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

[E.Wayne Johnson]

I find their tee "I have the pussy, i make the rules" even more offensive.

Particularly considering how independent cats are by nature.

----- 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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