First-grader bullied for Star Wars water bottle, fandom explodes in support.

[Foxboy]

Apparently, the web is full of wonderful people, they just don't show up very often.
A first grade girl was getting bullied at school. The reason? She had a Star Wars water bottle and she was being teased because it was a "boys'" thing.
Well, this little girl had one thing a lot of bullying victims don't have: A mother who is a professional blogger. Here's the situation as it is NOW.
This young lady has had HUGE support from "girl Geeks" and just general geeks across the webs.
She's also apparently been invited by the folks who make Clone Wars episodes to a premiere event, done on the phone by the guy who currently does Yoda.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[Black Aeronaut]

Epic, man. Totally epic.

Does anyone else dislike the way people are allowing their children to become so bigoted this day and age?

[Wiregeek]

"In this day and age"?

Don't delude yourself, people have been scum for longer than there have been people.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies