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What You Support When You Rep the Movement

Repping the movement is so much more than just getting a tee. Repping means representing the stand you're taking against porn and for real love.

By November 8, 2023No Comments

 

Decades of studies from respected institutions have demonstrated significant impacts of porn consumption on individuals, relationships, and society. No Porn November is all about giving visibility to these facts and empowering individuals to choose to be porn-free. Learn more by clicking here.

“Rep the movement.”

That’s a phrase you’ll hear and see a lot all over our site and social media, but you might not know exactly what it means.

It means that you purchased merch from our online store and that you proudly wear it to spark conversations about the science, facts, and personal accounts that show the harms of porn. It also means that you want to wear something that represents a significant global movement to stop the demand for sexual exploitation.

Related: How Far Your Donation Goes with Fight the New Drug

But when you rep the movement, what exactly are you repping? How are you becoming an active part of this organization when you donate or grab a tee from our online store?

Every time you choose to rep the movement, you are actively contributing to keeping this movement going. When you wear your “Porn Kills Love” or “Stop The Demand” tee, or any other Fighter gear, your supporting this cause in every way—including with your dollars. In essence, when you buy a shirt you’re making a donation to our nonprofit and are helping us educate individuals all over the world.

Here’s one way to think of it—consider your tee shirt as a “gift” in response to you saying YES to spreading the word on the harms of porn.

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And since Fighters all over the world are generously spreading the word on the harms of porn by purchasing merch or making a donation, we want to be clear about where your dollars go, and why your support is so massively important to continuing to spread the word that porn is anything but harmless entertainment.

Related: How You Can Make a Lasting Impact with Fight the New Drug

Since 2009, we owe our impact to our Fighters, and we are so grateful for the support we receive from each and every one of you who are repping the movement and sharing our resources with your friends, family members, community and society.

With every “share,” “like,” and comment, you help this movement grow. Every donation and tee shirt purchase helps, it grows a little bit more—and the more we can grow this movement for love through education, the more we can decrease the demand for porn and sexual exploitation.

By choosing to support Fight the New Drug today and rep the movement you are making the following conversation-changing projects possible.

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Globalization: getting the word out

There are years of accredited research and personal stories on the harms of porn, but without sharing it and giving it a platform, no one will know about it.

That’s why developing and producing quality, sharable resources is vital to this movement.

Fight the New Drug is an educational platform and awareness campaign that shines a light on pornography’s harms.

We have spent countless hours and consulted with many experts in developing programs that will best reach people around the world to educate them on why porn is harmful to individuals, relationships, and society so they can make an informed decision regarding porn. Our goal is to make these educational resources as accessible as possible.

Related: A Letter From the Co-founder: What Fight the New Drug Is Fighting For

And donations go directly into making these things possible!

The Translated Sites | Also included in our globalization efforts are our ongoing translation projects, which involve professionally translating select FTND materials and resources into other languages. You can now access select FTND resources on our Spanish-translated site!

Online Educational Resource | As more and more individuals spend more of their time online, we prioritize creating accessible educational resources, including our article database of  1,300+ posts, our Get the Facts articles, Conversation Blueprint “Let’s Talk About Porn”, Digital Downloads , Fast Facts and more.

Social Media Awareness Campaigns | FTND’s ever-growing online presence continues to be one of the most recognized aspects of our organization and one that raises awareness by educating millions of people each year. Behind every post, every tweet, and every blog is an entire team of people dedicated to ensuring we’re delivering the best, most accurate, and relevant information available to the public relating to porn’s harms.

At the end of the day, this wouldn’t be a global movement without all of you, and when you support FTND, you’re tangibly giving further power to the facts that society desperately needs to hear.

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Education: Raising awareness and empowering youth

We believe that one of the most significant ways to decrease the demand for pornography, sexual exploitation, and human trafficking is through education.

We share the facts with our target audience, youth and teens, by traveling around the world. Our ambassadors and presenters give informative and quality presentations to various audiences where we share resources to help educate our world on this issue.

Our current and past programs and projects are just the beginning of our efforts to educate the world, and they are made possible by support from people like you all around the world.

Related: 3 Reasons Why We Say “Porn Kills Love” Instead of “Love Kills Porn”

Live Presentation Program | Fight the New Drug’s live assembly program is one of the most effective and powerful tools for our cause. Having the opportunity to be face-to-face with tens of thousands of youth, parents, community leaders, and educators all across the country every year is a huge indicator of how many schools and communities are joining the movement and agreeing that pornography is a huge issue for this generation.

The power of providing our engaging multimedia presentation in schools and communities all across the country was and continues to be immediately apparent, resulting in more connections, awareness, and education where it’s needed most.

Live Presentations

“Brain, Heart World,” Our Documentary Series | This three-part film series educates viewers on how porn affects individuals through a combination of engaging humor, relatable personal stories, and the clear presentation of facts.

Dr. Don Hilton Jr., Dr. Simone Khün, Dr. Phillip Zimbardo, Dr. William Struthers, and dozens more experts do a fantastic job of explaining the research as well as trafficking survivors and real couples in terms that young people can understand.

You might laugh, you might cry, but you’ll definitely think differently about pornography. Click here to view all three episodes for free! We can’t wait for you to see the educational tool you’ve helped us create with your support.

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TruthAboutPorn.org | Now, you can sort through countless research studies from major institutions that detail the harmful effects of porn. Think of it like an aggregated research site, complete with video interviews of experts from around the world in diverse academic fields.

The next time you have a research project or want to see the raw text from studies, free from commentary, check out TruthAboutPorn.org. Our Fighters made this resource happen!

Consider Before Consuming, A Podcast by FTND | Introducing our first-ever podcast. Join us as we consider the harmful effects of pornography using science, facts, and personal accounts. Episode one is officially live! Go to ftnd.org/pod to subscribe today and listen! 🎧 

Every day, we’re excited by the potential we know projects like these have to reach individuals across the globe with the facts, and they all depend on the support of Fighters like you. What we’ve listed here is only the start of what we’re working on.

Related: Why the Goal of the Phrase “Porn Kills Love” Isn’t to Shame Anyone

Thank you, Fighters

There are many other ongoing and future projects that we’re continuing to create and share, and they wouldn’t be possible without your support and your continued choice to partner with us in this fight for love.

Through whatever means you’re able to, supporting this organization and choosing o rep the movement is literally representing the stand you’re taking against porn and the stand you’re taking to fight for real love.

If you want to continue to further the impact you’re making, rep the movement, make sure to have conversations, share the research we’ve compiled, and, spread the movement to friends and family, bring us to present in your community.

All of these things, no matter how small they seem, make a huge difference and create a dent in this issue that you can experience through real social change.

Related: How Far Your Donation Goes with Fight the New Drug

So grab a Fighter teejoin the Fighter Club with a recurring donation, or make a one-time donation to this awareness campaign today and make an active difference in millions of lives.

Thank you, Fighters, for your continued passion for this cause and for supporting and partnering with us however you can. We’re just getting started, and we are so honored to have such a motivated and continually growing community of loyal supporters.

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