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Ashley Eckstein joined us to discuss the story of Katie the Star Wars Girl, a little girl from the Chicago area who made headlines after getting bullied at school just for having a Star Wars water bottle. Ashley talks about her experiences witnessing bullying in fandom and even in baseball stadiums as the wife of MLB second baseman David Eckstein. As a surprise, Katie’s mom Carrie Goldman calls in and meets Ashley for the first time to continue the discussion about the dangers of bullying. 

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Bianca from Michigan

I remember this story. It made me cry. That poor girl. I wonder if there's an update on her.

Timmy Barrow

Thanks for the update! I feel like when I was a kid I would have talked about Star Wars with anyone who would listen...boy or girl. There weren't many kids at all that were into Star Wars, nevermind willing to bring a water bottle to school. I don't recall anyone other than myself wearing a Star Wars shirt to school EVER. Man, when I got a little older (like high schoolish age)...I would have loved to have met a girl that was into Star Wars....that would have been amazing lol. These days times have changed with this whole swing in geek culture being cool, with people openly showing their love for Star Wars, Marvel/DC superheroes, Harry Potter etc. It's awesome, that little kids now can freely let their fandom flag fly. Although, I do still get made fun of at work for being a geek...kinda, in a friendly way. My coworkers love it that I'm a total geek, knowing that I had a Star Wars wedding, have a collection room at home, and they always love to pick my brain about the Wars or Marvel etc. So glad Katie, Allsion, and Layla have all had positive experiences and hopefully it's made them fans for life.