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Giving to those who are truly in need

=ImaRawkStar:iconImaRawkStar: reports, December 23
This is the time of year of which we all get tangled up in our own troubles and do not focus on some of the real issues of the world. Well, heifer.org can help us with this, by giving animals to families who are truly in need of food, shelter and security.

By donating a small sum of money, such as ten to twenty dollars, you could provide a family with an animal such as a cow, which could produce milk for the family, for food and cooking. With the extra milk it produces, the family can go to the local market and sell the milk to gain more money, which could go towards food and shelter. Over time, the family will start to gain an income and will be able to earn an education.

With the education, they can receive a steady job and produce a stable income for the family to survive. Just by donating a small sum of money, you could not change one life, but many around them. But this is not just it, the family MUST produce offspring to give to another family, which will do the same thing as the family before. Over time, the community will grow and sooner or later, the impoverished areas will start to gain strength.


Even if you can not donate any money, please donate a few seconds or minutes by adding a favorite to this article and sending it on to other deviants around deviantart. It would be really awesome if we could get some support on this, and maybe as an art community we can pull together to help others in need! I know it can be done!

When did we start hating everything?

`Rahll:iconRahll: reports, December 23
When did it suddenly become cool to hate everything? It's a growing problem, especially in the entertainment world, and no one benefits from an increasingly hard to please, pessimistic audience.

Art Theft; Harassment is not the answer

*RSR-Productions:iconRSR-Productions: reports, December 21
We are not e-thugs, we're just artists who want to take care of our community.
10 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~FinLin

Why the @#$% should I care about Art Theft?!

*KikaiSaigono:iconKikaiSaigono: reports, December 21
Why the @#$% should YOU care about art theft? The answer may surprise you. A few tips for art thieves, those who report them, and dA staff on how to better prevent art theft, and make dA a real art site once more.
42 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~Rsvoirz

A NEW PLACE TO PLAY

*dA-Morgue:icondA-Morgue: reports, December 20
Warning:
This article may contain disturbing or offensive images. Please proceed with that in mind

We could have done it on Halloween, but no. I have to wait till Christmas to announce a new "Dark Club"
On December 13th :iconda-morgue: *dA-Morgue opened its doors.

Differences -- America & England -- A must read!!!

*llama-doll:iconllama-doll: reports, December 12
Differences between systems in america and england, a must read, school systems, currency, slang, law
59 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~kaygurl

Loss of faith...

~DouglassDumas:iconDouglassDumas: reports, December 8
DA policies and double standards.

Horror News.

=mzscarecrow1313:iconmzscarecrow1313: reports, December 8
Horror News straight from the Harleyquinn and her Babies

Photo-manipulation: A Beginner's Hand Guide

=Emerald-Depths:iconEmerald-Depths: reports, December 7
Don't know what photo-manipulation is, or do you want to try it but don't know where to begin?

This article contains frequently asked questions (with answers) involving the process.

Project Comment: Around dA Issue 6

#ProjectComment:iconProjectComment: reports, December 6
Project Comment is all about the community, so instead of just sticking to one thing and effectively closing all our walls and doors, we’re issuing a weekly Around dA, Project Comment style.

This news article includes things you can take part of (Groups, Features, Projects and More!), FAQs and Tuts, Guides and Resources. Each category is limited to only five things so that you have time to visit each individually.

Have something to suggest? Note us! :D

Editorials This Week

When did we start hating everything?

`Rahll:iconRahll: reports, December 23
When did it suddenly become cool to hate everything? It's a growing problem, especially in the entertainment world, and no one benefits from an increasingly hard to please, pessimistic audience.

Why the @#$% should I care about Art Theft?!

*KikaiSaigono:iconKikaiSaigono: reports, December 21
Why the @#$% should YOU care about art theft? The answer may surprise you. A few tips for art thieves, those who report them, and dA staff on how to better prevent art theft, and make dA a real art site once more.
42 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~Rsvoirz

Art Theft; Harassment is not the answer

*RSR-Productions:iconRSR-Productions: reports, December 21
We are not e-thugs, we're just artists who want to take care of our community.
10 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~FinLin

Giving to those who are truly in need

=ImaRawkStar:iconImaRawkStar: reports, December 23
This is the time of year of which we all get tangled up in our own troubles and do not focus on some of the real issues of the world. Well, heifer.org can help us with this, by giving animals to families who are truly in need of food, shelter and security.

