17 Feb, 2009
domestic violence help helping hands maggie dammit murder suicide safety shelter story telling violence writing for good writing talent
My amazingly talented “bloggy friend” (one of many, wow you people are amazing) Maggie Dammit is deciding to use her talent for good. She’s using her writing, to help those who may feel they’ve lost their voices, are afraid to raise them loudly enough, speak out. She has created
Violence UnSilenced and I’ll let her tell you more herself:
The day I announced I’d be starting a domestic violence blog, I signed up for two Google alerts. Any time the words “domestic violence” and “murder suicide” appeared in the national news, I wanted to know about it. At the time I wasn’t exactly sure what this new blog would be, and I thought the alerts would be a good start, a practical way to stay up to date on blogworthy news items. I thought it would give me ideas. I expected a handful of emails and a truckful of inspiration.
But from day one my inbox was bombarded. In fact, I was so overwhelmingly inundated by domestic violence and sexual assault related emails that I had to cancel the alerts to preserve my sanity. I’m not gonna lie; I felt very discouraged and small. I felt like this was a mistake. I knew this was a huge issue, but I’d never really looked at the Read the rest of this entry »
16 Feb, 2009
cordaround eww facebook marketing metaphor seriously simile soft vagisoft words
So, today’s “random” facebook ad was a departure from the slew of “lose weight for your wedding” themed missives. (Thanks Facebook! runs off in a huff, slamming doors and crying.)
Nope, today, facebook was telling me I needed vagisoft. MUCCCHHH better right? Well yes and no. it’s not what you’re thinking. or is it? Well, anyway, apparently vagisoft is pants (soylent green is people) and they are really really REALLY soft, according to their website, THE CORDAROUNDS BLOG, which, in fact, declares them
softer than a silkworm’s anus.
Seriously. That’s what it said.
And then they illustrated it, here: Read the rest of this entry »
15 Feb, 2009
death father father loss grief healing heart hurt letter to my heart love my love open trying
Blogher, the wonderful Web site for women on all topics, stages, and places in life (and umm, by the way, please clickity click on the ad in the box to the right of this post and the recommended reading below it, brought to you by the one and the same blogher peeps) has introduced and suggested this meme (suggested themes for writing, especially electronically):
Write a letter to your heart
And so it begins… it turns out I had a lot to say: Read the rest of this entry »
