We were shopping for my 6-year-old stepdaughter in Walmart in the Boston metro area this weekend. I took a picture of a display of T-shirts for sale for girls, available in size 6X-14. Clockwise, these 4 say “Peace, love and lipgloss,” “it’s a girls [sic] world! (we just let the boys live in it),” “”Friends are forever / Boys are whatever,” and “My favorite things: 1. My mom, 2. Fridays, 3. Shopping, 4. My best friends, 5. My brother (Just kidding).”
Here’s another one from the same display that says “My dad’s awesome…when he buys me stuff!” Presumably a dad is therefore not awesome when he is trying to raise a happy, healthy kid with techniques that do not include purchasing sparkly pink shirts with pro-capitalism messages.
Comments 6
contemna — December 15, 2008
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
contemna — December 15, 2008
and didn't proofread...
*they
*shared
tommy — December 15, 2008
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.
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Anika — April 4, 2009
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.......
coolswaglady — May 14, 2022
i want the brown one that says it’s a girls world we just let boys live in it😆❤️