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Stop SOPA

I have a kick-ass post on letting go and how difficult and necessary it is.  But you'll note I'm not posted it today.

That's because I'm participating in the Stop SOPA strike.

I'm not technically advanced enough to figure out how to black out my site, but this way you get the benefit of learning more about it. (And if you find sites blacked out in your travels around the web, this is why.)

Information from the Stop SOPA Strike page:

On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill – PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House – to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity. We need internet companies to follow Reddit's lead and stand up for the web, as we internet users are doing every day.

Some of the many internet guys joining this strike:

Google

WordPress

Wikipedia

Mozilla

Moveon.org

And many more.

Won't you join?  Don't you want a free, uncensored internet?  I know I do.  Visit the SOPA Strike page to find out more.

 

Charlotte

Charlotte Rains Dixon mentors creative writers from passionate to published. Charlotte is a free-lance journalist, ghostwriter, and author. She is Director Emeritus and a current mentor at the Writer's Loft, a certificate-writing program at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and is the author of a dozen books, including The Complete Guide to Writing Successful Fundraising Letters, and Beautiful America’s Oregon Coast. Her fiction has appeared in The Trunk, Santa Fe Writer’s Project, Nameless Grace, and Somerset Studios and her articles have been published in Vogue Knitting, the Oregonian, and Pology, to name a few. Her novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, was published in 2013, and she is represented by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary. Learn about her annual writing workshops in Europe at letsgowrite.com, and visit her blog at www.charlotterainsdixon.com, where you can find all kinds of tips and techniques on writing and creativity.

0 thoughts on “Stop SOPA”

  1. Square-Peg Karen

    Charlotte, I’m looking forward to your kick-ass post (sounds like one that I need about now)! I’ll be watching for it.

    I couldn’t figure out how to do the black-out thing on Typepad either, but I’m SO with you on the Stop SOPA. Waving.

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  2. J.D. Frost

    Yes, I am with you. I’ll go to the page and do what I can.

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  3. Charlotte Dixon

    Oh God, now I hope it really is kick ass! I’m glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t figure out how to do black it out (Typepad does have its quirks)but I do think this serves the purpose well, we get to talk about it.

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  4. Charlotte Dixon

    Thanks, J.D.! For those with Twitter accounts, you can get the Stop Sopa avatar which is quite fetching. :-)

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