By donating a small sum of money, such as ten to twenty dollars, you could provide a family with an animal such as a cow, which could produce milk for the family, for food and cooking. With the extra milk it produces, the family can go to the local market and sell the milk to gain more money, which could go towards food and shelter. Over time, the family will start to gain an income and will be able to earn an education.

With the education, they can receive a steady job and produce a stable income for the family to survive. Just by donating a small sum of money, you could not change one life, but many around them. But this is not just it, the family MUST produce offspring to give to another family, which will do the same thing as the family before. Over time, the community will grow and sooner or later, the impoverished areas will start to gain strength.


Even if you can not donate any money, please donate a few seconds or minutes by adding a favorite to this article and sending it on to other deviants around deviantart. It would be really awesome if we could get some support on this, and maybe as an art community we can pull together to help others in need! I know it can be done!

Welcome to socialist america.

~Hell-butterfly45:iconHell-butterfly45: reports, December 22
What's happening to America. (All complaints will be ignored)

Sexual Assault Awareness Month -new coverage-

=crystalofchaos:iconcrystalofchaos: reports, 15h 18m ago
a rewritten article on sexual assault awareness
1 comment   Editorials  Last +fav: *Ravenpuff

SAAM Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April

=crystalofchaos:iconcrystalofchaos: reports, 1d 19h ago
Rape is not just a crime, it is a heinous and personal invasion on the most intimate of levels. Rape destroys lives and belittles its victims. End the silence, conquer fear, and speak up. We need to raise awareness and help prevent this inhumane crime.

Is Facebook ruining your social circle?

~TocTicTocTic:iconTocTicTocTic: reports, 19h 47m ago
Is Facebook ruining your social circle?

According to HealingMercy, a six year member of dA, a number of friends and family members in her Facebook account have been spreading rumors of her activities offline, as well as their own...with her.

Wanna be an artist? Start Here

~Explosion4295:iconExplosion4295: reports, 11h 35m ago
It seemed to me that there was no one who had the answers to my questions about art, so I had to learn myself. But you don't have to, just read this.
No comments   Editorials  Last +fav: Nobody

Happy Christmas!

~Hell-butterfly45:iconHell-butterfly45: reports, December 24
Let's just enjoy ourselves for one day.
No comments   Editorials  Last +fav: Nobody

Editorials


IWW: Women's day in Croatia

=Ilharess:iconIlharess: reports, March 7, 2008
English

Women's day in Croatia
Note: in case you will be wondering, I decided to write this text in both English for you all to understand and in my native Croatian as this is partially about my country too.
This article is part of the IWW happening announced by ^sbaraci at [link]
I was born in 1971, the year that Croatia first tried to come out of the communism and former agglomerate of the countries. So, I can remember some things about that (in)famous Woman's day, that should actually be a reminder of what women had to do around the world to gain equal rights and how much work is still ahead of us.
I'm not that old to remember the times when women had no right to vote, and could not get proper schooling in the part of the world I live. But to understand the situation here, most of you would need a brief explanation: Croatia entered communist Yugoslavia after WWII. Religious holidays were mostly ignored, if not forbidden to celebrate, and Croatia is major Catholic country. In Catholic calendar, one Sunday in may is marked as Mother's day (there is also Father's day, dunno when exactly). But as this was not celebrated in these days, International Woman's day was usually called Mother's day, which is not fair. What I do remember from my childhood is that I always got something from my dad on that day, and some would say that I was not a woman (yet) nor a mother, but her felt the right spirit of that day. In days after the communism, all those days that would otherwise be celebrated as reminders of fights for people's rights, were despised because of the bad memories people had on those days. On Woman's day, there would usually be celebrations "in honour" or the women, and men would come home drunk, with one squished rose. So instead of the respect, which should actually be there the whole year, wife would have to deal with "happy" guy at home.
But I feel it is time to change that again, although after all those years it is hard for the older people. So on that day, instead of making it only a day, I want you to remember what that day means, how much work was done, how many lives lost, and how much there is still to be done in many parts of the world. I can understand some women are happy the way they live, but they all deserve a right to choose their lives. Not all of them want to be housewives, and surely none of them wishes to be a slave although many of them don't know it can be different because they lack communication and education. Not all of us can or wish to be a mother to the children, but we are all mothers to our ideas and actions.
So guys, if you're reading this, think about how you feel about your lady, and if you think you're missing something, try to change your attitude and show her some love, not with presents, but real feelings. Give her support. Just hug your special lady. Don’t let this day be the only such day in the whole year, make it a turning point towards the better understanding what is really important: respect. Remember, men and women are different but are equal. Explore the difference to enrich your life.
I will not forget women that found their other half of a couple in another women: it doesn’t mean that you will better understand each other by default, you have to work equally to make your partner feel loved and respected.
And for the end, some features of the Croatian lady artists here on dA. More of their works you will find in their galleries, and many more Croatian artists in our national ~HRclub
Won't feature my work here, so if you are curious…visit my gallery ;)


