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June 3, 2009>>> On the radio! Dear lost daughters. Swedish radio programme Tendens, has made interviews with lost daughters as a part of their weekly features. You can listen to the programmes here: http://www.sr.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=3381 (it's in Swedish). Good thoughts to all of you! /m. September 16, 2008>>> New stories and long time no see Dear daughters! It's been a while and I've been thinking about what to do with LDU. The activity seems a bit low and the site needs to be upgraded. But I have no money for the project and neither do I have the time. Are there any good ideas out there? Maybe we could give LDU away to some bigger organisation, who could take care of it? Anyway, there are lots of new stories for you to read. Please do! And please take care of yourselves. Remember: You join. We unite. All the best with loads of love from your m. October 7, 2007>>> Looking for a helping hand! We need an extra person helping us with distribution, information and project managing tasks. Write to us if you're interested! October 4, 2007>>> Many many new stories! There are loads of new stories on the site. Read them! March 6, 2007>>> Rebecka in the radio! Lost daughter Rebecka Toomri, will be in Swedish Radio P4, the 10th of March, at 11:03 AM. Listen to her! January 15, 2007>>> HAPPY NEW YEAR! Just a little, late greeting to all lost daughters out there. We wish you a very good 2007, filled with love and courage. December 5, 2006>>> Journalist looking for Swedish lost daughters! A journalist from the Swedish magazine Amelia, is looking for lost daughters. If you want to participate in the interview, just write us an email on info@lostdaughtersunited.org. Please write "journalist" in the subject box. Thanks! November 28, 2006>>> Lots of new stories... ... have been uploaded today! November 4, 2006>>> Seminar on Stadsbiblioteket, Göteborg Maria Bäck will hold a seminar on Stadsbiblioteket on this Monday, the 6th of November in Göteborg, Sweden at 6 pm. (18.00) She will talk about Lost Daughters United and show some clips from her documentary film. Come! Come! July 17, 2006>>> 14 new stories! We have today published 14 new stories, and there is more to come! We would like to thank you all for sharing your thoughts, hopes, dreams and fears. Please keep up the writing! We would also like to thank you for all the e-mails you guys been sending lately. A programme about LDU was broadcasted on Swedish Television, for the third time, yesterday - so the site has received lots of attention from "new" lost daughters. We hope you all will feel welcome - because you really are! May 10, 2006>>> Film Screening in Copenhagen "Even if dad doesn't see you" 20th of May at 7 pm KUL KAFEEN, Copenhagen. You are all welcome! (even though the place is really tiny...) May 9, 2006>>> 20 new stories Finally we have updated new stories! Please, do comment and write to each other. After all, that's one of the things we're here for. May 8, 2006>>> Registred for the newsletter? We have noticed that some of the email-addresses on our list are old ones. Please make sure that you're registred with your current email. You can subscribe to our newsletter here on your left! March 26, 2006>>> Swedish radio show The program Flipper in Swedish Radio P3 have made a program about Jane Fonda and her missing father relation. Maria Bäck was also interviewed in the program. You can listen to it here: http://sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/programsidor/index.asp?ProgramID=2164 January 24, 2006>>> New stories! Pay attention to all new stories posted on the site! There are stories that were sent in ages ago (but been waiting) and there are completely new ones. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! It's really great. January 13, 2006>>> After a long, long time.., .., the new site is finally here! We hope you'll like it. New features include: 1) Send us your story directly from the site: This means that you won't have to wait more than 2-5 days before your story will be published. The new method will save us so much time and you won't waste energy on being frustrated for the wait. We have already updated the site with a lot of new stories that have been sent to us during the last year. Although, if you can't find your story and you're tired of waiting - please feel free to send it in again through the new form! 2) Searching for lost daughters in specific situations: With the new database-system it is possible to search for "matching" lost daughters. For example, you might want to find somebody in your age who also have a father with a new family? To do this you simply tick the appropriate boxes and click search (under read stories). 