Chameleonic Possessions

Tag: RFL

  • Second Life Newser: Interview With Gem Sunkiller

    Second Life Newser: Interview With Gem Sunkiller

    Long time reader of the #SecondLife newspaper the #SLNewser – you have to ignore the outdated look. #RelayForLifeInSecondLife is a huge fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, raising millions of real US dollars over the years. In the interview with Gwen Sunkiller, reporter Bixyl Shuftan mentions “Fuzz and The Hair” and #Steelhead

    Second Life avatar wearing a ludicrously large wig held up by propellers and dirigibles.
    Fuzzball Ortega in “The Hair” in Steelhead in autumn 2011. The Hair is by Curio Obscura.

    Image from my Flickr album “Steelhead

    I hope Fuzz has time for running the Steelhead Salmons RFL team this year, maybe I can help.

    Second Life Newser: Interview With Gem Sunkiller
    — Read on slnewser.blogspot.com/2023/01/interview-with-gem-sunkiller.html

  • Endgame Approaches

    Still have not been inworld much aside from attending the Steelhead StHelens volcano party, which was a much-needed distraction (and great music by DJ Fuzzball and much SQUEEE-Ing by the presumptive Missus Ortega).

    It was a wonderful evening. Pictures are on my inworld profile feed.

    It appears our dear one is in the endgame. We can only hope for comfort and peace. She is certainly not alone, and neither are we. If you can spare some Lindens, please donate generously to the American Cancer Society/Relay for Life.

  • Rep. Cliff Stearns, #SHAMEONYOU for “Investigating” #PlannedParenthood. Poor Women May Die, They Have A Right To Life Too

    In September, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) launched an inquiry to determine whether Planned Parenthood uses public money to fund abortions. Planned Parenthood receives federal money but cannot use it to provide abortions.

    Komen has a long history of providing funding to various Planned Parenthood affiliates for such services as manual breast exams and referrals for mammograms and biopsies to check suspicious lumps for cancer. Although that money is not used for abortions, the Komen Foundation may have yielded to demands from antiabortion groups to sever its ties to Planned Parenthood.

    Link: Komen breast cancer charity severs ties with Planned Parenthood – chicagotribune.com

  • Susan G. Komen Foundation Elbows Out Charities #DontThinkPink

    This angers me, too. A friend’s partner died of liver cancer yesterday, and a RL family member is… probably not going to be around for the Relay For Life survivor’s lap in July.

    This is unjust; it stratifies cancer charities into “worthy” and “unworthy” if small charities can’t use the phrase or even the word “cure” for their events.

    I am still collecting links and trying to verify any relationship between Relay For Life, a charity of the American Cancer Society, and the Susan G Komen Foundation.

    I will no longer be buying products using the Susan G Konen foundation logo, ribbon, or color.

    I hate pink, anyway. Nasty color. But now I will associate it with injustice and intolerance, not to mention arrogance.

    “I used to give money to Komen all the time, but now I’m just kind of wary of them,” she said. “I’m not buying Yoplait yogurt or anything that has the word ‘Komen’ on it. They seem to have forgotten what charity is about.”

    Link: Susan G. Komen Foundation Elbows Out Charities Over Use Of The Word 'Cure' – The Huffington Post