Hrvatski

Dan žena u Hrvatskoj
Budući da se ovaj članak djelomično odnosi na povijest proslave Dana žena u Hrvatskoj, odlučila sam ga napisati dvojezično – imamo pravo i na vlastiti jezik, zar ne? A i engleski je ovdje da nas i ostatak svijeta razumije.
Ovaj je članak napisan u sklopu IWW događanja na dA koji je službeno najavila ^sbaraci na [link]
Kao što neke od vas i znaju, rođena sam 1971., dakle u godini Hrvatskog proljeća kada se Hrvatska prvi puta pokušala izvući iz komunizma. Stoga se sjećam i različitih blagdana koji su se tada smatrali komunističkim i, iako to mogu shvatiti, smatram da je došlo vrijeme da se napravi razlika između takvih praznika koji predstavljaju dane svjetske borbe za ljudska prava kao što su Dan žena i Praznik rada, i onih koji su doista veličali komunistička “dostignuća“. Pa iskoristimo 8. ožujka kao dan koji nas podsjeća na sve žene koje su živote dale da bi neke od nas sada imale bar približno ista prava, ali i na potrebu da se to ostvari i u ostatku svijeta.
Kod nas se nekada kao sinonima za Dan žena koristio i naziv Majčin dan, što nije potpuno točno, a nije ni pošteno prema ženama koje ne mogu biti majke ili koje smatraju da je njihova uloga na ovome svijetu drugačija. No tada je katolički blagdan Majčin dan koji se slavi jednu nedjelju u svibnju bio zanemaren ili čak i zabranjivan kao i svi ostali vjerski blagdani. Sjećam da mi je kao klinki tata uvijek kupio nešto na taj dan, a neke bi gospođe negodovale da kao ja sam dijete, a ne žena, a nisam (još ) ni majka. Moj otac je poštivao taj dan onako kako je zamišljen. A meni je bilo jasno da bez obzira kako me nazivali u određenoj fazi života: djevojčica, djevojka, majka, supruga, ženska, baka, baba ili kakogod...rođena sam kao žena i kao takvoj taj dan je bio i moj dan. S druge strane, u to se doba proslava Dana žena u nas svodila na "slavlja" u poduzećima, a kući bi dolazili pripiti mužeki, poneki i s buketom u ruci, i čudili se što se njihove žene tome ne vesele.
No, tim je vremenima bar u nas došao kraj, pa vas sada podsjećam na mnoge žene koje su se borile za svoje i naša prava, dobile su ih neočekivano teško i katkad jako kasno u državama koje se diče demokracijom. No sjetimo se i svih onih koje još žive u nemogućim uvjetima. Neke su žene zaista sretne da žive onako kako žive, neke se sretne i kao kućanice i da se posvete samo kući i obitelji i to je njihov izbor, kao što neke druge biraju da uopće nemaju obitelj nego da se bave svojom karijerom. Neke će odabrati oboje i odlično balansirati između svih tih obveza. No problem je u tome da mnoge žene nemaju izbor ili zbog neobrazovanosti nemaju niti saznanja da stvari mogu biti drugačije. Jedna je žena nedavno na taj oltar položila svoj život, pukušavajući ostalima u svome kraju pokazati da može biti drugačije i boreći se da imaju pravo izbora.
I to je sve što žene zapravo traže i na što podsjećaju na taj dan: sloboda izbora. Da možemo odabrati hoćemo li biti kućanice, znanstvenice, umjetnice ili direktorice, da budemo majke djeci ili idejama, da se možemo školovati ako to želimo. Ne zanima me feminizam jer to je meni preekstreman oblik razmišljanja kao i šovinizam, voljela bih samo da sve žene ovoga svijeta znaju da imaju izbor i da im se omogući da odaberu ono što im srce želi.
E pa sad dečki, ako uoće čitate ovo i ako volite jednu damu: razmislite o svojoj vezi i ako vam se čini da nešto nedostaje, pokušajte promijeniti način razmišljanja, pokažite joj koliko je volite i to ne skupim poklonima nego pravim osjećajima. Dajte joj podršku. Zagrlite je. I nemojte da to bude samo na taj dan, shvatite to kao prekretnicu prema razumijevanju i onome što je najvažnije: poštivanju. Zapamtite da smo različiti ali jednaki, shvatite te razlike kao priliku da vam život bude bogatiji.
Naravno, ovdje neću zaboraviti niti žene koje su životne družice pronašle u drugoj ženi: to ne znači moje dame da ćete se lakše sporazumjeti i snaći u svojoj vezi, nego ćete se jednako morati potruditi da se vaše partnerice osjećaju voljene i poštovane.
Na kraju ću naravno predstaviti po sličicu iz galerije nekih od naših umjetnica koje su našle svoje mjesto pod suncem i na DeviantArt-u – više njihovih radova nalazi se u galerijama svake od njih, a još mnogo članica i u našem nacionalnom ~HRclubu
Obično na ubacujem svoje radove kad pišem o nekoj temi, pa neću ni ovdje…ako koga zanima, slobodno prošetate mojom galerijom.
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=azdaja
*bladefetish
~CroEva
*crvena69
~esens
~Faeriedivine
=fatallook
=freaky665
~gogga
~GospodarSamoce
~Kaarmen
~katacombkitten
~lebensblume
~LittleBlackGirl
*Marinshe
~nejna
*PartWish
^sbaraci
~Sidonius
~tanguera
~vallanthe
*venusmantrap
~Zeljana