3) Log in to the site: By logging in to the site it will be possible to see how many of you guys are online at the same time. You will also get immediate information when you receive a personal message and can easily see what's new in the forum. To get a profile, click the "JOIN" button and follow the instructions. Those of you who already have a log in and a password (from the forum) can still use your "old" profile. Enjoy! January 13, 2006>>> Newsletter We have taken the old newsletter-subscribers' email-addresses into our new system. BUT if you have signed up to our newsletter during the last two weeks, we might have lost your e-mail... Please sign up again! Thanks! And we apologise for the inconvenience. January 13, 2006>>> Australian journalist looking for lost daughter LDU has recently been contacted by an Australian journalist who wants to write an article about lost daughters. She wants to talk to somebody based in Australia, if this is possible. Please, contact us if you're the one she's looking for! (info@lostdaughtersunited.org, write Australia in the subject box) October 7, 2005>>> Swedish Television: So, it has happened again. Lost Daughters United has been exposed in the medias. This time in the program Sve-a-long in SVT. We have of course received a lot of e-mails from you guys: -From men saying the program made them think about fatherhood in a new way. -From mothers to lost daughters, who are worried about the future of their children and hope that LDU can be a place for them to find others in a similar situation. -And last but not least: from "new" lost daughters who says thanks TO YOU ALL for your want to speak up and share your thoughts. Just as always: Keep up the writing and remember there are many of us out there. PS! Just a correction: They claimed Maria Bäck is 21 in a lot of newspapers yesterday. She is not. She is 25. September 24, 2005>>> Journalist looking for lost daughter in Västerbotten: A Swedish journalist would like to interview a lost daughter, aged 20-30, from Västerbotten. If you're interested just send us an email on info@lostdaughtersunited.org - and we will forward it to her. Thanks! September 24, 2005>>> Update regarding book project: We are so grateful for all the interest you have shown in the book project. As we've mentioned before, the actual work is to be started later on this fall/winter. At the moment we are busy collecting as many interested as possible. You may participate with a short text, a poem, a letter, a photograph, etc. For more info, you know what to do! (info@lostdaughtersunited.org) September 23, 2005>>> Uploading and interactivity: Please be patient! The site is under reconstruction regarding uploading of stories etc. In a near future it will be possible for you to upload your stories directly on the site. We are terribly sorry for the delays. Just hang in there. September 23, 2005>>> New article: On Tuesday there was an article in Swedish paper Göteborgs Posten. Read it here. We want to say welcome to all the new lost daughters on the site. Please make yourself at home and get to know each other in the forum... August 4, 2005>>> New daghters to LDU after program in Swedish Radio P1: Yesterday Radio P1 in Sweden broadcasted a program (Gender) about fatherhood including a reportage about Lost Daughters United. You can read about it, here. Lots of new daughters wrote to LDU after the program yesterday. We want to encourage you all to participate in the forum! Use and help each other! July 11, 2005>>> Participate in Danish article: If you are a Danish lost daughter and want to participate in a newspaper article on the father-daughter issue - please send an email to: info@lostdaughtersunited.org and we'll get back to you with more info. A journalist is looking for a couple of lost daughters in all ages, wanting to speak up on the issue. July 10, 2005>>> The book project: If you want to participate in this project, and haven't told us so already, please send us an e-mail with the title "book project" in the subject box; And we will get back to you with more details very soon! Note that it is possible to participate with almost anything of interest. We cannot guarantee that everything will be included, but it is most definitely worth a try. Stories, poems, photographs, letters, paintings, diary-notes, lists, piece of advice, etc. We are looking forward to hearing from YOU! July 10, 2005>>> Rebuilding the homepage: As you all have noticed the updates of the homepage come rarely and the stories are still standing, waiting, hoping, trying - aspiring to get published. We have about 60 stories in cue - and it's been like this for ages now. We know. To find an easier way in keeping up to date with the homepage we are now working on another solution. Wonderfully, helping Robert Cederholm is helping LDU to build up a site where you will be able to upload your stories with a "click". It will make the process