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danxsunday passed away this morning. There is really nothing I can say other than that today is a sad day for us all and Dan will be greatly missed. My heart goes out to his friends and family.

In less personal, more fandomy news, Kim Manners also passed away. RIP Kim! :(

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I kinda love Jerry Trainor, who plays Spencer (the awesomely adorkable artsy older brother/guardian) on iCarly.
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This is one of the nick shows I don't mind watching, lol.

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Links of interest

wendy has a poll on her LJ in this post asking fanfic authors to rec themselves and leave a link to which fic you've written is your favorite.

weesta has created fab_feb_friends, which is all about sharing the love for your flist. Everyone should go join and plan on participating!

phaballa has announced signups for the Word to Yo' Momma 2: Like A Soda That's Been Shaken Up challenge. If you're into popfandom, consider participating? She's changed up the rules a little bit, so be sure to read them. All the rules and other info can be found at the signup post.

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I know I just made a post, but this deserves a post all of it's own. I've also stolen the words from copperbadge, b/c Sam says it better than I could.

This is a link. Don't click it until you read the rest of the post.

ATTACHMENT THERAPY: A SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS.

A compatriot of mine has begun work on a blog for survivors of Attachment Therapy, also referred to as Holding Therapy or Rage Reduction. This is a brutal and sometimes fatal form of abuse masquerading as psychiatric treatment. There's next to nothing out there for children and adults who have undergone it, in part because it's a relatively new "technique". Attachment therapy promises quick fixes and firm results and creates lasting scars instead.

This is child abuse, sanctioned and committed by so-called professionals and funded by insurance companies. It is child abuse, and there is plenty of documentation that it can easily end in murder.

If you'd like more details about what Attachment Therapy involves, and some of these are graphic, you can visit the blog. If you can't cope, or don't want to, I don't care. You don't have to read it, though I think you should. What matters is making this public. And that, honestly, means getting that blog as public as humanly possible.

So read it or don't read it, but please post the link and title on your journal. Some parent's going to be told they should send their child to Attachment Therapy and they're going to get on Google and try to research it, or their friends or family are. Some survivor is going to start struggling with their experiences and look for help, and they'll get on Google too. The above-linked blog should be the first link anyone sees when they search for Attachment Therapy. I believe this without reservation.

Feel free to copy the text of this post, in whole or in part, when you post.



copperbadge made a recent post about this, but it was almost a year ago that I first saw something about this on copperbadge's LJ, and since then waywardradish has been working to raise awareness about this vicious form of child abuse, made all the more awful by the fact that so-called professionals approve it, parents believe in it, and insurance companies agree to fund it. She's had some success; she's found six other survivors, been harassed by proponents of Attachment Therapy, and helped several parents make the decision not to use this "treatment".

waywardradish runs her own (ad-free, non-sponsored) site, and would like people to promote it on their journals, even if it's just a quick link. Frankly, if you wanna googlebomb childtorture.wordpress.com, you are welcome to have at it. She also hoping that people will use and support Project DoD, the non-profit member-supported webhost that currently hosts Advocates for Children in Therapy, Radish's biggest ally. There are other suggestions for action at the website, and DoD looks interesting -- you should check it out regardless of your feelings on AT.