[Wamvan] [FWD: Rehtaeh]

Wed Apr 10 13:04:03 PDT 2013

Thank you Heather! Signed!

Why haven't I heard of this before? It angers me so that the Canadian media
has not put this center stage - it's so similar to the Steubenville case
it's creepy, yet this is the first I've heard of it....

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Heather. It's so saddening and enraging to see another story like
> this.
>
> Here is the response I did yesterday: "RIP Rehtaeh Parsons: Victim of
> Victim-Blaming"
> http://www.gender-focus.com/2013/04/09/rip-rehtaeh-parsons-victim-of-victim-blaming/
>
> and I also really appreciated Steph Guthrie's specific calling out of the
> police for their failure to act against those who took and distributed the
> pictures of Rehtaeh:
> http://stephguthrie.com/2013/04/09/child-porn-not-a-community-issue-rcmp/
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:30 PM, <heather at heatherwritesstuff.com> wrote:
>
>> The other big thing going on in the Canadian feminist landscape & ongoing
>> rape culture debate. There's now a petition, if you're so inclined.
>>
>>  -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Rehtaeh
>> From: "Sherri Bain via Change.org" <mail at change.org>
>> Date: Wed, April 10, 2013 12:23 pm
>> To: heather at heatherwritesstuff.com
>>
>>         <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3E2AnSYAVVsRb3tqu54giILjTEiG8F0ekYogrRPvPO-2BX2HZIA19TPvBdRgWBmKO13Fg550AocOi3cDQ-2F0UYq9bcpba-2Ff-2BlYytcUVngmbnbJ7dByBorUEl36gqOBF7u0vl-2Fx3yufDLsQcc76jkyZUKrVl8uRFBba1wm4WTCtHbZnStxRMLm44cpORo0RUXwHxPrsXeRmJgkTQpYkPtYKWyfHTcgUV7lVmyhnjv-2BFD900JQ2DbJIfk9u8qIHVs-2F5GfLmzq8VO-2FOnTPBgpO2WCm9oI-3D_2XwY-2BWlaLb39Mzgk22V2GVxQa37mOZ0N-2BpNVD4cKEiInYvS75iWGrgm5M6Ig-2Fv1QEEFWlmZz47KMrIMafITap0RU5OGcQ-2BnL6kzivR-2FuQ-2BoPL2gPTRksM88sHVqDzJSIYkYSbLlhOXZFtsBWarelAc0COLrCKoqcXrM7hV-2BK2JkqTheg1JVSyChThU2CAD7dpKATPH8gaIPmYMfmqsItRc3SifR0gjU7ICilyg8gQjqEiKIi9e03oA3qeNROVLMgUTyVf7zWKWh0LqANRgcI0Q-3D-3D>
>>  Sign Sherri's Petition
>> <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3E2AnSYAVVsRb3tqu54giILjTEiG8F0ekYogrRPvPO-2BX2HZIA19TPvBdRgWBmKO13Fg550AocOi3cDQ-2F0UYq9bcpba-2Ff-2BlYytcUVngmbnbJ7dByBorUEl36gqOBF7u0vl-2Fx3yufDLsQcc76jkyZUKrVl8uRFBba1wm4WTCtHbZnStxRMLm44cpORo0RUXwHxPrsXeRmJgkTQpYkPtYKWyfHTcgUV7lVmyhnjv-2BFD900JQ2DbJIfk9u8qIHVs-2F5GfLmzq8VO-2FOnTPBgpO2WCm9oI-3D_2XwY-2BWlaLb39Mzgk22V2GVxQa37mOZ0N-2BpNVD4cKEiInYvS75iWGrgm5M6Ig-2Fv1QEEFWlmZz47KMrIMafITap0RU5OGcQ-2BnL6kzivR-2FuQ-2BoPL2gPTRksM88sHVqDzJSIYkYSbLlhOXZFtsBWarelAWrHVNXRdayvkvMx5UcSR1rOgkyTE7h2AWsu6oM3oeQZvlEoBThvobYbJh3-2F4OtyUu4OvLHx3do1V-2BaTyt-2Bk3neBNx-2BRrGzE3eBZJj2jfRspirKGoo-2BApE1iuJv20fwHYw-3D-3D>