faster, easier and more lively. Apart from uploading stories it will also be a more interactive site in general. So yeah, look forward to that! But please be patient: Building a global network takes time - in the end you know it's worth the wait! March 18, 2005>>> New stories!!!: Oh! It was such a long time ago this happened the last time. We know! But now they're here, at least 6 of them: The newly published stories. Read, comment and fill yourself with the words of other lost daughters out there. We will try to come up with more stories soon. Til then, stay tuned - and keep discussing in our forum. Click yourself to the new stories from Sara, Ulrika, Anna Karin, Carina, Hanna and Mida here January 28, 2005>>> E-mail problem: Due to a server problem we have lost some of the e-mails that was sent to us between the 11th of January til the 26th of January. Please, please - send it to us again! We are really sorry for the inconvenience and hope to get your words in our inbox again (it should be working without any problems now!!!) January 6, 2005>>> Wishes for the new year: For the new year Lost Daughters United wish to spread all over the world. We wish new lost daughters to join and those, who found us already, to stay. We hope to serve as free-zone, as a place for all daughters without a father to breathe out in. We hope that you all will have patience for the film to be done - and the work, with publishing all awaiting stories, to be continued. Furthermore, we hope that lost daughters from all over the world want to continue downloading stickers from our site and go out and make a fatherless revolution; We know that we were not responsible for being rejected or abandoned. We know that we deserve love from other people, even though we might not receive it from our father. That's the truth and it is not really complicated, when you think about it. And last but not least: We hope that you will start visiting the forum on a regular basis. Thanks and Happy New Year! January 5, 2005>>> Newsletter? If you are not already signed up for our newsletter, remember to do so by entering your e-mail here on your left! We are now more than 300 lost daughters on the mailing list! December 18, 2004>>> Merry Christmas.., .., to all lost daughters out there. Now we're off for some holiday. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Stay tuned and we'll see you in January. And THANKS to all of you for mails, stories, comments, questions and support. We are doing it! Slowly but surely, we are spreading out in the world. Take care! And be good! December 17, 2004>>> Film update After some days of intense editing in Haderslev, Denmark - I thought it might be a good idea to tell you all how it's going. Well, it is really hard work but it seems like we are on the right track now. The film will probably be finished in March-April. December 7, 2004>>> Still busy... Oh. And how the time just dissappears! Wow. I don't get it. Anyway, we're still busy! And your stories are still waiting to be published. We've said it before, now we say it again: Please be patient! And thanks for all the e-mails! We read everything! Time will come. December 6, 2004>>> Top 4 Latest from the medias: It was a pretty big article in the Danish news paper Politiken some time ago (21/11), which gave good response in terms of stories. And an interview on LDU was broadcasted on Finnish Radio X3M (25/11). Top four countries on the site: Sweden, Denmark, Greece and Finland. Keep linking to LDU! Keep spreading the word! And keep visiting our forum! Click here. November 20, 2004>>> NEW FORUM Finally the new forum is online. It looks great and the only thing missing is the comments from you guys. We hope to hear from you soon! Visit our new forum now! Click here. November 18, 2004>>> Four new stories We still have loads of stories waiting to be published on the site. And to all of you who is wondering WHEN your story will be online., the only thing we can say is: please have patience. In any way, we have actually managed to publish four new stories! Read them here. November 6, 2004>>> New stories from Jeanette (Sweden) and Kristina (Greece) Two new stories are online: When Jeanette was around twenty she saw her dad for the first time. On TV! She sent her story to LDU. After an article in greek Kathimerini we received a short poem from Kristina in Athens. Read their, and other's, stories here. November 6, 2004>>> Greek article in Kathimerini Last week an article about the documentary (and LDU), was published in the greek paper Kathimerini. We have received some e-mails from greek lost daughters, and the statistic reads a higher greek participation than ever. (Still no greek comments in the forum, though...) And talking about the forum... The new one will be here in two weeks! Sorry for the delay. Be good! And keep up the 'sticking'! October 