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This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See

In an effort to provide abused children with a safe way to reach out for help, a Spanish organization called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation, or ANAR for short, created an ad that displays a different message for adults and children at the same time.
The secret behind the ad’s wizardry is a lenticular top layer, which shows different images at varying angles. So when an adult—or anyone taller than four feet, five inches—looks at it they only see the image of a sad child and the message: “sometimes, child abuse is only visible to the child suffering it.” But when a child looks at the ad, they see bruises on the boy’s face and a different message: “if somebody hurts you, phone us and we’ll help you” alongside the foundation’s phone number.
The ad is designed to empower kids, particularly if their abuser happens to be standing right next to them. And while this is a great and worthwhile use of lenticular images, how long will it be before toy companies start doing to the same thing to hawk their products directly at kids?
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This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See

In an effort to provide abused children with a safe way to reach out for help, a Spanish organization called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation, or ANAR for short, created an ad that displays a different message for adults and children at the same time.

The secret behind the ad’s wizardry is a lenticular top layer, which shows different images at varying angles. So when an adult—or anyone taller than four feet, five inches—looks at it they only see the image of a sad child and the message: “sometimes, child abuse is only visible to the child suffering it.” But when a child looks at the ad, they see bruises on the boy’s face and a different message: “if somebody hurts you, phone us and we’ll help you” alongside the foundation’s phone number.

The ad is designed to empower kids, particularly if their abuser happens to be standing right next to them. And while this is a great and worthwhile use of lenticular images, how long will it be before toy companies start doing to the same thing to hawk their products directly at kids?

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i wish somebody felt like this about me :( aw

same

wow didn’t realize how lonely i was until i read this…

why am i crying

this is so sweet and beautiful i love this so much wow

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Anonymous

Anonymous asked:

There is a thing in narrative therapy called externalizing the problem. I guess you identified the fundamental difference in our perspectives and why. You don't seem to experience suffering as the most salient part of your attraction. For those who do, it is a problem. Externalizing it, i.e. conceptualizing it as something external to the self, protects the person from feeling like a monster or problem themself and gives them a focus for coping or change of behavior (albeit not attraction).

I’m sorry. I cannot determine what your motive for telling me this is. Nothing personal, it just doesn’t add up clearly to me.

There is a thing in narrative therapy called externalizing the problem.

I am well aware of this. I externalize things all the time, typically for other people. I constantly separate behavior from the individual, which is probably why am able to maintain a relatively cool head during arguments.

I guess you identified the fundamental difference in our perspectives and why. You don’t seem to experience suffering as the most salient part of your attraction.

I don’t know who you are, Anon, but you are correct that I do not suffer like you seem to. (Are you the Anon from my other blog?)

For those who do, it is a problem.

Yes. In my process of dealing with my attraction, there were indeed times when it caused me great stress. As I have said, I contemplated suicide at one point. I had some behavior patterns that I feared I could not get rid of — behavior patterns I feared would only get worse.

Externalizing it, i.e. conceptualizing it as something external to the self, protects the person from feeling like a monster or problem themself and gives them a focus for coping or change of behavior (albeit not attraction).

Indeed. I understand everything you wrote here, I just don’t understand why you felt the need to tell me.

Anonymous

Anonymous asked:

I understand you, but I don't understand why you would celebrate this condition. I'm not saying demonize yourself for it. But it sucks and life would be better without it. Why celebrate it? Acknowledging it and coping with it is a daily thing. Why set aside one day to act like it is a good thing? It's not.

I understand you,

No, I don’t think you do.

but I don’t understand why you would celebrate this condition.

It’s not about celebrating “this condition.”

But that’s kind of the thing… you called it a condition. That makes it sound like it is a state of being that can change if treated. That makes it sound like it is something that is external to my being — like some kind of modifier.

Rather, it is a part of who I am, tightly woven into the fabric of my identity. If I literally celebrate anything, it’s my identity as a whole.

I’m not saying demonize yourself for it.

But you are. Maybe “demonize” is a strong word, but what you are doing is along the same root.