>>   *Trigger warning: this email contains information about sexual assault
>> that may be triggering to survivors.*
>> Heather -
>>  I am heartbroken and outraged.
>> *My friend Leah's 17 year old daughter, Rehtaeh Parsons, took her life
>> this week.* Seventeen months ago, she was raped. The rape was
>> photographed and the photos were shared around her Nova Scotia community.
>> She was called a slut. She was bullied. She faced depression, and now she's
>> gone.
>> *After Rehtaeh's rape, police investigated for a year, but said there
>> was not enough evidence to lay charges -- I can't believe it.*
>>  *I started this petition demanding an independent inquiry into the
>> police investigation.*
>> <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3E2AnSYAVVsRb3tqu54giILjTEiG8F0ekYogrRPvPO-2BX2HZIA19TPvBdRgWBmKO13Fg550AocOi3cDQ-2F0UYq9bcpba-2Ff-2BlYytcUVngmbnbJ7dByBorUEl36gqOBF7u0vl-2Fx3yufDLsQcc76jkyZUKrVl8uRFBba1wm4WTCtHbZnStxRMLm44cpORo0RUXwHxPrsXeRmJgkTQpYkPtYKWyfHTcgUV7lVmyhnjv-2BFD900JQ2DbJIfk9u8qIHVs-2F5GfLmzq8VO-2FOnTPBgpO2WCm9oI-3D_2XwY-2BWlaLb39Mzgk22V2GVxQa37mOZ0N-2BpNVD4cKEiInYvS75iWGrgm5M6Ig-2Fv1QEEFWlmZz47KMrIMafITap0RU5OGcQ-2BnL6kzivR-2FuQ-2BoPL2gPTRksM88sHVqDzJSIYkYSbLlhOXZFtsBWarelAaDXhz27FOXPt-2B2rknRrJGWYWLzCQSgG2B38m-2B-2BHuN6w5iT111fJHJhVxfZlEGz8Bqr-2FvfafoOYRPw7SwsyqUoT9JM3PVA7MOSZLkaxY6kGxnnytCnrJgtJQKb7v7eo9yA-3D-3D>Why
>> is it that everyone knows Rehtaeh was raped, that photos of the rape were
>> taken and shared, that Rehtaeh was bullied and shamed -- but still police
>> said they didn't have the evidence they needed to pursue charges?
>> *This is a failure of the justice system, and now a 17 year old girl is
>> lost forever. **Please sign this petition and share it with everyone you
>> know.<http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F9kLEoC-2BWW7pCEeXcviHw1b9T8fOmwP5etx3oWYWIBYPDWdnc0Ghz86vsb5FsKsmuiXazttRnTKwvP2xkvD2D88CwJ4CAiLWRrviBixOWQd9amlLFT0RidqpXZEX-2B-2BEMMU0v09B9OynuLdEmU9iMQbGvadFbOyaGIOqL-2Bb7rZb3oltYZEWmeKbTFY98KvVrXreUHJvGf-2Bi8afJAqHjbOcZAbmJ8jdhZ61IOMsE3fGN1FGd9S1bw-3D-3D_2XwY-2BWlaLb39Mzgk22V2GVxQa37mOZ0N-2BpNVD4cKEiInYvS75iWGrgm5M6Ig-2Fv1QEEFWlmZz47KMrIMafITap0RU5OGcQ-2BnL6kzivR-2FuQ-2BoPL2gPTRksM88sHVqDzJSIYkYSbLlhOXZFtsBWarelAemP2tDTf1GUXET987QbhLRSLADBgQ8LDJHbO0TjkvdU1dLlzUyxkKU0KegI7uN3mt-2BAYrAn2wuLK-2FdYF1V9-2BptYFTWErAkS9wk7uOwAHnAZ89H8JltP-2FL4LznDHxZ5Pag-3D-3D>
>> *
>> Thank you,
>> Sherri Bain,
>> A friend of the Parsons family
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