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The Amazon Rainforest is under a massive threat. I know you've heard this a million times, but this is different. There is a piece of legislation that will decimate the rights of Indigenous people of Brazil, who have been protecting the rainforest. It's unfathomably bad. It has majority support. And they're voting tomorrow. As reported here, the Bill allows "the Brazilian government to find energy resources, set up military bases, develop strategic roads, and implement commercial agriculture on protected Indigenous tribal lands, without any prior discussion with the affected peoples."

The thing you can do—and I know this sounds overly simple—is sign this petition—and tell your friends to do the same: SIGN HERE.

As reported here, the Bill allows "the Brazilian government to find energy resources, set up military bases, develop strategic roads, and implement commercial agriculture on protected Indigenous tribal lands, without any prior discussion with the affected peoples."

Again, this bill has majority support. You may be wondering, why will a petition signed by people who don't live in Brazil make any difference? Because it will give those opposing it political air cover. It will show the world is with them.

But we need a LOT of signatures.

WHO THEY ARE:

Planned Parenthood’s mission is to ensure all people have access to the care and resources they need to make informed decisions about their bodies, their lives, and their futures. Founded in 1916, Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, educator, and passionate advocate in the U.S. as well as a strong partner to health and rights organizations around the world. Each year, Planned Parenthood delivers vital sexual and reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people.

WHAT THEY DID:

🩺 On October 1, 2021, Planned Parenthood partnered with Tumblr to rally supporters for abortion justice and defend access to abortions at 539 rallies in every state.

🩺 On September 3, 2021, Tumblr and Planned Parenthood partnered up in response to a Texas law that came into effect September 1, S.B. 8., effectively banning abortion in the state and asking private citizens to act as bounty hunters who “enforce” the law.

We made the following calls to action along with the graphic below:

Ways to take action:

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Make sure your voice is heard by signing this petition

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Make a donation: Text “Texas” to 22422 or visit wearepp.org/Texas

This whole situation is triggering in so many levels cause my family has been struggling A LOT with money, my dad is risking to lose his job, we have no idea how we’ll be paying bills this month (our bank accounts are empty), it’s all a mess.

Also not having money is risking my health insurance getting cancelled, which will make me drop my crps treatment and my therapy. I already have no idea how we’ll be getting all the meds I need this month, not to mention that my health insurance put on hold my therapy during quarantine cause they don’t believe in “online therapy”. AS IF I DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH REASONS TO LOSE MY MIND.

If you can help me and my parents get through this month (even your prayers are welcome), that would be very appreciated. I thought we wouldn’t go through this stress again when my dad got a job last month, but now he has no security of keeping it (he’s been already warned he can get fired any moment), and we HAVE BILLS TO PAY, WE GOT NOTHING FIGURED OUT for now. Any donation is welcomed (and I’m really sorry for asking this): https://www.paypal.me/marifm

‪I honestly hate asking for help (specially when it’s money involved), but both my dad and I are unemployed, so our only income is my mom and she does not make enough money to provide for the three of us.

If you see this and you can help, here’s my paypal link: https://www.paypal.me/marifm

Thank you for all you sweet messages!💗

I know so many people are suffering too through this time we lost our jobs/ I’m ill and I have to drink some medicines everyday but this month I couldn’t get any of them because my mom became sick and I bought her medicines instead. I felt like this is gonna make me stronger I’m now on the 5th day without using any medicine. I feel so sick but my mind is telling my that I can survive Idk. If you were asking how I even have the money my dad sent me some to get my medicines he doesn’t know about anything happening with us at the moment. And he is having the worst days as well because he isn’t with us he’s stuck in another city for work and he couldn’t comeback to us + he lost his job.

I feel so desperate the fact that we are trying to collect each cent to pay our groceries and we still have bills to pay. I really have no Idea how we will survive through this situation. My mom still needs to get some researches as well but we couldn’t go to hospital because they are full and I’m scared that my mom will catch the virus. Plus the researches needs a lot of money and at this time WE ARE ALL BROKE.

Miss Americana 🎬 January 31 on Netflix

Hi @taylorswift !

My name is Stirling.

I just wanted to congratulate you on 13 years of music! I am so thankful for all of your albums because although each of them has a special place in my heart, your latest 3 albums have helped me the most.

It was in 2015 while still living in Nashville that I first listened to 1989 (thanks to my friend Kristyn [she’s a huge swiftie and her Twitter account is KristynY20!]), which made me a fan of your music. This was the album that helped me through a huge move (from Tennessee to Texas). I remember when the 1989 tour came through Arlington how sad I was that I couldn’t attend the show because of how much that album had helped me that year.

Fast forward to December 2016 when I received Red as a Christmas gift. Because of certain circumstances that tried to manipulate and control my life, my Christmas that year was really depressing because I felt that I wasn’t in control of my life and that someone else had written the narrative I was to follow for me. Red was so relatable (and still is) at that time of my life because I felt that although I went through a different situation, Red fit what I was going through perfectly.