Just look at this message you wrote. It is clear that your goal is to object to me celebrating my identity on a holiday created for that purpose by others like me.

Is it not enough that I cannot celebrate my identity during Pride events? Do you really have to come and tell me that I should not celebrate during this separate holiday either?

‘Don’t celebrate your identity — it’s not a good thing,’ sure comes off as something akin to demonization, whether you intend it or not.

But it sucks and life would be better without it.

Would it really? I don’t know that… Certainly there are drawbacks to having this attraction, but I don’t think life would necessarily be better without it.

Why celebrate it?

I believe I answered this in my previous post, Why I celebrated Alice Day last year, and why I am doing it again this year.

Acknowledging it and coping with it is a daily thing. Why set aside one day to act like it is a good thing? It’s not.

I feel like you didn’t actually read the post.

I wouldn’t have to set aside a special day if I were afforded the same respect and tolerance as everyone else, but I’m not. Do you think I could take a rainbow flag and put a pink spiral heart on it and march in the next Pride Parade without incident? No, I couldn’t do that.

But it sucks

Feeling left out sucks. Feeling unaccepted sucks. Being shunned and being made to feel shame for who I am sucks.

Alice Day is the one day I have where I don’t look to the outside world for acceptance.

Why I celebrated Alice Day last year, and why I am doing it again this year.

I love little girls. I love that I love them. I love the feelings they give me. Sometimes, I wish I was one. These are all positive feelings, yet people aim to make me feel bad for having them.

I work at a job that causes me to interact with children. Assisting a young girl is often one of the highlights of my day. I dream of a day when I don’t have to hide this fact. But I do have to hide it. Everyday, I have to pretend I am something that I am not.

People of other sexual minorities have days/events to celebrate their identities. Pedophiles are SHUNNED at LGBTQ “Pride” celebrations. While everyone else gets to openly celebrate their identity, pedophiles are made to feel shame. It does not matter if the pedophile in question is a child abuser — they are treated like one anyway.

April 25th was created as our own holiday. It is a way for pedophiles to remember that, hey, we aren’t alone — there are others like us. It’s a way to say “Hey, I’m not ashamed of who I am.” Pedophiles can’t do this at Pride events, so we have to have our own holiday.

Anti-pedophile hate groups (and they are hate groups) would have you believe that Alice Day is a day when child molesters celebrate by molesting a child. They cite cherry-picked forum entries as evidence. Maybe some dysfunctional individuals do indeed celebrate this way, and if that is the case, that’s terrible, but they would fall in the clear minority.

In my several years of speaking with pedophiles of varying stripes on the internet, one thing became pretty apparent to me. The pedophiles who engage in illegal activity DO NOT typically celebrate Alice Day. Celebrating Alice Day would put them at risk for detection, and serves them little purpose since they are content staying in the shadows. On the other hand, Alice Day is typically celebrated by law-abiding pedophiles. We can risk being found out because the consequences are theoretically less severe. An investigation might ruin our social status, but it won’t land us in jail.

I plan on celebrating Alice Day the way I usually do. This consists of wearing items of clothing to help strangers identify me as a pedophile; carefully observing others to see if I notice anyone doing the same; and wishing my friends a Happy Alice Day. Some of us will probably grab drinks. Nothing dangerous. Nothing illegal. Nothing harmful. Nothing disrespectful.

Anti-pedophile hate groups will stop at nothing to try and indiscriminately ruin the lives of pedophiles.They paint us as monsters, so it’s no surprise that they paint Alice Day as some horrible day of rape. They can’t stand the idea of a pedophile being happy, so they have attempted to take Alice Day away from pedophiles and turn it into a day we will fear. Well, it’s not going to work.

I am a pedophile. I did not choose to be this way, but it is a part of who I am, and I am tired of being made to feel ashamed of who I am. That’s why today is a special day for me. That’s why I will celebrate when others tell me not to.

Questions? Comments? I am going to bed soon, and will be out all day, so I may not respond quickly. Anyway…

Happy Alice Day!