Remember, though, that what all of these shirts really say is "Look at me, I'm not smart enough to think of something witty on my own, so I will go with what J.C. Penny's tells me is witty and on sale for $9.99 to boot." And really, is it that much different than paying Nike or Gap or Old Navy to advertise for them? It is simply consumerism attempting to make believe that we have a choice in what we wear, making believe that we can make a statement with our clothing, when really we are just buying into the illusion...
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Last week I saw:
"I love hot moms"
and
"I love Boobs"
My Econ prof. saw the first one and responded with "Dude, I like your shirt!"
Remember, though, that what all of these shirts really say is "Look at me, I'm not smart enough to think of something witty on my own, so I will go with what J.C. Penny's tells me is witty and on sale for $9.99 to boot." And really, is it that much different than paying Nike or Gap or Old Navy to advertise for them? It is simply consumerism attempting to make believe that we have a choice in what we wear, making believe that we can make a statement with our clothing, when really we are just buying into the illusion...
Say yeah!
i can always count on you to ask the tough questions...
Hey!!!
Don't knock the hot moms T. My hubby has one. Cuz you know... I am one.
My mom once decided not to buy a t-shirt for me from the Starvation Army that had two fried eggs across the chest.
But she did debate about it. At the time I was in 8th grade and horrified; now I wish I had that shirt...
My aunt almost bought me a shirt that had cookie monster on it that said "YUM University" with YUM right across the boob region.
Seriously.
SBM: Fannie Flagg wore a shirt like that when she was on Celebrity Squares in the eighties or something.
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