Tomorrow is a special day for a special little girl. Seven-year-old Katie Goldman, like a lot of kids her age, is at the point where individual differences stop being fun quirks and start being targets for bullies, teasing, and mistreatment. Katie’s a Star Wars fan, and her love of Lucas and company’s galaxy far, far away has caused her to be the subject of ridicule at school and the rallying cry for millions of disaffected sci-fi nerds throughout the world. Nerds who remember what it was like to be picked on for loving sci-fi.
Tomorrow, December 10, people are encouraged to wear Star Wars clothing items to show their support for Katie and kids like her. If you don’t have a Star Wars teeshirt or five like I do, or you work in an environment where tees are forbidden, then perhaps a different way to show your support might work. You could start off with one of these awesome Star Wars-themed hand warmers and continue on from there. Change your workplace desktop background, change your phone ring to the Imperial March, wear some secret Yoda underpants… there’s all kinds of things you can do to rally behind Katie.
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