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If you’re on Twitter, I hope you’ll sign the petition asking Twitter to remove #Reasonstobeatyourgirlfriend as a trend. Domestic Violence is not a joke. It is “jokes” and statements like these that encourage violence against women (or homophobia or racism or child abuse or incest, etc.). I don’t understand how people think it’s okay. But then, I don’t understand abusers, either. This is definitely the kind of joke that my abuser parents would have laughed about in private with their friends.
I always find it heartening to hear about people making books and reading a part of others’ lives, encouraging children and teens to read. It feels even better when books reach people who really need it. So it felt really good to read about Literature for Life.
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| photo: memh @ Flickr |
Non-profit organization Literature for Life, founded by Jo Altilia, runs book groups for teen mothers in Toronto, picking books that resonate with them, creating a love for reading, and showing them and their babies that books are important. They also learn that language can be a tool to express themselves. Some of the books they read and discuss include The Color Purple, The Lovely Bones, and The Diary of Anne Frank. For many of these girls, these are the first books they have read. Their children also receive books just for themselves. Literature for Life spends $10,000 a year on books, reaching teens in eight maternity homes, shelters and community centres.
Altilia used to be a teacher, and she saw that teen mothers’ children often struggled in school; creating Literature for Life was her way to help those children and their teen moms learn to love books. And it sounds like her program is a success.
You can read more about this story here in the Toronto Star. You can also donate online to Literature for Life at their site, or read more about their program.
Author: Kathy-Jo Wargin
Illustrator: Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen (on JOMB)
Published: Sleeping Bear Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1585361267 Chapters.ca Amazon.com
Gorgeous red and gold warmth entwines with thrashing, raw waves and spray to tell the tragic tale of twenty nine souls struggling against the fury of Lake Superior and of the polished brass bell that forever sounds their farewell.
You can find more information about this tragedy here.
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This is very sad but this is NOT the most shocking or offensive thing I’ve seen on the internet. Sad.
I agree, Jessica–it’s sad. And messed up.
But what I like is that we can help make a difference by speaking out about things like this.
That is true! While I agree with free speech and admittedly find some satire of this type of thing amusing, this is just pathetic.
Yes. Pathetic (and, I think, scary, what some people think they can do).