the students should be allowed to express their love of birds. The Blue-Footed Boobie is a lovely species.
If the group would have just put “Help Fight Cancer” than this would not be an issue, but the group just had to get “creative” and that is what the result is. Can’t necessarily blame the school.
As someone who has had breast cancer, I support the students in this. Breasts are not just to be sexualized, they are body parts, and their purpose is to nourish babies. This is ridiculous on the school’s part. Good grief. “boobies.” OMG.
The slogan for this campaign is “Feel Your Boobies.”
I love boobies too.
I always get the urge to roll up a newspaper when I hear an offended teenager claim First Amendment rights.
Schools can and should have the authority to enforce a dress code, as long as such enforcement is done fairly.
“Boobsalot, boobsalot, boobsalot, boobsalot,
“I like boobsalot, boobsalot, boobsalot......”
;^)
The word for that female body part is BREASTS. It isn’t hooters, boobies, t*ts, ta-tas or any other “cute” word. To me, it doesn’t educate people but minimizes the tragedy of BREAST cancer. A woman can DIE from this disease. Minimizing the seriousness of an illness only ignores the true tragedy. Just a thought
Heart disease kills far more women than breast cancer...this is all about fundraising. What about prostate cancer? Where's their little bracelets?
This and “Save the ta-tas” are the worst. I can’t imagine having cancer and seeing a bunch of yahoos parading around with bracelets and bumper stickers that are fixated on saving a certain body part — why? because they “heart” it? — rather than showing any concern whatsoever for the fact that I have cancer.
Talk about objectification. Breast cancer is not about boobies or ta-tas. It is about life and death.
The immature attitude displayed in these “awareness” campaigns is uncivilized and degrading to human dignity. Would a similar campaign be accepted for testicular cancer awareness? How about for anal cancer? What about a “I heart penises” campaign for erectile dysfunction or prostrate cancer awareness?
I’ve had a good friend die of breast cancer and I cringe thinking about how it might have made her feel to be riding around town and see bumper stickers saying “save the ta-tas,” as if her breasts — and especially “saving” them, this to a woman who had had a double masectomy — were the only thing at stake in her situation.
And they are.
These moronic "raise awareness" campaigns stem from the silly belief that every ill can be solved by politics.
This is nothing more than a cynical ploy by political groups to use trajedy to go after political power.
I haven't seen the "I (heart) boobies" bracelets yet, but if it is good enough for my friend, so be it. It is appropriate for HER, but I think for kids in school to wear it kind of trivializes the message. For them, it is a fad that will soon go the way of Pet Rocks and Clacker Balls.
After seeing my friend and her sister go through what they have endured, my favorite breast cancer slogan is "Fight Like A girl!"
Put THAT one on a bracelet, and see how popular they are with the school kids. (Especially the boys.)
Thanks Daffynition.