Feminism in News and Popular Media

femmeInterrupted · 05-07-2013, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Kobi

The above has left me speechless and that isn't easy to do.

I hear you. I don't actually know where to begin either. Just the representation ( notice, her tits are ALSO hanging out! ) of a bloodied woman is brutal. The normalization of violence against women that this brings is astonishing. Of course, being able to 'purchase' an otherwise already commodified female 'ex-girlfriend' embodies and solidifies that ongoing notion and reality already too.

It's just fucking unbelievable.

This brings to mind the whole https://www.realdoll.com thing from years back.

Shitballs.

CherylNYC · 05-07-2013, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by femmeInterrupted

I hear you. I don't actually know where to begin either. ...

Shitballs.

The place to begin is signing this petition:

http://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign...QG3VQ&rd=1&t=1

No, I don't think it's pointless to sign a petition. It doesn't have as much weight as a court order, but there is strength in numbers.

femmeInterrupted · 05-07-2013, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CherylNYC

The place to begin is signing this petition:

http://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign...QG3VQ&rd=1&t=1

No, I don't think it's pointless to sign a petition. It doesn't have as much weight as a court order, but there is strength in numbers.

Signed!!!!

femmeInterrupted · 05-10-2013, 08:46 AM

femmeInterrupted · 05-10-2013, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by CherylNYC

The place to begin is signing this petition:

http://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign...QG3VQ&rd=1&t=1

No, I don't think it's pointless to sign a petition. It doesn't have as much weight as a court order, but there is strength in numbers.

No only was it NOT pointless-- it WORKED!

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...cry/?mobile=nc

femmeInterrupted · 05-10-2013, 03:10 PM

Have you ever wondered why Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing?

Well, CEO Mike Jeffries can put an end to your curiosity, though his response may make you never want to shop at the teen retail store ever again.

“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he told the Salon. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely."

Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing because they don't want overweight women wearing their brand.
They want the "cool kids," and they don't consider plus-sized women as being a part of that group.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/aberc...#ixzz2SvUPwh1e

CherylNYC · 05-10-2013, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by femmeInterrupted

Have you ever wondered why Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing?

Well, CEO Mike Jeffries can put an end to your curiosity, though his response may make you never want to shop at the teen retail store ever again.

“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he told the Salon. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely."

Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing because they don't want overweight women wearing their brand.
They want the "cool kids," and they don't consider plus-sized women as being a part of that group.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/aberc...#ixzz2SvUPwh1e

Now I'm speechless.

Allison W · 05-10-2013, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by femmeInterrupted

Have you ever wondered why Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing?

Well, CEO Mike Jeffries can put an end to your curiosity, though his response may make you never want to shop at the teen retail store ever again.

“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he told the Salon. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely."

Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing because they don't want overweight women wearing their brand.
They want the "cool kids," and they don't consider plus-sized women as being a part of that group.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/aberc...#ixzz2SvUPwh1e

...But I bet they stock XL and XXL in men's sizes. (I'd have checked the article, but I can't get it to load. It seems that my neck of the woods has been having DNS problems for the past several days.)

Allison W · 05-10-2013, 08:51 PM

It's too late to edit my last post, but I just looked it up from a Facebook link and they do carry XL and XXL in men's sizes, but "only to appeal to large athletes."

What about women who are large athletes?

Kobi · 05-11-2013, 06:03 AM

“There are a million rules for being a girl. There are a million things you have to do to get through each day. High school has things that can trip you up, ruin you, people say one thing and mean another, and you have to know all the rules, you have to know what you can and can't do.”

Elizabeth Scott, The Unwritten Rule

femmeInterrupted · 05-11-2013, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Allison W

It's too late to edit my last post, but I just looked it up from a Facebook link and they do carry XL and XXL in men's sizes, but "only to appeal to large athletes."

What about women who are large athletes?

I'm guessing that there are NO large athletic women 'COOL' enough to wear XL clothing.

The whole thing just feeds into SO many terrible and damaging sexist, sizeist, bullshit misogynistic messages and attitudes it makes me nuts.

05-10-2013, 08:46 AM	#4
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05-10-2013, 03:10 PM	#6
femmeInterrupted Member How Do You Identify?: Queer femme Preferred Pronoun?: she works out well ;) Relationship Status: Happily married. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ontario Posts: 812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,885 Thanked 3,216 Times in 667 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Abercrombie & Fitch Refuses To Make Clothes For Large Women Have you ever wondered why Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing? Well, CEO Mike Jeffries can put an end to your curiosity, though his response may make you never want to shop at the teen retail store ever again. “In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he told the Salon. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely." Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't stock XL or XXL sizes in women's clothing because they don't want overweight women wearing their brand. They want the "cool kids," and they don't consider plus-sized women as being a part of that group. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/aberc...#ixzz2SvUPwh1e __________________ "If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together." Lila Watson You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shade when its shining. You say you love wind, but when its comes you close your window. So that's why I'm scared, when you say you love me. -- Bob Marley

05-11-2013, 06:03 AM	#10
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05-10-2013, 08:51 PM	#9
Allison W Member How Do You Identify?: TG Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Loner Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 366 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,414 Thanked 1,195 Times in 319 Posts Rep Power: 12203815	It's too late to edit my last post, but I just looked it up from a Facebook link and they do carry XL and XXL in men's sizes, but "only to appeal to large athletes." What about women who are large athletes?