U.S. judge sides with middle schoolers suspended for wearing 'I (heart) Boobies' bracelets

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The News

A federal judge in Philadelphia ruled Tuesday that, when it comes to breast-cancer awareness, it's OK for middle school students to say they love "boobies."

The free-speech decision was a victory for two girls who got in trouble for defying a ban at Easton Area Middle School on wearing bracelets that said "I (heart) Boobies! (Keep A Breast)."

"The bracelets are intended to be and they can reasonably be viewed as speech designed to raise awareness of breast cancer and to reduce the stigma associated with openly discussing breast health," U.S. District Judge Mary A. McLaughlin wrote in a 40-page memorandum.

Her order prohibits the district from "suspending, threatening to suspend, or otherwise punishing or disciplining the plaintiffs from wearing the bracelets."

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110413_U_S__judge_sides_with_middle_schoolers_suspended_for_wearing__I__heart__Boobies__bracelets.html


The Ruling

http://howappealing.law.com/HvsEastonAreaSchoolDistEDPa041211.pdf


The Judge

McLaughlin, Mary A.

Born 1946 in Philadelphia, PA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 9, 2000

http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2867&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na


The Conclusion

Students win and so do boobies.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

1. i wish the emphasis was on Women's Lives

Rather than on loving our tits.

I'm just not down with this spin on it




Or, maybe trivializing and sexualizing it a bit takes the edge off the fear....I suppose one could look at it that way too