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Strikethrough 07 - NO DON'T SCROLL PAST. Keep reading. Strikethrough '07 taught us that the power of fandom, when we all come together, is quite frankly awe-inspiring. I doubt that anyone's failed to learn that lesson in the past couple of days. But in the heady rush of having an impact and getting all our comms and journals back, it's easy to forget the other thing which Strikethrough '07 should remind us of. And that's that - although LJ may be a safe haven for most of us fans - predators can be and are a very real problem. And not just on the great wide interwebs, either.

Over 30,000 people have now joined

fandom_counts. How many more users took a stand and withdrew all financial support from LJ/SixApart over the incident? If everyone who vowed not to renew their paid account, everyone who swore to give LJ and SixApart no more of their pennies in the form of extra userpics, or virtual gifts, or more storage - what if all those people took that money and instead donated it to charities for the prevention of child abuse and sexual assault?

Well, that'd be something, wouldn't it.

Fandom Gives: June 2^nd - June 15^th
Make fandom count, by giving from fandom.

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Hi!

I'm the owner of

holiday_wishes, which is a holiday-centric gift giving community. Though the primary focus is on wishlist-sharing and gift swapping, many many people chose to support charities in addition to material goods, and a large portion of the membership is based in fandom. I was wondering if you'd be interested in affiliating with us? (No ideas on exactly how we'd work together yet, but I definately like the idea of your community *g*)