vaginapagina | An e-mail to my best friends

I'm putting this in here, in the hopes that someone, somewhere, will help me out. Even the smallest suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.

To: Brigitte

I have an addiction to these forums! I've decided. I don't know how many I've joined but they're so empowering! I've read through feminist communities, anti-rape, women proud of being women and not being afraid of yelling, "I HAVE A VAGINA!" You know, I wish more people were so confident about their bodies. I read stories about sex offenders. Oh, and the movie "Searching for Angela Shelton." Bottom line, we have to figure out if Blockbuster has that movie and we have to find a place to see it. Get Kelly, get Hana, get Andrea, get every female we know to see this. http://www.angelashelton-movie.com You know... if you were to read these posts, you could feel the pain and emotions behind each act that's happened, in addition to the pains of my own experiences. These posts make me SO determined to start an awareness at our school, but I can't do this alone. I need you. I need Kelly. I need Andrea. I need Hana. I wouldn't even care if I needed Vogel or Larissa. We're all women and we all deserve to know about these things and I know for a FACT that there have been women in our school that have been sexually harrassed. That is NOT the type of school that I wish to be a part of. Even if it's a group of females, or even men, that need to talk..some type of support group, even an after-school self-defense class would be great! Why do people go around not thinking that these things happen? Did you know that "at least one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in some way? Consider the fact that every 90 seconds, somewhere in America, a woman is being raped. Every 21 hours, rape occurs on a college campus in this country." That's all according to Vagina Monologues. If you could forward this to people, that would be great. It's not just women either. There are men who have been molested or sexually abused, as well. I'm tired of the fact that people don't acknowledge this until someone brings it up or it happens to someone close to them. Rape is a crime! Even if I don't have the support of people behind me. I know I will fight for a program for everybody, men and women, that need it, at our school. Those adults don't realize that teenagers aren't always going to divulge their experiences or thoughts to them. It just doesn't work like that all the time. Anyway, Look at the listed communities (in User Info) if you wish: vaginapagina