Reputation. This was the first album release I got to experience as a swiftie. This album also came into my life right as I felt my life was literally crumbling around me. 2017 was the start of my senior year of high school, and walking in the first few days, I felt that literally everyone had betrayed me. That is, except for my real friends, who I still am in contact with today. This album literally gave me my confidence back and helped me reclaim who I was. It also taught me to not care what others think of my decisions and that your real friends are the ones who show up for you rain or shine. This was also the era where I FINALLY got to see you live at Arlington night 1. I was so excited that I lost my voice during the opening acts 😂 and became even more excited when I found out that there was a camera right behind me shooting for the concert film.

Lover. When I first found out that ME! was going to be released on my birthday (April 26th), I LOST IT! Out of all the days it could’ve been released, it was released on my birthday. And a couple hours before the song dropped (the evening of April 25th), @taylornation retweeted a photo of me for the #TaylorSwiftTonight tag on twitter! April ended up being one of my favorite months not because of my birthday but because of ME! You Need To Calm Down was released in June and although I am thankful for that inclusive bop, I am especially thankful for The Archer.

The Archer may in fact be my favorite song you have released (behind Style of course 😉). This song was released at the perfect time in my life because lately I’ve felt invisible. To me, The Archer is a musical representation of what it feels like when you wonder if someone will like you for being your true, authentic self. When I hear this song, I know I that there are others who feel the same emotions that I feel, wondering if someone will like me for who I really am.

Thank you for your music and I can’t wait for Lover and what the Lover era will bring! 😊

-Stirling

Hey, y’all. So, I just tweeted all of this after seeing someone quoted onto my timeline because their account got hacked which resulted in their Lover Fest tickets being transferred to someone without their consent, but here’s a better formatted version for all of you Tumblr folks. I’ve seen barely anyone talking about this on here so I’m going to take one for the team and share some info so hopefully it doesn’t happen to anyone else. Anyway. A few days ago, I was perusing the r/TaylorSwift sub (really cool sub by the way, they’re super chill and helpful) on Reddit, when a few posts caught my eye — people were talking about their Ticketmaster accounts being hacked, which was leading to their LF tickets being transferred to a third party (that they didn’t know personally.) I then vaguely recalled a tweet I saw recently about someone saying that the same had happened to them, but then brushed it off because I’m pretty sure it had been a false alarm, and the tickets had simply just disappeared from their account. But anyway. What I’m about to get into is purely me spreading info that’s meant to help, not to incite panic. (It’s 2020. We should all have strong passwords regardless!) (Also, please don’t scam anyone out of their LF tickets. Or any tickets.) Also, before I get into this I have no idea what goes on with Ticketmaster in other countries unfortunately, but I’m hoping that these tips are still (somewhat) applicable for things outside of the US!

Hi Tay! I wanted to share this letter I wrote to you right before I started my senior year just a few months ago.

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Dear @taylorswift

Tomorrow is my first day of senior year and it’s bittersweet.

It’s crazy how you can go from middle school being the bullied shy nice girl then go into a completely different school as the girl who will always have your back. After being bullied all throughout grade school I have learned that these battle scars on my heart and conscience have only made me stronger. Every obstacle I faced has made me the person I am today.

I owe a lot of my ability to stay strong to you and your music. While it did cross my mind on some occasions, I never changed for someone to like me more and never would step down to the bullies level in order for them to think I’m cool. Instead, I would take the person being picked on and befriend them so I would hopefully have a friend for the first time. Most of the time this turned out in the bullying victim ignoring me and becoming a bully themselves but I always have an effort to be kind like you taug

I never thought that the being picked on in grade school would end. I thought all the girls were like this. Wow. Now looking back I was so wrong...I knew I could not go to the same high school that all the girls in my grade were going to. I knew I needed a change. An escape.

My first day of high school was surreal. I made so many friends and from the moment I stepped foot on campus & I immediately felt at home. This has been my happy place for the last three years and I can not wait for my final year even though I’ll definitely “cry like a baby coming home from the bar” on graduation day.

Taylor,

Thank you for being such a constant in my life. You and your music have always been there for me and I will forever be grateful. Thank you for teaching me to be kind no matter what and to smile at every single person you meet because you never know what they are going through. As I start my senior year in less than twelve hours I want to dedicate my year to you.

I will think about you during every test and know that I need to do my best in order to get where I’m going because then I’ll know that it was myself who put me there.

I will continue to never give up or lose all hope because one day I’m going to be living in a big old city and those bullies are only ever going to be Mean.

❤️

I wanted to write this post with the hope that maybe whoever reads will know that things do get better if you continue to be kind and fight through your daily battles. There is another side to every storm. Once the storm does pass and you can finally see the sunshine and rainbow you realize that you are stronger because of you everything you have been through. You came out of that awful point in your life as a resilient, strong, and remarkable person who is about to set the world on fire. I can not wait to see the amazing things you do in this world.

If you ever feel down,

Do what I did and listen to “Mean” on repeat when you start to lose hope that things will get better.

https://open.spotify.com/track/5yEPktRqvIhko5QFF3aBhQ?si=cXcXujH1RNeVQPzH4EXw4Q

With lots of love and hugs,

Barb

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Update as of 12/15/19

Taylor!

I was just accepted into my top two colleges' business schools! One in the big city of Pittsburgh and the other in a suburb of Philadelphia!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/opinion/when-paradise-is-on-fire.amp.html

@taylorswift

@taylorswift