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So brave. My heart goes out to them.

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UPDATED: Friday, August 22, 2014 21:43
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Friday, August 22, 2014 12:28 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Women who survived acid attacks appear in a fashion shoot to encourage others to come out of the shadows.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/20/world/asia/india-acid-attacks-photo-shoo
t/index.html?hpt=hp_c4




New Delhi (CNN) -- It was a photo shoot that caught India's attention.

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Five courageous survivors of acid attacks posed for portraits.

In a country where victims of such attacks do not dare to come out of hiding, or show their disfigured faces in public, this was a "ground breaking" photo shoot, participants said.

"After the acid attack I never took photos," Rupa, one of the models and a survivor said.

"When the photos got circulated in the media, people started calling to inquire about me, I felt so good. After the photo shoot I want to go out meet more people."


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Friday, August 22, 2014 12:58 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


https://www.google.com/#q=rape+victim+receives+death+threats
rape victim receives death threats

https://www.google.com/#q=rape+victim+receives+hate+mail
rape victim receives hate mail




SAGAN: We are releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. It may not take much to destabilize the Earth's climate, to convert this heaven, our only home in the cosmos, into a kind of hell.

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Friday, August 22, 2014 1:54 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


KIKI, there are a lot of misogynists in the world, several of them on this very board. That's why I feel these women are so very brave. Rather than excoriate evil, in this thread I choose to celebrate the brave, the big-hearted, the good.

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THUGR is a know-nothing militarist.

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Friday, August 22, 2014 4:44 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


My kitty was playing with my keyboard and making it difficult to type, so I didn't have a chance to explain my meaning.

Yes, this is what women face, and not just in 'backwards' India, but right here in the good old USeffingA, as my search indicates. And not just soto voce in hateful private conversation, but out on the internet. It seems modern technology and scientific understanding aren't enough to erase ignorance and hate.

So I wanted to point out that these women exposed themselves to public light, not because they escaped misogyny, but in spite of it.

HOORAY for them!




SAGAN: We are releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. It may not take much to destabilize the Earth's climate, to convert this heaven, our only home in the cosmos, into a kind of hell.

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Friday, August 22, 2014 4:59 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Women who survived acid attacks appear in a fashion shoot to encourage others to come out of the shadows.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/20/world/asia/india-acid-attacks-photo-shoo
t/index.html?hpt=hp_c4




New Delhi (CNN) -- It was a photo shoot that caught India's attention.

Quote:

Five courageous survivors of acid attacks posed for portraits.

In a country where victims of such attacks do not dare to come out of hiding, or show their disfigured faces in public, this was a "ground breaking" photo shoot, participants said.

"After the acid attack I never took photos," Rupa, one of the models and a survivor said.

"When the photos got circulated in the media, people started calling to inquire about me, I felt so good. After the photo shoot I want to go out meet more people."



Excellent. Thanks for the post.

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Friday, August 22, 2014 9:43 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Strength + beauty.


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