Comments on: http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/ Thu, 17 May 2012 09:02:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Dana http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-425 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:22:47 +0000 http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-425 *cough* Not much of a contribution to this conversation, but. It is actually a fact that you can only get funding for abstinance-only sex education in the US? It seems so ridiculous I wasn't sure if it was an urban myth... :\ *cough* Not much of a contribution to this conversation, but. It is actually a fact that you can only get funding for abstinance-only sex education in the US? It seems so ridiculous I wasn’t sure if it was an urban myth… :\

]]> by: Annie http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-417 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:30:31 +0000 http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-417 Raj, you're right, my reading comprehension skills are apparently not of the finest right now. Heather--huh. You know, federal funding never actually crossed my mind, as those applications are extremely long, complicated, and sans flexibility. I was thinking more on the lines of private foundations, like the Ford Foundation or the Open Society Institute. There are also many many smaller foundations out there; there's a great database, I don't know if you know it, on the Foundation Center website. There's a fee, but if you know any development people out there, they may let you use their password. Raj, you’re right, my reading comprehension skills are apparently not of the finest right now.

Heather–huh. You know, federal funding never actually crossed my mind, as those applications are extremely long, complicated, and sans flexibility. I was thinking more on the lines of private foundations, like the Ford Foundation or the Open Society Institute. There are also many many smaller foundations out there; there’s a great database, I don’t know if you know it, on the Foundation Center website. There’s a fee, but if you know any development people out there, they may let you use their password.

]]> by: sarah http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-411 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:09:01 +0000 http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-411 i wonder if awareness for costs relating to web-based information clearinghouse type sites like scarleteen is something that a lot of people have... just speaking for myself, i can't even wrap my head around what the physical operating costs (bandwidth, etc.) would be, let alone an (ideal) wage for the operator. also, i must say that your later post re: naive melody nudged me to put it on and crank my speakers. :) i wonder if awareness for costs relating to web-based information clearinghouse type sites like scarleteen is something that a lot of people have… just speaking for myself, i can’t even wrap my head around what the physical operating costs (bandwidth, etc.) would be, let alone an (ideal) wage for the operator.

also, i must say that your later post re: naive melody nudged me to put it on and crank my speakers. :)

]]> by: raj http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-408 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:36:34 +0000 http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-408 Hi, Heather, That's terrible. And look, I finally have the income to do a little something. So I did, because Scarleteen is one of the best resources on the web, bar none. I send grownups there, I send youth there, I go there myself when I don't know the answer, and I've been doing that since I discovered the place, shortly after its inception. Thank you thank you. ...and Annie, unfortunately I think there already are grants: "some months, grant notwithstanding, has generated as little revenue as $25 a month in donations." Heather, you rock. Hi, Heather,

That’s terrible. And look, I finally have the income to do a little something. So I did, because Scarleteen is one of the best resources on the web, bar none. I send grownups there, I send youth there, I go there myself when I don’t know the answer, and I’ve been doing that since I discovered the place, shortly after its inception. Thank you thank you.

…and Annie, unfortunately I think there already are grants: “some months, grant notwithstanding, has generated as little revenue as $25 a month in donations.”

Heather, you rock.

]]> by: Annie http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-402 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:11:18 +0000 http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-402 Is Scarleteen a non-profit? Would it be worth looking into writing grants to cover costs, or do you feel like that's too compromising for Scarleteen's mission? Is Scarleteen a non-profit? Would it be worth looking into writing grants to cover costs, or do you feel like that’s too compromising for Scarleteen’s mission?

]]> by: feral sparrowhawk http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-366 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:10:16 +0000 http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-366 I can't help much with buying a camera right now, but I can promise that by March or April there will be a bit more in the donations jar if that helps with planning. Read the email I just sent for why. I can’t help much with buying a camera right now, but I can promise that by March or April there will be a bit more in the donations jar if that helps with planning. Read the email I just sent for why.

]]> by: lisa http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-363 Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:05:33 +0000 http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-363 Oh! If I lived anywhere near you, I'd lend you my camera! I know all too well how it is not being able to afford the equipment you need. I work part time at a camera store- I can get some stuff at a discount. If that would ever be able to help you, just let me know. Oh! If I lived anywhere near you, I’d lend you my camera! I know all too well how it is not being able to afford the equipment you need. I work part time at a camera store- I can get some stuff at a discount. If that would ever be able to help you, just let me know.

]]> by: Hypati) http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-361 Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:58:08 +0000 http://www.femmerotic.com/journal/2006/12/23/screw-you-and-your-magi-too/#comment-361 Figleaf (at realadultsex.com) pointed me to this post -- I commented on his blog but wanted to repeat it here, just in case it helps with your funk. I've gotten tons of great information over the years from Scarleteen (and most of those years were when I wasn't, technically, a teenager anymore). I'm feeling like quite the idiot never to have noticed the "Donate" link in the sidebar. I'm glad somebody pointed it out to me now that I'm in a better position to give back. Figleaf (at realadultsex.com) pointed me to this post — I commented on his blog but wanted to repeat it here, just in case it helps with your funk.

I’ve gotten tons of great information over the years from Scarleteen (and most of those years were when I wasn’t, technically, a teenager anymore). I’m feeling like quite the idiot never to have noticed the “Donate” link in the sidebar. I’m glad somebody pointed it out to me now that I’m in a better position to give back.

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