Rocking out at One Billion Rising Second Life

DJ's are spinning tunes from house to club to jazz for the full 24 hours, on a spectacular stage. A fantastic turn out, by all accounts, which means the lag is atrocious, but still manageable. Rise up and dance!

A couple more pics....

Where is the Outrage?

Why I'm participating in 'One Billion Rising'
in both Second Life and RL

Violence is a global issue. But here are some girls and women I've known during my privileged life as a white female in the First World:

Gail*, a young classmate, asked me if my father beat me up. She wondered if it was normal.   She didn't like it.

My sister’s best friend Mallory was repeatedly raped by an older family member.

My mother was intimidated, bullied, humiliated and threatened so repeatedly by a male boss that it destroyed her self-esteem and changed her life (that’s all she would tell me).

Mrs Connors, a science teacher at my school, was stabbed to death by her husband.