques, community

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