'Girlcott' organizers meet with Abercrombie & Fitch execs over T-shirts

Executives of retailer Abercrombie & Fitch yesterday agreed to consider a proposal by the Allegheny County Girls as Grantmakers for a line of T-shirts that the girls believe would empower young women rather than demean them.

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"I think it went pretty well and I think they took us seriously," said Maya Savage, a 14-year-old student at Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.

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Five weeks ago, the group successfully "girlcotted" shirts by the company that they felt were offensive.

Abercrombie & Fitch pulled several of their "attitude" T-shirts last month after five days of protests that drew national and international media attention. The group said the shirts, with slogans like "Who Needs Brains When You Have These?" were demeaning to women.


http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05340/617917.stm

the group has put out their own sort of "attitude" shirts such as "You're just jealous because I have a 4.0." That's very hypocritical and very confusing. That's hurting their efforts to keep women from being marginalized and discriminated against.

Who needs a shirt slogan for self-actualization, anyway?

:shrug:

Thanks.

Jeesh. This from the company who marketed thongs for eight year olds-
remember that whole debacle?