The movie is now looking to for general release in major cinemas.

The film took a hard stand against the current  epidemic of bullying facing youth today. It featured real adolescents and its purpose is to reach out to that age group.

But there’s a big problem… most of these adolescents won’t be able to see the movie.

The MPAA has assessed the documentary with an R rating keeping it out of reach of its intended audience.

The reason for the R? Cussing–mostly used by the kids featured in the film.

The MPAA has a long history of maintaining their status quo as the dominant assessors of a movie’s content, rating films at their own discretion.

The Weinstein Company (backers of the movie) also has a history of fighting against MPAA ratings and has even threatened to leave the system as a whole after this latest defeat.

But should the Weinsteins withdraw from the rating system, it would leave the “unrated” Bully with a challenge.

Theaters aren’t too keen on showing unrated movies because it gives an impression the film’s content is worse than your standard “R” movie.

Do you think dropping a few too many F-bombs in a film is really essential? Or do you think it’s a lame reason to give films such a harsh rating? What do you think of the MPAA’s monopoly on movie ratings?

Navajo Hipsters.

Leave it to Urban Outfitters to get sued by the Navajo Nation for products such as these.

As the Navajo have retained a trademark on their name since 1943, it appears Urban Outfitters may have some hefty damages to pay .

Not only are they treading on trademark toes, they may even be breaking the Federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act, which makes it illegal to suggest that a product is an authentic Native American good.

So how do members of the Navajo tribe feel about this?

In an open letter she wrote to the CEO of Urban Outfitters, Navajo woman Sasha Houston Brown states:

“…as a Native American woman, I am deeply distressed by your company’s mass marketed collection of distasteful and racially demeaning apparel and décor. I take personal offense to the blatant racism and perverted cultural appropriation your store features this season as “fashion.”

Is Urban Outfitters stepping over the line ? Or is litigating little undies a little over the top?

Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow (AKA Dan Perkins) has crafted a humorous take on Rick Santorum’s most recent challenge:

Is this what you’re hearing from Sen. Rick Santorum? How will this affect average voters’ opinions of him and his campaign? As GOP strategist Alex Castellanos reminds us, “Republicans being against sex is not good; sex is popular.”

Furthermore, we’ve already reported on the prevalence of contraception use among men and women––even Catholics. Will this intense focus on contraception help or hurt the GOP in the long run?