PETITION: Stop the prosecution of an 18 year old girl in a same-sex relationship 

A Florida family says their 18-year-old daughter was charged with a felony and expelled from high school as a result of a consensual, same-sex relationship with another student.

Kaitlyn Hunt started dating a female classmate at the beginning of the school year when she was 17 and the girl she was dating was 15. According to an account posted to Facebook by Kaitlyn’s mother, in February, just after Kaitlyn turned 18, she was arrested on felony charges at the behest of her girlfriend’s parents. The specific crime was “sexual battery on a person 12-16 years old.”

Kaitlyn’s mother believes the charges were motivated by anti-gay animus:

They were out to destroy my daughter, they feel like my daughter “made” their daughter gay. They are bigoted, religious zeolites [sic] that see being gay as a sin and wrong, and they blame my daughter.

But Kaitlyn’s problems did not end there. Her girlfriends’s parents appealed to the school board and had her expelled from Sebastian River High School. Kaitlyn’s mom reports that the State Attorney, Brian Workman, has offered Kaitlyn a plea deal of “of two years house arrest and one year probation.” Kaitlyn has until next Friday to accept the plea deal or face a trial.

The family has started a petition calling on the state attorney to drop the charges against Kaitlyn.

THINK PROGRESS

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ATTN WINDOWS 7 USERS: Microsoft advises that you uninstall update KB 2823324 IMMEDIATELY 

fierydances:

Microsoft released an update recently for Windows 7: KB 2823324, and they’re advising you to uninstall it IMMEDIATELY. why? the article linked above explains it better than i can but long story short: IT IS VERY BUGGY AND CAN MESS UP YOUR COMPUTER TO THE POINT OF IT NOT STARTING UP. this is annoying as hell and i’m sure several of you have already experienced this hell (i haven’t because i saw this article on time, thank goodness). if you’re having trouble finding it or even having trouble booting up your computer, here are some ways to get rid of it:

TO UNINSTALL IT IF YOU HAVEN’T FALLEN VICTIM TO THE BUGS:

1. go to Control Panel > Programs and Features
2. look on the left sidebar. go to View Installed Updates.
3. search for “KB2823324” (make sure KB is in there, otherwise it won’t be recognized)
4. uninstall it and restart your computer.

TO UNINSTALL IT IF YOU HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO THE BUGS:

1. restart your computer by presing the F8 key
2. select Repair Your Computer; select language and log on
3. select System Restore
4. start up your computer normally. doing this should uninstall KB2823324.

SIGNAL BOOST. SPREAD THIS SHIT LIKE WILDFIRE.

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Come back to me, I had something for this. 

damnitfeelsgoodtobeafangirl:

sterlingarcherdraperpryce:

Oh, hello there, Sterling Archer Draper Prycer!  I know what you’re here for; you came here for hilarity, and indeed, you’ve been most patient.  Alas, “Karen,” (alias legally required), the funny lady who authors this tumblr, was the victim of a horrific kidnapping, robbery and rape last month.  I know, I know, it’s a bummer: http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/3-accused-in-Garden-District-rape-plead-not-guilty-Wednesday/-/9853400/19204428/-/dtm423z/-/index.html

But as always when shit gets traumatic, good people step up.  This has happened in these two demonstrable ways:

1. Friends have started a fundraiser for her recovery and aftermath costs that’s doing pretty well by initial standards, but actually needs more to allow her just to break even.  (Did you know that being forcibly raped by strangers is super expensive?  Neither did we!  HIV/STD prophylaxis, medical co-pays for 1 millionish appointments, relocation costs when your home becomes a crime scene, etc; and on top of everything, it turns out Stabler and Benson are fictional, and thus of no use).  If you want to kick a few bucks her way so that she doesn’t become a cautionary tale about how getting raped = debt, that would rock: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-nola-s-most-badass-assault-survivor

2. Here’s an exclusive picture of Pam the Archer crew drew just for her. The note with it said, “The thought behind the picture was to keep fighting as she recovers. To not let anything stop her. That’s how I feel about Pam. Whatever terrible things happen to her, she gets back up eventually, stronger than ever.” It rocked our freaking world, and we hope it rocks yours too.  Special props to Amber Nash, voice of Pam, who sent a “holy shitsnacks!” short to “Karen” to show her support for her blog and her triumph over some serious shit[snacks].

Despite all this, “Karen” will be churning out new content imminently and giving you better mashups than ever. In the meantime, if you are inclined to toss some love her way via comment or fundraiser contribution, please step forward for the good karma you so richly deserve.  That link again is: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-nola-s-most-badass-assault-survivor

And that’s all you’ll hear about that or anything non-SAPD-related; this tumblr is here for your mashup amusement, and we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming shortly — and permanently.  Life goes on.  Thanks for reading.

