A Memphis high school is under press scrutiny after a video entitled "Mitchell High School Memphis … Rape Dat Ho" turned up on YouTube. In the clip, several teenagers simulate rough sex while peers cheer them on. Although the clip was flagged as offensive and then removed from the video sharing site, another soon took its place, this one featuring teens humping the floor a la Peer Pressure, all the while in full view of adults.

Mitchell High School administrators have confirmed that both incidents took place inside the school's gymnasium, but, as you might expect, they are hesitant to take the blame for the act. According to a statement released by Memphis City Schools, it's THE MEDIA that's making these children play rape:

Pop-culture, the Internet and mainstream media greatly influence the activity and behavior of today's youth. We trust that our partners in education — parents, guardians and school families will continue to reinforce to children the appropriate way to conduct themselves before, during and after school hours.

Clearly, "Accepting Responsibility 101" is not part of the Mitchell High School curriculum.

It's the slept-on Times piece I can't stop telling people about. A Dublin-born woman named Caroline Duggan has started an Irish dance troupe at PS 59 in the South Bronx, a school where 98 percent of the population is black or Hispanic. The kids, most of whom were attuned only to hip hop dancing or the merengue prior to Duggan's arrival, absolutely love it.

I love the story. Is it because it's yet another piece of evidence proving cultural norms can be transcended and reworked? Perhaps in part, but it's also because the kids are so damn cute.

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Over dinner (and drinks, obviously) this weekend, the age-old Tootsee Roll vs. Butterfly question came up — namely, what the hell is the difference between the two? Naturally, this spurred numerous attempts to physically clarify the subtle variations. Hilarity ensued. I was somehow able to bring everyone around to my side, but when I got home and YouTubed the 69 Boyz "Tootsee Roll" video, I realized I was horribly wrong. I'm nothing if not persuasive, even when I have no clue what I'm talking about. Sorry guys!

Anyway, as ridiculous as we looked butterfly-ing at dinner and as crazy as the people in this video might appear, the average Soulja Boy session is far, far worse. We get older, but the dances get younger…

I might have expressed my unnatural love for reality shows featuring dancing once or twice here on Stereohyped, so you must understand that MTV's Making The Band series is a favorite of mine. And, since I am a fan of the dance, you must also understand that I find Laurie Ann Gibson, endlessly entertaining.

From her opening line, a glee-filled shout telling us that "[we] already know," to her boom-cat-cat sound effects, delivered with such passion that she lost her voice, Laurie Ann is, if I may quote Ne-Yo here, a movement by herself. A totally imbalanced but talented movement.

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