2.14.13 Special Adam Lambert Fashion Edition

What a great cause, I wish I lived in a bigger area where I could be a part of this.  My friend, Judy, was beaten to death with a baseball bat by her estranged husband in May 1995.  He waited until she took their daughter to daycare and then broke down her door and beat her to death.  She was on the phone with a friend who lived in another state, but yelled his name and screamed, then he hung up the phone.  The friend called the local 911 and told them her address.  She was barely alive when police got there and took her to the hospital.  They put her on life support, but later that evening she was declared brain dead and the family took her off life support. 


Her and her daughter had stayed with my family after he had threatened her about a month before.  She thought everthing was going to be okay and that he wouldn't hurt her after they had a court date so they moved back to their apartment.  Two weeks later she was dead.  I had to testify at his trial and he received a life sentence; however, in Texas they get "good time" if they behave in prison and he is already out of prison.  Makes me sick to think about it.  Their daughter was only 5-years-old when Judy died and he signed away his parental rights to her family. 


I have lost touch with her Mom since I moved, but I think of Judy often.  Love this video and the movement behind it.  I learned a lot about the justice system in Texas when she died.  Even though he broke down her door it was not considered breaking and entering, because they were still legally married and even though she had moved out of their home and gotten this apartment on her own, it was still considered his home too, because the divorce was not final yet!  That is why he couldn't be charged with capital murder with a better chance at being kept in prison longer.  It's like women are owne by the men they marry until the ink is dry on a divorce decree.  Just a very ugly story all around. 

I'm not really over invested in his love life either....just his happiness.

lulu, that is horrible about your friend.

aleks --



From the original (JM Barrie)

Peter flung out his arms. There were no children there, and it was night time; but he addressed all who might be dreaming of the Neverland, and who were therefore nearer to him than you think: boys and girls in their nighties, and naked papooses in their baskets hung from trees.

"Do you believe?" he cried.

Tink sat up in bed almost briskly to listen to her fate. She fancied she heard answers in the affirmative, and then again she wasn't sure.

"What do you think?" she asked Peter.

"If you believe," he shouted to them, "clap your hands; don't let Tink die."

Many clapped.

Some didn't.

A few beasts hissed.

The clapping stopped suddenly; as if countless mothers had rushed to their nurseries to see what on earth was happening; but already Tink was saved. First her voice grew strong, then she popped out of bed, then she was flashing through the room more merry and impudent than ever. She never thought of thanking those who believed, but she would have like to get at the ones who had hissed.

Lulu so sorry for the tragic loss of your friend.  One Billion Rising gives hope that worldwide awareness of brutality toward women with help initiate legal action world wide to end this abuse.