this is a cause that we feel strongly about and we hope you will join us by wearing our pink shirt on april 14th 2010. what is pink shirt day? here’s a copy pasta of some info written by december dollinger who asked us all to make something supporting this cause:
Pink Shirt Day started in a Nova Scotia high school, where a 9th grade boy was being bullied over wearing a pink polo shirt to school. A couple of grade 12 boys decided to take a stand against the bullying and wear pink in sympathy for the boy who had been so mercilessly prodded at. They went to a local discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, and distributed them amongst the other boys in their high school. They stood up for their fellow classmate and against the bullies, and made a real difference in someone’s life.
In a place like Second Life, Cyber Bullying runs rampant. In a virtual world where it is so easy to be anonymous and hide behind your pixels, many people find it the perfect environment to attack and belittle others. Unfortunately, this can lead to real life emotional distress, even to those who “disconnect” their Second Life and first life.
It is time that we all take a stand against bullying in all its forms. Why, in a community so small, should there be so much vitrol and mudslinging, when, if we band together, we become stronger?
- December Dollinger
this tshirt is inspired by some of the hurtful words i have had thrown at me though out my school years as well as my time in second life. i raise my head high though, knowing that no matter what they call me, at least i am not a bully.
this tshirt will only be available until april 15. as well, anything that is the colour pink in our store will be marked down to 50L for the entire day of april 14th until midnight april 15th.
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