#106 Pep someone who's gotten a lot of shit
In 2003 Linda Rosing was on the reality show Big Brother on Channel 5. Since then she has been the Swedish people’s own piñata. A piñata is a doll made of papier mâché that Mexican children fill with candy, hang up a tree and then hit it until the silicone breasts burst and tears and the candy falls out. As soon as Linda is on a front page, talking about how she feels in the morning newspapers, trying to make porn, getting divorced, or is engaged, the bats come out and we hit as hard as we can and hope that she will crack.
In 2009, Linda played the main role in the reality show "The right of Rosing" which is about how she must find a husband. The program was a seldom seen catastrophe. Once again, we turn to Linda swinging with baseball bats and pitchforks.
But here is where we can we do something new, I think. It's so fucking boring to kick someone who has already been taking so much shit. If one instead were to take five minutes to think about how to pep a person and do something constructive and / or nice.
During a workshop with 365 things you can do in Hallunda in Stockholm we came up with an idea. We asked the 50 participants to write a supportive letter to Linda Rosing. The letters we collected in a large envelope and then sent by snail mail to miss Rosing with words of encouragement. The message said: Screw guys. Find the stability, love and strength in yourself.
Bonus: There are also other people to send letters to to try and pep. It might be difficult to send letters to Dawit Isaak, but you can send a message as a message in a bottle, as a letter to a newspaper or actually try to find the address of the prison where he sits. http://www.freedawit.com/


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