<3 SAPD

Guys, donate to this amazing woman. I got to be apart of the Floyd County video with Amber Nash and I am SO glad to hear that us doing what we do helped even just a little bit. I’m gunna go put my money where my heart has been since I heard this story and ya’ll should go do the same.

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Steubenville’s Jane Doe asked people to do something… 

createourownlight:

I’ve never asked anyone to reblog anything before, and I probably won’t again. But I am now - because this matters.

The Steubenville rape victim, when offered money for her legal expenses or counselling, asked that people donated to a shelter for abused women and children in her county,  Madden House, instead.

Her attorney spoke in a local news article on why the family wanted this, and said they hope very much that “the attention … can help other people that have been victimized by this type of crime,” Fitzsimmons said, “and give them some strength and some assurance that people are there to help them when that happens.”

You can donate as little as $2 via your Paypal account to Madden House. (You can also navigate their website from that link, to be sure it’s a charity you can also believe in.) When I donated back in January, they had a message up that said, “Every single cent says, ‘We believe you, and we care.’” They had to remove it almost at once. I’m sure you can deduce the reasons why, in a case where even her status as “victim” was challenged before the trial.

Madden House and the Family Violence Project helps anyone, men included, but they have a strong focus on families, and on low-income women, especially those from the African-American population.

The best way to show you support Jane Doe is to make a donation, however small and leave a Paypal note when you do saying “In the name of Jane Doe, Steubenville.” They are telling her how many people donate in her name so it’s a direct way of letting her know. Even if all you can afford is a dollar, a thousand Tumblr users donating that is a thousand dollars for abuse victims. And it’s also a thousand people telling her directly that they, unlike the likes of CNN and her erstwhile “friends”, care about her, support her, and believe in her. It’s what she has actually asked people to do. In a case where she has been so effectively silenced and sidelined, I think acknowledging she’s been heard is particularly important.

I think it says so much about this girl and her parents, that when met with offers of serious money they immediately asked that it went to a charity that helps other victims of violence instead. They are extraordinary people in my opinion, and that’s why she had the strength to come forward. Jane Doe may well not have been speaking up only for herself. She has very possibly saved others with her courage. She deserves so much more respect than the mainstream media have given her.

If you can’t donate, I really do understand. I’ve been broke before too. But please, do reblog. Get the message out. There is a genuine, positive way to support the victim, in the way she has asked for, and this is it.

Sorry it’s so long. There are so many scams online that I wanted to provide ample links, so there can be no doubt this is legit. Please, if you can, donate/reblog. Show Jane Doe what you think of her.

EDITED: to remove a link, partly because it was very triggery, and partly as a (very graciously worded) asker said, it’s actually not good to post images of her that night now, when there’s no longer any need to do it to raise awareness. It’s not respectful of her.

mxtori:

fiercenyc:

The NYPD has declared a portion of Flatbush a “Frozen Zone”, meaning media are not allowed in and people can be subjected to arrest for not following police orders. It basically means the area is under temporary martial law. The last times the NYPD declared a Frozen Zone was on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and during the beginning of OWS.

Please call 311 to demand that everyone in connection to tonight’s Kimani vigil/march be released from the 71st precinct in Brooklyn. There’s one Malcolm X Grassroots Movement member arrested & two Justice Committee (JC) members arrested. A ton of community members who were at the vigil/march were also arrested. If you have friends/family in NYC please tell them to call 311. If you live in NYC please call 311. Let’s get them free! Please share!

NYPD decided not to release community members and Cop Watchers arrested at the vigil for Kimani “Kiki” Gray. Please call 7182502001 to demand NO charges be brought against all arrested

COMMUNITY ALERT: Please call the DAs office and ask them NOT to charge members of the community! It is our right to assemble and it is NOT against the law to record the police. 

SIGNAL BOOST THIS!

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ereyes312:

drstranqee:

It’s crazy how real life just got after high school. I graduated with this dude, we talked from time to time but wasn’t close. He has a rare heart disease if you have a heart please donate! He needs $750,000. He has 18 days left. It does not matter about the amount, the thought counts!

Here’s is the link…

http://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/3812/johnnyshearttransplant

DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! DONATE!

 

He’s at $2,634!  Please donate if you can!  If you can’t, then reblog!

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cognitivedissonance:

ikenbot:

#BrooklynProtest

Because even when journalism is hijacked by authority, it’s up to the community to use their voices and become the journalists.

YES.

