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Rebecca J. Kavanagh
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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. I never share anything personal on here, but 4 years ago, I lost my baby sister, Cate, to suicide. It was the hardest thing I have ever experienced. I also know it is a remarkably common one, so please know, if it is yours, you are alone.
NOT ALONE.

You are NOT alone.

Damn typo - left out the most important word. You are not alone, even if you feel alone.
If you are feeling alone and suicidal: in the US call, 800-273-8255 (twitter: @afspnational); In Australia, (call: 13 11 14 twitter @SuicidePrevAU @ruokday).
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Rebecca J. Kavanagh
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There was a fifth little girl, who unlike the four little girls who lost their lives, survived the KKK bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Her name is Sarah Collins Rudolph @SarahRudolp and she is the sister of Addie Mae Collins.
@SarahRudolp Mrs. Collins Rudolph has spent her life fighting for justice for her sister and herself. Every year on the anniversary of the bombing, politicians hold ceremonies and give speeches, but she has never received any compensation for the murder of her sister or what she has suffered.
@SarahRudolp When Congress awarded the four little girls its highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, in 2013, the 50th anniversary of the bombing, she declined the invitation to attend President Obama’s signing of the resolution.
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Rebecca J. Kavanagh
@DrRJKavanagh
That tweet you think is from @TheOnion, but is actually from @nytimes.
@TheOnion @nytimes Everyone's focused on the first part of this tweet (I mean I get it) but the second part is problematic in its own special way - "confirmed she didn't belong at Yale."

I get how it made her feel. That's not what this says.
@TheOnion @nytimes Be so shockingly misogynistic in the first part of your tweet, maybe people will miss the racism in the second.
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Rebecca J. Kavanagh
@DrRJKavanagh
I had a 17-year-old client accepted into 5 colleges, with references from his pastor, heads of programs and community leaders. The judge could have sentenced him to probation. Instead she gave him 2 years in prison. He, unlike Mr. Milaski, is Black. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u…
She also could have sentenced him as a youthful offender. Instead she gave him an adult felony record.

I argued that the consequences of all of this would be devastating for him, especially his education.

Her response: he should have thought of that when he committed the crime.
Because I know everyone is going to ask me the charge: attempted criminal possession of a weapon.

My client was alleged to have carried a gun. He was never alleged to have used the gun, to have pointed the gun at anyone. Just to have carried it.
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 lambdaliterary.org/features/08/13…
Theme song for cutters everywhere.
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