26, 2004>>> Digging into your stories We have started translating, editing and working on the bunch of stories sent in to LDU during our film-production period, so far. There are many stories waiting to be published and we still have a lot to do film and work-wise, so unfortunately it will probably take some time. But just as always we are doing our best! To all of you who is waiting to find YOUR story on the site, the only thing we can ask for is patience. We have not forgotten about you. Neither would we ever forget about your stories. And that's a promise. October 26, 2004>>> New story from Rebbii Rebbii is 12 years old, living in Stockholm. She writes about her dad who rather dissappears with his girlfriend than spending time with his own daughter. Read her, and other's, stories here. October 22, 2004>>> Stickers Finally! Now it's possible to download LDU-stickers from our webpage. What you want to do is clicking yourself to our stickers-section and then to the "order stickers" one. (Or simply click here!) You would probably need some stickers-paper for your printer, as well - you can buy that in most book-shops. If you have problems with this - it's still possible to order the stickers by mail from us (read further instructions on the stickers-page). Due to a tremendous amount of orders, though - it's impossible for us to keep giving the stickers away for free. Unfortunately. We would, if we could! Good luck and keep up the "sticking"! October 16, 2004>>> Forum information There has been some complications with the forum lately. This might be partly due to the lack of "rules" or so to say the lack of guiding principles on how to look at, and act, in the forum. It is important to remember that the forum is here for US, the lost daughters. And the vivid discussion about fathers that are fighting for the right to see their daughters - while being prevented by their mothers - should probably go elsewhere. LDU cannot stand for everything and our focus will always be on the daughters. We are here to establish our right to our emotions and our right to express them, without having anyone telling us it's wrong. Because it's not. A new forum is on its' way. Please be patient. And thanks for your participation! It's great that LDU has grown so rapidly lately. Really really great! October 16, 2004>>> Back in business OK. We're back. After a long long break we are here again. I have been travelling around, filming in Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Greece. It's been a long way, some really hard work - but a fantastic experience. It's still very busy with the documentary, and it will still take some time before we can start translating stories and do updates on the stickers-section. Hope you understand. September 8, 2004>>> Comments on the forum We say that English is a good language, just because we know that there are people from a lot of different countries reading it. Still, we also have to understand that most people at the moment are Swedes. Therefore, we don't want to force you writing in English - especially not if that means you're not writing at all! In other words, it's ok to write in whatever language you want to. Don't let any language obstacles prevent you from letting go; share your thoughts, words or whatever it might be. We are still receiving a lot of e-mails every day, and know that some of you still feel uncomfortable writing 'in public'. Maybe it's not as scary as you might think. Maybe it's really cool? In any way, it's great that LDU has grown so much lately and we are now working on the Danes to find us as well! Take care, and keep up the writing! September 8, 2004>>> Publishing and sticker-orders During the days in Canada we have received a lot of e-mails with new stories and orders for stickers. A big thank you to all of you! As we've said before it will be a bit difficult to publish stories, or send stickers out, until we're done with the shootings - which will be in the beginning of October. Sorry about that, but we simply don't have the time. Please be patient. It will be a lot of new stuff in October, though. We also have some new photographs of stickers to online! September 8, 2004>>> A little break in Copenhagen We've finished the shootings in Vancouver now, and headed back for Copenhagen on Tuesday. In the end everything went well. No forgotten tapes, no stolen cameras, no crappy sound. Big thanks to Jsabelle for her participation! And thanks for all the e-mails we've received from you to wish us good luck! We have today and tomorrow off, and will then film some with Amia here in Copenhagen. It'll be cool. September 8, 2004>>> Docu news Remember it's still possible to read the latest on the documentary here! August 26, 2004>>> Soon to depart Tomorrow we're off to Canada. This means that we'll be very busy with the documentary