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:iconcrvena69:
Uh! Ovo si prekrasno napisala. Prošli su me trnci dok sam čitala. Svaka ti čast :clap:
Hvala ti puno na predstavljanju u ovoj prekrasnoj rubrici (da postoji nekakva kamera koja me sad snima - vidjela bi da se kesim od uha do uha :D) - hvala ti puno Ilharess! :hug:
I želim ti (kao i svim ženama) da nam svaki dan bude Dan žena i da napokon prevladamo sve poteškoće. :blowkiss: :rose:

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Sritan dan zena :love: I nadamo se da cemo jednom dobiti tu ravnopravnost koju zasluzujemo. Kada sam procitala sitila sam se svog djetinstva i svega dok sam bila mama, guzvi za ljubicice i poljubaca, i ukrasavanja panoa u osnovnoj svega sto mi je bilo vazno. Hvala ti za to :glomp:

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:iconilharess:
hvala i tebi. Sandra me inspirirala i morala sam nesto reci i o nama ovdje. a sve ove dame su zasluzile promociju, pa i vise od toga...
:flowerpot:

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And a large group of professionals built the Titanic.
:iconilharess:
kad si pitala za sudjelovanje u tom projektu, prvo mi je to palo napamet. a kod nas je tako specifican slucaj da ljudi automatski poistovjecuju neke blagdane s komunizmom: ne mogu reci da ne shvacam, jer i ja sam nekad tako to dozivljavala. no kad malo razmisljas o svijetu i povijesti, vidis i dobre i lose stvari u svemu, i treba izvuc i promovirat ono sto valja. u blagdanu kao sto je dan zena ili praznik rada, lako je shvatiti bit samo ako ostavimo po strani oziljke koje je "komunizam" ostavio u nasim umovima. filozofiram...hvala ti :hug:

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:iconilharess:
:aww:

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The old Gods are not dead. They think we are.
:iconsbaraci:
ljudi tribaju preci priko povijesti i prihvatiti dobro sto je bilo i svakome rezimu u svemu ima i dobrih i losih strana, barem ja tako na to gledam, stavljati dobre stvari na losu stranu samo zbog odredjenog rezima samo stvara nove katastrofe i znaci da nismo nista naucili :glomp:

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:heart:My Etsy Store - Buy originals support the artist
:iconilharess:
slazem se s tobom i zapravo se smatram sretnom jer mislim da sam dosla do tog stupnja razvoja :hug:

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joj mnogo ti hvala na featuru... sad idem tekst čitat (:

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