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tranqualizer:

HELP ME SAVE MY LIFE

[Jessica is to the left of the photo, to the right is her mother, Silvia] 

Jessica’s Story

My name is Jessica Sánchez-Rodriguez and I am an undocumented, disabled 18 year old currently living in Charlotte, NC with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. 17 years ago I crossed the border with my mother, Silvia, in order to receive life saving medical treatment. For years I was traveling to Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Greenville, South Carolina, a two and half hour trip from my home, in order to receive medical care. Because I am undocumented and no longer a minor I no longer have access to the medical help I received before.

I have been living in the United States since I was 11 months old and have been educated here for 13 years. My parents, while undocumented, pay taxes yet I am still unable to receive government help. Access to Medicaid right now would mean that I would not have to continue to wait for an emergency surgery that would save my life.

Right now I need an emergency surgery to connect a catheter to my bladder and without financial assistance a surgery like that will cost my family $45,000 dollars.

I am starting this fundraiser because I want to do whatever it takes to get this surgery. $45,000 is not something we can afford on our own. Please donate whatever you can and help me save my life.

~Jessica

Advocates from all across the U.S are saying that 2013 is the year for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, as communities are organizing to ensure that all 11 million undocumented immigrants have a just pathway to citizenship, Jessica is one of millions of immigrants who is blocked from health services only because she lacks a social security number. Not having access to social services also means that she can’t get financial assistance to pay for a much needed, life saving surgery. Jessica cannot continue to wait.  

WHAT’S IN THE $55,000 GOAL? 

$45,000 for the surgery

$10,000 to cover specialist/doctor costs for follow ups and the fees charged by WePay/GoFundMe

Need to know more about spina bifida and hydrocephalus?

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misandrwitch:

misandrwitch:

Hello all! I am trying to sell this colour nook, i bought it maybe 2 years ago and have hardly used it. It has some finger smudges on the screen and the cord casing has a chip in it but otherwise it’s mint friends

I’m selling it for 100$ plus you will have to pay for shipping especially if its outside of canada. Sorry! I can’t afford to pay shipping right now.

Please PM me if interested!

hey guys i need 150$ by March 8th or im going to collections and my credit is gonna be fucked up please if anyone wants or needs a nook ive got this one in really really good condition

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Important: I Need Surgery 

sirkrt:

sirkrt:

This is an extremely personal post that has taken me months to get the courage to make. Every time I began to, I felt too guilty and decided against it. Moreover, making this post means I give up my anonymity. But this is the only option I have left.

I will save everyone the sob story because, honestly, I don’t have the strength to get into it.

I need a double incision mastectomy. The cost of the surgery is $6,950. (NOTE: This does NOT include after care or recovery)

I am also unemployed and I have been actively seeking work for the past two years. 

Please, please, PLEASE spread the word around. While this surgery is not a life or death situation, it will take away the emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion I face on a day to day basis.

Thank you everyone for your time. I love you and appreciate you all dearly.

UPDATE:

**PLEASE NOTE**
I noticed several people assume this surgery is because I have breast cancer. That is NOT the case!! 
Click here to read about the procedure.

I’m sorry for the confusion, and thank you everyone for your support thus far!

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carr-ion:

lifelessxvxpageants:

Hey guys,

This person here decided it would be a really awesome idea to light a flare in a moshpit leaving a girl severely burnt and disfigured. He has not come forward and police are still trying to find him. Share this photo around, if you recognize him please tweet AJ from Soundwave @iamnotshouting and/or contact the Sydney police immediately.

If someone lit a flare at a concert you were at and it left you burned and probably permanently damaged wouldn’t you want the person who did it to be apprehended I don’t understand why more people aren’t reblogging this

(Source: placidfaces, via foundorfollowed)

dillmount:

hi again.

my name is sam, and due to some shady situations i’d rather not detail regarding my work life and the way my landlord is charging for rent/utilities, it’s very possible that as it stands i may not make rent this month.

my rent is 550 dollars. my utilities are…fucked up and unspecified even to me. i’m not even on any kind of lease yet, which means my landlord is free to kick me out at absolutely any time with basically no cause. but because i’m not on a lease, i think i can get away with not having much/anything for utilities on the first, given that i also have nothing written down (or even said to me) stating any kind of cost for anything but base rent.

my bank account is currently at -230 dollars. on the first, the same day my rent is due, i will be receiving a check for about 200 dollars. i have 105 dollars in cash in hand at this very moment, and will be pawning a few of my things tomorrow for what i estimate to be about 200-250 dollars.

all that math added up means if i don’t make any more money between now and the first of the month, i will be about 275 dollars short. now i plan to use every available plan on the face of this earth to earn as much as i can of that in the next week, including but not limited to responding to literally every odd job i can find on craigslist, but the truth is i’m scared shitless. i’m really, really scared, most of all, that if i can’t come up with the money my decidedly absent land lord will not be kind enough to hear me out re: my kind of fucked situation at my jobs, and will simply unceremoniously kick me out.