production from tomorrow on, and therefore it won't be possible for us to send out stickers, publish stories or update the site in general for a while. This doesn't mean that you can't order stickers or send in your stories - please do! - and we will take care of it all as soon as possible. Please also continue writing in the forum, comment on stories and spread the word. There are so many lost daughters out there (not only in Sweden)! We get e-mails all the time from daughters who want to talk about their situation. For the latest info about the documentary: Click here! August 25, 2004>>> Metro After an article in Metro we've received loads of e-mails again! It's great to know you appreciate the site. Only yesterday more than 200 visited the domains of Lost Daughters United. You are all more than welcome! August 15, 2004>>> New page about the documentary OK. Now a new page is kind of ready to get online on LDU's site. As some of you might know we are going into production very soon. And we thought that it might be interesting for you guys to follow the creation. Click here and read more! Another link to the page will come sooner than later. August 11, 2004>>> We love publicity! It has happened again. Lots of new girls are on the site! This time it is due to the Swedish magazine BON that e-mails are dropping down in our inbox. We are really happy for your engagement and look forward to reading your stories and comments on the site. In other words, we would like to welcome all "new" lost daughters! Please make yourself at home. July 11, 2004>>> New stories from Helen and Elin As a result from the small letter in Aftonbladet, two new stories popped up in our inbox the other day. Read about Helen who has a father with drinking problems, and about Elin - whos father died from a heart attack. We are grateful for your stories, as always. Thanks and take care! July 10, 2004>>> Lost daughters from Sweden The network has been well represented by the Swedes for quite a while, and during the last days we have received a lot of mails from Swedish lost daughters. This showed being due to a private correspondant in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Thanks to you, who wrote it - whoever you are! We could really tell a difference in the number of visits that day. July 2, 2004>>> New story from Jsabelle Go to the stories section to take part in the story about a father who was there physically but never showed his daughter any love. June 24, 2004>>> Prague Please go to the stickers section to find new photographs of stickers from Prague, Czech Republic! LDU want to thank Elisabeth for the pictures and encourage all of you, who is out there, to order stickers and join the fatherless revolution! Til next time: take care! June 23, 2004>>> Networking According to the statistics the LDU webpage has had hits from: Denmark, Sweden, USA, Greece, Norway, Seyshelles, Japan, New Zealand, Italy, Australia, Finland, United Kingdom, Israel, Iceland, Portugal, Canada, Netherlands and Switzerland. We know that it takes time for a network to establish itself., but we are on our way! There are lots of visitors on the site, even though only a few leave comments or stories behind them. We want to thank all of you who has talked about and linked to LDU. It helps! May 26, 2004>>> Photographs of stickers all around the world! Please click yourself to the stickers section and then to the photographs of stickers all around the world. You will find new pictures from England, Uruguay, Finland and one from a secret place in Sweden. LDU want to thank all of you who has sent in your photographs! It's great! Keep up the good work! Go out decorate your town, your bedroom or the bus stop around the corner. May 26, 2004>>> Forum and comments! Just a reminder.., of the possibility to leave and read comments, both in the forum and in the stories section. May 19, 2004>>> Update I'm sorry that I've kept you waiting for so long. But now they're online: Five new stories. It took some time, but it was worth it. Find them under the stories/read stories - section. Thanks to you all! And please keep up the writing. We are, by the way, working hard in order to publish all new photographs of stickers around the world. Let's hope they'll be onlined a-bit-sooner-than-later. Take Care! May 5, 2004>>> Thanks! During the last two days LDU has received 4 new stories! This is a record! So we want to thank Lisa, Lillemor, Anna and Jeanette for your pieces. The stories will be online as soon as possible, but it might take a little while since there are a lot of things to be done at the moment. