[Peace-discuss] [Discuss] Spencer's Gifts selling overtracist/sexist tees

[E.Wayne Johnson]

Spencer's has gone from being funny and unique to be downright gross and 
obscene at times.
Not that gross and obscene is always bad, but some of their stuff is 
over-the-top for being in the mall.

I am not sure that all of those tees are too be taken to seriously, really. 
Like "FCK all that's missing is U."
and the Tampon Song and that sort of nonsense.

I dont think they are sexist or racist.  They seem to poke fun at everybody, 
although I dont think that some of their stuff is funny, its sort of cheap 
and gross.  But people must be buying otherwise they wouldnt be selling.

But I've been boycotting them for years.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Medina" <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
To: "Mikhail Lyubansky" <lyubanskym at gmail.com>
Cc: "Peace-discuss List" <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [Discuss] Spencer's Gifts selling 
overtracist/sexist tees


>I oppose the tee-shirts you mention, not for the political statements
> but for the sexist statements.
> -karen medina
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Mikhail Lyubansky <lyubanskym at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> I'm an Obama supporter, but I don't have a problem with the Obama/Woods
>> t-shirt. Don't get me wrong, I don't like it and wouldn't buy it or wear 
>> it,
>> but public figures are legitimate targets of humor and I wouldn't have it
>> any other way.
>>
>> I don't like the "Dick" shirt either, but it also doesn't cross the line 
>> for
>> me in that it is not targeted at an particular marginalized group. I 
>> suppose
>> it can be argued that it targets women and I'm open to hearing that
>> argument, but right now I wouldn't organize around that either.
>>
>> The illegal immigrant shirt, on the other hand, does cross the line for 
>> me
>> in that it targets a marginalized group, spreads inaccurate and very 
>> harmful
>> information, and seeks to fan the flames of fear and hatred. I would 
>> support
>> any nonviolent attempt to get the store to remove them.
>>
>> Mikhail
>>
>>
>>
>> Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D.
>> Department of Psychology
>> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
>> http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~lyubansk
>>
>> Blogger, Psychology Today:
>> http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/between-the-lines
>> Managing Editor, OpEdNews: 
>> http://www.opednews.com/author/author18834.html
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>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Neil Parthun <lennybrucefan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey all -
>>>
>>> I was out at the Champaign mall today and I stopped by Spencer's Gifts.
>>>
>>> Activist/hip hop artist Jasiri X had noted on his site that he had
>>> encountered some very objectionable shirts at the store in Pennsylvania.
>>> So, curiosity got the best of me and I entered the store to see if they
>>> were in Illinois too.
>>>
>>> Within moments, I found a tee that I unfortunately did not get a picture
>>> of...However, the text read "I Have the Dick, So I Make the Rules." 
>>> Classy,
>>> no?
>>>
>>> I then found the shirts that Jasiri had spoken about in his web post.
>>>
>>> One shirt said "Illegal Immigrants are like sperm. Millions come in but
>>> only one little bastard actually works."
>>>
>>> http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb209/ppp00022/?action=view&current=IMG_0148.jpg
>>>
>>> Another had a picture with Obama and Tiger Woods with Obama saying
>>> "Seriously, I have screwed more people than you." to Tiger.
>>>
>>> http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb209/ppp00022/?action=view&current=IMG_0151.jpg
>>>
>>> Of course, searching the Spencer's Gifts website found nothing on 
>>> display
>>> there.
>>>
>>> I got contact information for the store itself and their customer 
>>> service
>>> representative at the big office. Let's organize a quick campaign -- if
>>> they cannot remove the offending shirt(s) within a few days, let's have 
>>> a
>>> little welcoming committee outside the Spencer's to let people know 
>>> about
>>> what it is Spencer's is selling and profiting from.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Neil Parthun
>>> lennybrucefan[at]gmail[dot]com
>>>
>>> The law, in its majestic quality, forbids the rich as well as the poor 
>>> to
>>> sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
>>> -Anatole France
>>>
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>>> you don't, then you're wasting your time." - Roberto Clemente
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> karen medina
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