Comments on: No Surprise: Wal-Mart Shirts for Girls Encourage Materialism, Sexism http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/12/14/no-surprise-wal-mart-shirts-for-girls-encourage-materialism-sexism/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anika http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/12/14/no-surprise-wal-mart-shirts-for-girls-encourage-materialism-sexism/comment-page-1/#comment-21156 Anika Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:23:46 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=5172#comment-21156 I don't think it's all that big of a deal and just meant to be very unimportant child-centered humour. Like the other poster said, there are WAY BIGGER things that Wal-Mart is TRUTHFULLY doing wrong than that....... I don’t think it’s all that big of a deal and just meant to be very unimportant child-centered humour. Like the other poster said, there are WAY BIGGER things that Wal-Mart is TRUTHFULLY doing wrong than that…….

]]> By: Corporate Babysitter » Blog Archive » Obama’s beautiful daughters and other indications that we’re not quite there yet http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/12/14/no-surprise-wal-mart-shirts-for-girls-encourage-materialism-sexism/comment-page-1/#comment-6181 Corporate Babysitter » Blog Archive » Obama’s beautiful daughters and other indications that we’re not quite there yet Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:05:55 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=5172#comment-6181 [...] we’ll be witnessing an historic inauguration and on Wednesday, it will be back to business as usual for American girls: Corporate-created media images and messages telling them that their value lies [...] [...] we’ll be witnessing an historic inauguration and on Wednesday, it will be back to business as usual for American girls: Corporate-created media images and messages telling them that their value lies [...]

]]> By: tommy http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/12/14/no-surprise-wal-mart-shirts-for-girls-encourage-materialism-sexism/comment-page-1/#comment-5152 tommy Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:38:48 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=5172#comment-5152 things like this are especially funny because, in comparison to the actual crimes and america hurting that wal-mart commits, they pale. i think i'll leave it at that. things like this are especially funny because, in comparison to the actual crimes and america hurting that wal-mart commits, they pale.

i think i’ll leave it at that.

]]> By: contemna http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/12/14/no-surprise-wal-mart-shirts-for-girls-encourage-materialism-sexism/comment-page-1/#comment-5151 contemna Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:21:15 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=5172#comment-5151 and didn't proofread... *they *shared and didn’t proofread…
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]]> By: contemna http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/12/14/no-surprise-wal-mart-shirts-for-girls-encourage-materialism-sexism/comment-page-1/#comment-5150 contemna Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:20:21 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=5172#comment-5150 Walmart has a history of these sorts of shirts being aimed at their teen and preteen markets. The Consumerist actually had an ongoing feud over some shirts screen printed with the 3rd SS Division (Nazi) Totenkopf emblem. There are even more horrifying ones theys hared in this post... which also has links to the initial "OMG, that's a Nazi logo!" backstory. http://consumerist.com/consumer/3rd-ss-division-totenkopf/totenkopf-shirts-on-ebay-214147.php Walmart has a history of these sorts of shirts being aimed at their teen and preteen markets. The Consumerist actually had an ongoing feud over some shirts screen printed with the 3rd SS Division (Nazi) Totenkopf emblem.
There are even more horrifying ones theys hared in this post… which also has links to the initial “OMG, that’s a Nazi logo!” backstory.
http://consumerist.com/consumer/3rd-ss-division-totenkopf/totenkopf-shirts-on-ebay-214147.php

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