This is why we can have nice things.
my typical level of involvement in any fandom
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My fave Skyscraper cover :)
At 120 degrees, it was so hot in Australia that Koalas were asking people for water, something that’s never been seen before.
One Koala entered someone’s house, looking for water and shade, and here’s what happened when the owner gave him something to drink.
The bathing one reminds me of the gremlins… o.o
The Trio Animal Foundation is in urgent need of funds to help give this dog the lifesaving medical care that he needs.
Dozer’s story is a horrible one. I can’t believe that this poor guy has survived this long.
Dozer was just rescued this week from an abusive household. The story about what happened isn’t totally clear but from what we can gather, the husband’s form of discipline was to repeatedly kick Dozer over and over on a regular basis. One night, the husband went to hit his wife and Dozer went after him and bit his ankle. Infuriated, the husband grabbed his gun and shot Dozer.
Dozer was able to run to the neighbor’s house and hide under her porch. When the husband came out to shoot him again, the 80 year woman that lived in the house came out with a broom and warned that if he touched Dozer then he would have to deal with her.
Even though the elderly woman was initially afraid of Dozer, she protected him for days. Dozer sat under her porch, untreated, for 5 days.
During this time, Dozer repeatedly scratched at his gunshot wound. His wound is now 8 inches long, 4 inches wide and has a depth of 1 inch.
This is where the Trio Animal Foundation comes in…
Currently, Dozer is being housed at a grooming facility and we are working to get him to Chicago so that he can get the intensive medical care that he needs.
At this point, Dozer already has a fever of over 103 degrees and he is only receiving oral antibiotics and pain pills. He needs x-rays, surgery, IV antibiotics, IV pain medications, heartworm testing and possibly treatment when he is strong enough, vaccinations, neutered, hospitalization, etc.
This is more money than TAF can afford to spend on him right now. We have so many animals already under our wing that is a bit overwhelming.
We have committed to paying Dozer’s medical bills but we need your help. This dog deserves the best chance possible to survive. Such evil must be undone.
Every donation, both small and large, would be most appreciated. Even as I write this, one of our dogs is receiving hip surgery. We are dealing with some major abuse cases right now, cases that we just could not turn away.
If you can make a tax-deductible donation, you can visit our website at www.trioanimalfoundation.o rg and pay by credit card or send a check to Trio Animal Foundation, 516 N. Ogden Ave. Suite 199, Chicago, IL 60642.
We would really appreciate it if you would share this post so that we can spread the word about Dozer.
Please help us to do right by this dog.
-Suevia DEADFIX
Kate at a Healthy Rate: Be kind nudge. 5 lessons on how to treat others.
1. First Important Lesson - “Know The Cleaning Lady”
During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
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THE ANGRY THERAPIST: How do you know when you love someone?
I’m 10,000 feet in the air and feeling ambitious. I figure if I go down, might as well go down swinging. So I picked the toughest question in my inbox of 208. Yes, I know they are accumulating. That’s why I’m answering questions and not surfing Facebook. Anywho, got my Dunkin Donuts coffee…
Adam and Gemma: a sweet, heart-warming mini-comic series by pocket picasso on dA (click for the entire gallery)
[Trigger warning: violence, rape, sexual assault/harassment]
- 99% of rapes are committed by men.
- The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study in 2001 which found that 20% of adolescent girls were physically or sexually abused by a date.
- Studies show that 15 to 38% of women and 5 to 16% of men experienced some form of sexual abuse as children.
- The average age at which a child is first abused sexually is ten years old.
- One national survey found that 83% of girls reported being sexually harassed at school.
- One in four college women experience completed or attempted rape during their college years.
- The average age of entry into prostitution is thirteen or fourteen.
- The estimated annual health-related costs, lost productivity costs, and lost earnings due to intimate partner violence in the U.S. is $5.9 billion.
- According to the FBI, 80 to 90% of rapes are never reported.
- 29% of rape victims are assaulted before they reach the age of eleven.
- One in twelve men have admitted to having committed acts that fit the legal definition of rape. However, 88% of men whose actions came under the legal definition or rape were adamant that their behavior did not constitute rape.
- Physical abuse occurs in one in four marriages.
- In the U.S. three women on average are murdered every day by their husbands, boyfriends, or exes.
- It was not until 1993 that marital rape was considered a crime in all 50 states.
- One study by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that 43% of college-aged men conceded to using coercive behavior to have sex (including ignoring a woman’s protest, using physical aggression, and forcing intercourse).
Men who batter are products of a society that is in deep denial about men’s violence, and when forced to face reality seeks to blame victims instead.
If people have reason to be in denial about the victimization of women they care about, isn’t it even more understandable that they would be in denial about male perpetrators they care about? At least the victims are sympathetic; something bad has happened to them. But who wants to admit that men they care about have done bad things to women?
Rampant victim-blaming artificially makes our ethical choices easier. If the (false) choice is between “She’s a vindictive slut who’s trying to take down one of my boys” and “My friend is a rapist,” it’s a no brainer to figure out which one is the easiest to live with.
All men benefit from some men’s violence against women because that violence - and the threat of it - is a key tool in men’s continued subordination of women, from which all men benefit.
Why are rape and battering constantly framed as a “women’s issues” when they would practically cease to exist were it not for the actions of men? Men are committing 99% of these violent crimes, and the gender dynamics that underlie rape and domestic abuse are woven densely into the fabric of our culture. Designating rape and battering as “Women’s Issues” only reinforces a culture that normalizes violence against women.
Men and boys need to be educated about these issues if we want any of the sickening statistics above to ever change.
(Source - The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help by Jackson Katz)
Also, can we start talking at some point about how rape has been normalized to the point that we can have “It wasn’t rape-rape” conversations on daytime TV & most of America not bat an eye? Rape culture is real & toxic to everyone.
Another reason framing it as a “women’s issue” is bullshit: it totally erases the experiences of genderqueer people and trans* and cis men who are survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