i have literally nowhere else to go at this point. i am alone in this city, and basically the only person i know is my current roommate, who is in a somewhat similar situation to me re: money and so can’t help me, and i wouldn’t dream of asking him.

so this isn’t the first donation post i’ve made. being poor and making 7 dollars an hour at a part time job is kind of hard. i’ve needed to ask for help a lot. i needed to ask for help more than i can stomach. this is pretty much killing me at this point.


i’m not asking for bulk donations. i don’t want that, i feel like that would make me uncomfortable. but i’ve seen posts get 1000+ individual notes in just a few days. if only 275 people donated exactly 1 dollar, i would be saved. you will have literally saved me.

so…here’s me asking for help, again. and i’m sorry that i’m doing it, but i refuse to be out on the street again. so i’m swallowing what last bit of pride i had. and i’m really, really sorry for basically always cluttering your dashes.

thank you to anyone who reblogs this or donates anything. it really means the world to me, i can’t stress that enough.

here’s the paypal donation link:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LPBF4NDGB8KG6

(Source: shmotguy, via donotchoosesidesyet)

Important: I Need Surgery 

sirkrt:

This is an extremely personal post that has taken me months to get the courage to make. Every time I began to, I felt too guilty and decided against it. Moreover, making this post means I give up my anonymity. But this is the only option I have left.

I will save everyone the sob story because, honestly, I don’t have the strength to get into it.

I need a double incision mastectomy. The cost of the surgery is $6,950. (NOTE: This does NOT include after care or recovery)

I am also unemployed and I have been actively seeking work for the past two years. 

Please, please, PLEASE spread the word around. While this surgery is not a life or death situation, it will take away the emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion I face on a day to day basis.

Thank you everyone for your time. I love you and appreciate you all dearly.

(via heartwolf)

Please help if you can. 

elfstaranymore:

I have increased my GoFundMe goal to $1200 in light of some recent events in my life.

I went to the doctor today to have a breast lump and some other unrelated problems evaluated. I need an ultrasound, bloodwork and other tests as well as to pay for multiple follow-up appointments next week.

I don’t have any money to my name other than what I am receiving in donations. My partner helps when he can, but he works retail and makes barely over minimum wage. I am looking for work in spite of my health problems, and I have also applied for SSI, food stamps, and MassHealth. All of these are currently tangled up in red tape, so I am left hanging in the meantime.

My doctor isn’t sure the lump is cancer, but she’s not sure it isn’t. I really need the tests to know for sure. I broke down crying in the doctor’s office because the receptionist almost wasn’t going to let me see the doctor without paying $170 up front out of pocket, and I couldn’t do it. I need to buy a $75 bottle of pills this afternoon to prevent suffering Effexor withdrawals, which are so severe they can leave me suicidal.

Please, please help out if you can. I need to get this shit checked out.

http://www.gofundme.com/22de3w

fempunkandkittens:

This is definitely the most important thing I’ve ever written. Please signal boost / reblog, and help if you can, this woman’s life is in danger. I work for the organization handling her case and I can vouch for its legitimacy.

I am writing today with a heavy heart, and a call to action. A woman contacted us at Khadarlis only a few days ago, informing us of a desperate need for assistance. A young Sierra Leonean woman named Fatama has been suffering from an oral infection for a heartbreakingly long time. She had a tooth extraction in March of 2012, and a few days later, she began to experience swelling in her jaw. A ground team in Sierra Leone confirmed this case and sent us photographs as evidence of its legitimacy. Fatama has had surgery, antibiotics and more, but has responded to none of the treatments. She is now experiencing a burning in her throat, and can barely eat. No hospital or clinic has been able to treat her with any success.

            This beautiful young woman is 17 years old, an accomplished high school student in Freetown. Khadarlis is trying to raise money to send her to a hospital that can properly treat her. Please, if you can help, even a small amount, even a few dollars, it will go a long way to helping Fatama get treatment that will save her life. You can make a tax-deductible donation online here: http://www.razoo.com/story/First-Aid-Sierra-Leone/share     or mail a check (memo line: Fatama Turay) to:

Khadarlis for Sierra Leone

99 Academy Avenue, Providence, RI

02908

This picture above is Fatama before the infection set in.

I have attached a photo below from just a few days ago, but please be wary, the pictures are simply heartbreaking, and very difficult to look at. Please, consider putting your support behind this important case. Every penny is significant, and each bit goes another step towards saving this young woman’s life.

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