My friends and I confided in each other, swapping stories, sharing out pain, while keeping it all hidden from the adults in our lives. After all, who could we tell? This wasn’t rape - it didn’t fit the definitions. This was Not rape. We should have known better. We were the ones who would take the blame. We would be punished, and no one wanted that. So, these actions went on, aided by a cloak of silence. From
Racialicious.
posted by Navelgazer
on Dec 23, 2008 -
348 comments
To Write Love On Her Arms is a story and the response to a story. I first saw the shirt on Switchfoot's
Jon Foreman and thought "Hey that's a cool shirt." Months later I saw an ad and went to look them up. That's when I found
the story. As
their MySpace page points out, they are not a 24-hour helpline, nor are they trained professionals, but they do "hope to serve as
a bridge to help." Its a small organization right now, using a
unique method of achieving recognition and exposure, but it is an important "movement of love, a commitment to begin answering these needs and offering hope to the many who struggle with depression, addiction, suicide, self injury." (from the
FAQ)
posted by allkindsoftime
on Mar 23, 2007 -
14 comments
1-800-SUICIDE loses govt. funding: Despite the fact that almost 2 million callers have reached help and hope over the last 8 years, and a government funded evaluation stating the benefits of 1-800-SUICIDE, the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), a division of Health & Human Services, has decided to create their own government run system where they would have direct access to confidential data on individuals in crisis. (SAMHSA has already scrubbed their websites of any and all LGBT information, and gay youth are 2-3 times more likely to commit suicide.)
Save 1-800-SUICIDE website here.
posted by amberglow
on Jul 28, 2006 -
68 comments
17 Minutes is a performance and video blog project by new media artist Chris Barr. It's about suicide. [MI]
posted by sjvilla79
on Nov 22, 2005 -
7 comments
HIV prevention efforts are failing. Last year, the discovery of a New York man with a novel form of drug-resistant HIV that rapidly progressed to AIDS caused some to warn of the emergence of a "
superbug." The first clinical analysis of the case
will be published Saturday in The Lancet (
NYT preview); Dr. Martin Markowitz concluded the cause of the rapid progression to AIDS may be incomplete -- but that efforts to prevent the epidemic must be redoubled, especially in light of the growing use of
methamphetamines. Dr. Carlos del Rio
is blunt: "This is telling us that AIDS prevention programs have been a failure." The Gay Men's Health Crisis
agrees.
posted by docgonzo
on Mar 17, 2005 -
79 comments
Education and prevention are responsibilities of businesses also. The private sector can help take part in HIV/AIDS education and prevention, and should institute workplace policies. Has your workplace instituted a training program for managers and supervisors, implemented an aids policy, performed education on prevention, and reviewed the requirements that it needs to follow under disabilities acts and leave policies?
posted by bragadocchio
on Dec 1, 2001 -
0 comments
Circumcision as a way to slow the spread of HIV. I'm posting this here mostly 'cause I want to see some people's opinions on it. I'm against the operation for any reason other than religious, myself. I think a far better way to slow HIV would be to get people to stop sleeping around, but like
that's gonna happen, eh?
posted by CrayDrygu
on Jun 9, 2000 -
10 comments