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks and to give a little hey-you-can-do-it-too-wink to all of you who's trying to make up your mind, whether you wanna write or not. We really hope you will! April 29, 2004>>> Comment on stories! Finally it is possible leaving, and reading, comments on the published stories. By clicking yourself to the read stories section, it should be easy to drop a word or two! Please feel free to! Looking forward to some action! Or just some small discussions... By the way, some of the comments are "old" ones - so the dates are inaccurate. April 28, 2004>>> Publicity Yesterday an article on LDU was published in Swedish newspaper GT. Let's hope even more lost daughters will find us now! The forum is waiting for your thoughts. April 6, 2004>>> Forum During the last week, the forum has been on the site on and off. Now it should work! If you have any problems with it, please let us know! Soon there will be a possibility for comments and discussion on the stories-page too. See you soon! March 29, 2004>>> News page OK. Here we are again. Today the news page should be on its' place, as well. I'm still working on the Forum, though. But it shouldn't take long. Be good! And keep up the writing! March 17, 2004>>> And finally... ... the new web page for Lost Daughters United is online! Hope you like the new look! Another piece of good news, is that Swedish Konstnärsnämnden (the Arts Grants Commitee) recently gave funds to the documentary project based on the LDU-concept. We'll apply for more money, of course - but this is a start! If you're interested in participating, just write us an e-mail. March 12, 2004>>> New site? If everything turns out the way I hope to, the new site will be online by Tuesday next week. The "newsletter-system" is a part of the old site and will probably go out of function for some time - and you should sign up for it again to keep your name on the list, (sorry about that!) Anyway, you will notice some changes - and I hope you'll like it! February 26, 2004>>> Under construction & Thanks! I just wanted to say thanks to all of you whom we've received e-mails and "sticker orders" from. It's really cool knowing you're into the project and I understand that writing your stories takes time and thoughtfulness. The site is under construction at the moment, and will look different some time in March. Among other things, there will be a new comments-page, for those of you that have some things to say outside/instead of your eventual story. Looking forward. January 26, 2004>>> Stockholm and Göteborg LDU-stickers have been noticed on Café String in Stockholm and at the nightclub Nefertiti in Göteborg, Sweden. Thanks! January 8, 2004>>> Sweden Here we go again! LDU has now received its' third story. This time from Amanda in Gothenburg, Sweden. Thanks! January 8, 2004>>> Stickers To all of you who's waiting for stickers, I just want to say that now they really should be on their way. Due to Christmas and stressfulness everything has been a bit delayed - but now we're back on track! December 17, 2003>>> New story! A big thank you to Maria in Athens for the first sent-in story to LDU! I hope some other stories pop in soon! December 2, 2003>>> Germany Now there are Lost Daughters United-stickers on the streets of Berlin! This means that three cities are represented: Melbourne, Copenhagen and Berlin. What about your town? November 18, 2003>>> Denmark Last night the first stickers were put up on Istedgade in Copenhagen, Denmark. Has anyone seen them? November 18, 2003>>> Where is your story? One story is now to be found on this site: my story. Please, send me yours! I know that five stories are on their way... Be patient! November 4, 2003>>> Stickers Soon there will be a page on this site with photographs of LDU-stickers out in the big wide world. You will be able to see us growing larger and larger! To decorate your own town, your door, your local pub or your favourite ladies room - just send an email to Lost Daughters United, and you’ll receive cool stickers within a few days. November 4, 2003>>> Waiting for stories It cannot be said too many times: don't worry about the form of your stories! Just write it down and send us an email! You join. We unite. November 2, 2003>>> Welcome! Lost Daughters United would like to welcome you to our site! We hope you'll like it. Please write to us as often as possible; with your story, for stickers, with comments or questions. By the way, I would be more than grateful for info on spelling- and grammar mistakes. Thanks! October 17, 2003>>> Welcome! Welcome to Lost Daughters United. We hope you'll like it! Please pop by soon again, as the site is still under construction. If you have any queries, don’t hesitate to send an e-mail! October 4, 2003>>> Australia The first stickers are being put up in Melbourne, Australia. October 2, 2003>>> Stickers Soon there will be a page on this site with photographs of LDU-stickers out in the big wide world. You will be able to see us growing larger and larger. 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