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I hope I’ve done this right…

This just popped up on my dash, they want Queer Harry Potter submissions (including meta) for their zine and I thought of you/your followers :)

[tw: mention of abuse, rape] Circle of 6 App - a free app that prevents violence before it happens

alimarko:

inflateablefilth:

oldmanyellsatcloud:

aviantheatrics:

collababortion:

FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR ANDROID!!

I’m stoked about this app - it was created in response to a White House challenge to create an app to help prevent sexual violence.  It’s free. It’s available for iPhones and Androids. It could save you or someone you care about.

WHOA WOWOW WHAT A GOOD

IF YOU HAVE A SMARTPHONE THIS IS AMAZING I HAVE WANTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOREVER

For the linkphobic or lazy: It’s an app that lets you pre-select up to 6 of your contacts. It then has four buttons that automatically deploys a message to all of the selected numbers - a car icon that deploys a text saying “I need to get home now” that AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDES YOUR CURRENT GPS LOCATION AND A GOOGLEMAP TO WHEREVER YOU ARE, a phone icon that deploys a text reading “I need a distraction, please call me and pretend you need me”, an icon when you’re unsure or nervous about a relationship or sexual situation that sends you links to websites and resources and deploys an appropriate text, and the proverbial oh-shit button that automatically contacts two emergency contacts or hotlines of your choice

what a good app

And don’t forget: The fact that you have something that can near-instantly send a quick photograph or video to a secure e-mail server can in and of itself be a powerful weapon against multiple forms of violence before it even happens.

Your electronic eye can be a weapon in and of itself.

TW’d this cause it made me have weird feelings about my second rape because this could have saved me, I think. 

I expected this to be a victim-blaming app that told women where not to go, what not to do, etc, to avoid sexual assault. But I’m very pleased to be wrong, we need more of this.

Free tattoo cover-ups for victims of human trafficking or former gang members

serotonical:

Based in Illinois, the non-profit covers up tattoos like the ones shown above. Those bar codes (which can be scanned by smartphones like regular bar codes you find on retail items) are tattooed on to victims of human trafficking by their “owners” to facilitate easy identification and retrieval of their “property” in case they escape.

The organization also covers up gang tattoos.

In any case, it’s a chance for a new lease on life. Reblog and spread the word, if you’re so inclined.

Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions

writeworld:

by Patricia C. Wrede

The following list of questions is meant to aid authors of fantasy fiction who are seeking to create believable imaginary settings for their stories. While many of these questions may be helpful or crucial to certain stories, they will not all apply to every story. It is not necessary for an author to answer all, or even any, of the questions in order to start writing, (or to finish writing, either). The idea is simply to provoke people into thinking about the ways their settings and backgrounds hang together … or don’t. If it’s useful, use it. If not, don’t.

Topics covered:

• The World
  • Basics
  • Alternate Earth
  • Not Earth at All
• Physical and Historical Features
  • General
  • Climate and Geography
  • Natural Resources
  • World History
  • Specific Country(s) History
• Magic and Magicians
  • Rules of Magic
  • Wizards
  • Magic and Technology
  • Miscellaneous Magic Questions
• Peoples and Customs
  • General
  • Customs
  • Eating
  • Greeting and Meeting
  • Gestures
  • Visits
  • Language
  • Ethics and Values
  • Religion and the Gods
  • Population
• Social Organization
  • General
  • Government
  • Politics
  • Crime and the Legal System
  • Foreign Relations
  • Waging War
  • Weapons
• Commerce, Trade, and Public Life
  • General
  • Business and Industry
  • Transportation and Communication
  • Science and Technology
  • Medicine
  • Arts and Entertainment
  • Architecture
  • Urban Factors
  • Rural Factors
• Daily Life
  • General
  • Fashion and Dress
  • Manners
  • Diet
  • Education
  • Calendar

Why aren’t the topics in the list linked?

Copyright © 1996 Patricia C. Wrede. Reproduction and distribution specifically prohibited. All rights reserved. Reprinted here with the author’s permission.

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So Not Untitled: Charities that will do far more with your time and/or money than SBNN

aimsme:

Because I am really fucking sick of people getting all thrilled about how they’re such awesome allies for giving money to a group that doesn’t help us at all.

Feel free to add to the list- because I’ve barely scratched the surface here- or let me know if there are any on here that…

[TW] Information & links for women who have been sexually assaulted by other women

Pew Study Discovers that People In High School and College Read

fishingboatproceeds:

Not only that, but Americans under 30 are more likely to read a book by choice than Americans over 30.

Adults are sitting around fretting about the Internet generation. We ought to be worrying about ourselves.

Maya banned from performing ceremonies in their own temples.

apihtawikosisan:

Mexican authorities have banned Maya spiritual leaders from performing ceremonies at their ancestral temples, which are about to be overrun by a curious assortment of conspiracy theorists, dooms-dayers, new-agers and well-intentioned tourists who just want to be apart of the festivities.

The Ceremonies are meant to mark the end of the Maya long-count calendar, which began 13 Baktun (cycles) ago. Under the Greco-Roman Calender, that’s about 3112 BC.

Contrary to popular (mis)belief, the end of the long-count calendar is being viewed as something positive. As Mayan priest Jose Manrique Esquive recently pointed out, the current Baktun, which began around 1618, has been drenched by a continuous reign of misery that included the introduction of European disease, culture and language being erased and entire populations being extinguished.

…

However, the Maya are still going to be allowed to visit the sites along with the tourists, but they will likely have to pay to get in, just like everyone else.

I am full of rage and oh so unsurprised.

Liberal Amsterdam plans to create 'scum villages' | World news | The Guardian

ndelphinus:

The mayor, Eberhard van der Laan, insists his controversial new £810,000 policy to tackle antisocial behaviour is to protect victims of abuse and homophobia from harassment.

The camps where antisocial tenants will be rehoused for three to six months have been called “scum villages” because the policy echoes proposals from Geert Wilders, the far-right populist, who last year demanded that “repeat offenders” be “sent to a village for scum”.

Wait wait wait.  That’s what counts as far-right?  A guy who wants to ship all homophobes to their own little colony?

…I wanna move to Amsterdam.

#hannah i think we’ve found the down side to hufflepuff

There’s a downside but you’re okay with it, and want to move to where it’s happening?