The Wall Street Journal has an article today about apparel firm David & Goliath and its “boys are stupid” clothing line. Apparently, sales are going through the roof for these products — despite their being dropped last year from various store chains after protests by parenting and tolerance groups.
What do you think of this type of clothing?
The founder of David & Goliath began this boy-bashing in 1999 with a “boys are smelly” t-shirt. Next came “boys have cooties” and now there are numerous negative sayings about boys on every type of clothing and accessory imaginable — including such things as underwear, sneakers, wind chimes, coaster sets, posters, wallets and calendars.
There’s even a book:
I’m just wondering how well a t-shirt saying “girls are stupid, throw rocks at them” would go over?
You can view more images here.
Sounds like someone wants a little attention 😀
-Chris
Posted by: Chris | April 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM
Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. And I doubt a "girls are stupid . . . throw rocks at them" fashion line would make it off the ground without major opposition from feminist groups. Not that I would want to wear "girls are stupid" apparel, but it seems to me like anybody who makes one line should have to make the other.
It reminds me of the bizarre statements I hear from non-white students in the schools where I work: "All white people are racist" and "Only white people can be racist."
One of these days people are going to have to believe me when I say that being a secular white male is hardly the walk in the park they make it out to be. I guess it's okay if you don't mind being verbally assaulted, slandered, and otherwise dragged through the mud just for being what you are, but I've never seen any socioeconomic benefit to being male. Guess I'm in the wrong lines of work.
Posted by: theomorph | April 23, 2020 at 01:09 PM
does that mean i can no longer say, "You rock, Al?!"
(actually, i think you make a really good point. we don't need to teach violence, even when joking).
Ms. Berkeley
Posted by: YankeeMon | April 23, 2020 at 01:34 PM
There's serious concern about a craze called "happy slapping" in which groups of teenagers armed with camera phones slap or mug unsuspecting children or passersby, while capturing the attacks on video, according to a recent article in the Guardian. You can read more about it at Agenda Inc.'s LiveFeed, which has links to disturbing videos of so-called "happy slappers."
http://news.agendainc.com/mt-agenda/content/archives/2005/04/growing_concern.html
Posted by: Abnu | April 26, 2020 at 05:00 PM
hi
Posted by: jessica perez | July 25, 2020 at 01:23 PM
i think its FUNNY!!!!!!! they shud make more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: jaz | April 11, 2020 at 12:36 PM
i think that THEOMORPH NEEDS CALMIN DOWN!hes tottally of perpous hes going mad!!!!anyway
u roooock fllluukkk
Posted by: jippu | April 11, 2020 at 12:40 PM