Here we go again.....

This post could go either way for me it will make sense or I will get karate chopped in the neck via my blog. But this is my opinion and what I believe in  I also need to get this off my chest before I explode and we don't want that...... it  just wouldn't be pretty....lol   Enjoy

 At some point when do we say enough is enough?  I am a firm believer that if you do not want to hear it, you don't have to listen. If do not want to see it, you do not need to watch it. And if you do not want your child to wear it, you do not buy it. I know that I do not have a "tween' on my hands...yet but I will soon enough.  Last time I checked we were the parents and we control the purse strings until they are 18.  Are these slogans/shirt socially irresponsible and sexist  YES!  -  Are they in super bad taste hell to the yeah! {and not very cute I may add}. But let's remember were we live in the good ol' USofA  - Land of free speech and home of the ol mighty dollar. If you do not like what these shirts stand for fight back by not buying..Hit them were it hurts the ol' bottom line. You have a right to voice your opinion but you cannot expect that every time someone out there does not like a certain item of clothing/book/CD/TV Program you expect that company to remove it from their shelves. What is the difference between that and good ol fashioned book burning? I say not much.

There are rules in my house for clothing - no booty shorts, no short skirts and no tasteless ass logo shirts that includes one with designer names.  I as a mother would not buy this item of clothing for my daughter.......period I do not give a shit how much she would whine for it.  And I would hope that I would have raised a daughter that would NOT degrade herself  and  want to wear a shirt that read Skool Sucks /I am too pretty for work/school. Not in this house!


 



Below is the article that set me off:

Forever 21's latest tween T-shirt infuriates consumers, parents
Forever21.com

Allergic to silly shirts? Not everyone is a fan of Forever 21's latest collection.
Controversial tween T-shirts sure are everywhere these days.

The other week, JC Penney was heavily criticized for selling apparel that read “I'm too pretty to do homework, so my brother does it for me.” Now another failed attempt at cutesiness has the Internet up in commenting-arms: Forever 21 is featuring a shirt emblazoned with “Allergic to algebra” (at $12.80, it’s still no bargain). It doesn’t stop there, either. Other tops showcase such slogans as “I love school – not” and “Skool Sucks.”

As predicted, shoppers and parents are none too pleased. One consumer even resorted to posting a response — via a Post-it-Note — on the collection. The note reads “SMART girls are cool. Don’t buy this top.” And change.org just started a petition asking Forever21 to discontinue selling clothing with sexist messages. “Forever 21's ‘Allergic to Algebra’ shirt is yet another sexist message aimed at young women telling them that math is uncool — while bragging about being bad at math is cool,” the petition reads. “Would these retailers ever consider selling ‘I Can't Do Long Division!’ shirts for boys or men?”

Two weeks ago, JC Penney ultimately removed their shirt after mounting pressure. While Forever21 has yet to respond, they might follow the trend.