The Red Alert - Peace Takes Courage

[Ava]

I had an interview with http://www.theredalert.com/default.htm">The Red Alert last week and http://www.theredalert.com/features/peacetakescourage.htm">the article came out today. Check it out and let me know what you think! :hi:

excerpt:

Ava Lowrey, like so many Americans, has family members stationed in Iraq. When she decided to do some research and find out the reasons behind the Bush administration's decision that American intervention and occupation was necessary, she wasn't too happy with the results. Disgusted by the web of lies that she discovered, she decided to add her voice to the protest, and began making stark, arresting animations that she posted on her own website, Peace Takes Courage. These animations often consist of a slideshow of disturbing photographs from the frontlines and beyond - wounded soldiers, weeping civilians, all the sorts of things that you seldom see on the evening news. And, apparently, some people think you should never see them.

Since starting in early 2005, Lowrey, now 15 years old, has made over 70 animations, with topics ranging from John Bolton's appointment to the mishandling of Hurricane Katrina, but never straying long from the war in Iraq. Her steady voice against the war eventually attracted the attention of Cindy Sheehan, who wrote a flattering article about Lowrey and her site. This almost certainly helped spark the conservative backlash, which quickly reached depressing depths of anonymous bullying and hysterical vitriol. One e-mailer wished for Lowrey to "fucking die and get raped while your corpse rots in the sun." More examples shouldn't be necessary. Unbowed, the teenage peace activist continues to make her animations, and even has her eye on film school.

finish reading it here: http://www.theredalert.com/features/peacetakescourage.htm

[Ava]

1. kick

:kick:

[Downtown Hound]

2. Congratulations once again!

If you ever do go to film school and start making movies, you'll already have a name for yourself when your first movie comes out if you keep going at this rate.

[Ava]

3. thanks Downtown Hound!

:hi:

[sakabatou]

4. I think you found a lucrative niche, Ava

You've seem to be interviewed a lot these days ;)

[Ava]

5. lol! thanks!

:pals:

you enjoying that star? ;)

[sakabatou]

8. That was you?

OMG, thank you so much Ava! :hug:

[stellanoir]

6. I Love

what you said in terms of how Dems should have responded to accusations of being weak on National Security and the so-called "war on terror." Do it LEGALLY. Perfect.

But spitting contests. . .? For real???

Too funny.

Congrats dear!!! Great interview.

[Ava]

9. haha! lol thanks!

that was a joke (the spitting contests) but they do stuff about that stupid. :P

[crikkett]

7. congratulations!!

n/t

[Ava]

10. thanks crikkett!

:hi:

[Neoma]

11. Kicked

[Ava]

12. thanks for the kick Neoma!

:hi:

[Neoma]

14. Welcome.

[northamericancitizen]

13. Ava, Bravo for your commitment .

[Ava]

15. thanks northamericancitizen!

:pals:

[Ava]

16. kicking

for the night crowd

:hi: