{"id":108270,"date":"2017-08-21T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T18:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=108270"},"modified":"2017-11-02T15:21:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T22:21:42","slug":"taylor-swift-sexual-assault-victims-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/taylor-swift-sexual-assault-victims-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Stands by Sexual Assault Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following Taylor Swift&#8217;s court case against former radio host David Mueller, then you know that the singer-songwriter won her case earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>T. Swift alleged that she was groped during a 2013 public meet-and-greet by the then-DJ, and after a long week, the jury found Mueller liable for assault with a unanimous verdict.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as she won the case, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/this-is-how-taylor-swifts-donations-will-impact-sexual-assault-survivors_us_5994a65ce4b0d0d2cc83e478\" target=\"_blank\">Swift announced<\/a>\u00a0that she would be donating money to organizations that help survivors of sexual assault. She said, &#8220;My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard. Therefore, I will be making donations in the near\u00a0future to multiple organizations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>First on her list: the Joyful Heart Foundation (FabFitFun&#8217;s Summer Box charity). The organization is widely known for its work to heal, educate, and empower survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorswift13\">@taylorswift13<\/a>, for speaking out against assault, defending survivors, and boldly stating that victim-blaming is never OK. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0vkmcySqaS\">pic.twitter.com\/0vkmcySqaS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joyful Heart (@TheJHF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJHF\/status\/897493586551427072\">August 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>According to\u00a0Maile M. Zambuto, the CEO of the Joyful Heart Foundation, Swift made a generous offer, which will go towards three of the foundation&#8217;s main initiatives: healing programs, educational work, and advocacy work &#8212; focusing on the elimination of the U.S.&#8217;s rape kit backlog.<\/p>\n<p>If you or anyone you know has experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse, refer to the resources and hotlines below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/strong><br \/>\n1.800.799.7233<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rape, Abuse &amp; Incest National Network<\/strong><br \/>\n1.800.656.4673<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline<\/strong><br \/>\n1.866.331.9474<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Child Abuse Hotline<\/strong><br \/>\n1.800.422.4453<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/strong><br \/>\n1.800.273.8255<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"If you've been following Taylor Swift's court case against former radio host David Mueller, then ...","author":1427020,"featured_media":108274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,185],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18113028\/taylorswift-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/18113028\/taylorswift.jpg","formated_date":"August 21, 2017","category_name":"News","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113842\/news.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#e062ae","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1427020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}