[Wamvan] Nordstrom shirt photo removed

[Joanna Chiu]

I stand dismayed and discontented!

This could also be a case for Vancouver men having no fashion sense?



On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Alexandra Tse <alex_tse at sfu.ca> wrote:

> Unfortunately, I see many boys/men wearing sexist shirts and I could tell
> from their attitude that they think it's cool. And anyway, the chicks that
> are repelled are only bitchy feminists so who cares right? The shirts don't
> seem to be chick repellents at all - I often see those men hanging out
> with women, and the women look like they don't mind at all.
>
> I remember a heart-sinking family moment where my female cousin told my
> male cousin that his shirt was *cool*. His shirt was split into two
> images: in the first, a woman was talking and a man was standing next to
> her with a sad face. In the second image the woman was still talking but
> the man was smiling because he was wearing earplugs.
>
> I'm sure the shirts sell well!
>
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> *From: *"Joanna Chiu" <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
> *To: *wamvan at lists.resist.ca
> *Sent: *Saturday, 2 February, 2013 19:26:11
> *Subject: *Re: [Wamvan] Nordstrom shirt photo removed
>
>
> Ahh, thanks for the update and description, Jarrah. Who wears these kinds
> of shirts anyways? I remembered boys in my high school wore shirts with
> sexist slogans, but most of them clue in that they're "chick repellents"
> right?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I had a couple emails from people telling me the photo of the Nordstrom
>> shirt designs was removed. It looks like they took it down, so I guess all
>> we can hope for now is that they also heard the message from the many
>> people that posted.
>>
>> If you didn't get to see them it was a request to choose between three
>> men's shirt designs.
>>
>> The first said New York/LA - on the New York side was a black and white
>> woman's face that looked more thoughtful, on the LA side was a close-up
>> picture of women in bikinis on the beach, focused on their ass.
>>
>> The second shirt said Amsterdam and had a picture of a red lightbulb in a
>> triangle. I didn't totally catch the bottom text but I think it said
>> "District Never Sleeps"
>>
>> The third said Good Girls Leave You/Bad Girls Stay
>>
>> So yeah, classy. Thanks to all who got in to leave comments before they
>> took it down.
>>
>> Jarrah
>>
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