While I love the idea of anything that doesn't seem especially frightening about American Apparel, I do cringe when T-shirts speak in fragments. The first photo shows a T-shirt saying, simply, "Legalize Gay;" legalize gay what exactly? Gay people? I think they're already legal.Oh, gay marriage. You can tell because the above version says "Repeal Prop 8" on the bottom. However, that still does not mean that "Legalize Gay" is anything close to a sentence. Would it be so hard to add the word "Marriage?" I somehow doubt that it would cost them millions of dollars to add one eight-letter word to these T-shirts. At least if they did that, I would go "yeah, absolutely!" instead of cocking my head and saying "wha...???" Maybe the English major in me is unjustified for going all grammar Nazi, and really I shouldn't be picking on Dov for making these shirts with such obviously kind intent. I mean, he even let the models wear pants.
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wow, that IS a problematic shirt in my opinion! I like their idea behind it but really find the shirt lacking a certain needed clarity, as you said! S.
Ugh. American Apparel. At this point, just about everything they do is offensive.
I think I agree with the sentiment (I agree that gay marriage should be legal, but the phrasing on the shirt is ... head-scratching), but they couldn't wrangle enough letters to complete a sentence?
thank you! :D
i'm not such a big fan of american apparel. they just seem to be so overpriced and you can find similar items for less than %5 at places like jcpenney and forever 21. and the shirts are SO easy to make. all you have to do is buy some sheet transfers at wal mart and a plain shirt. it's so simple and people are willing to spend so much money on such simple things you can make yourself.
i wanna have one
Maybe it's a fill-in-the-blank? You're supposed to scrawl in the word of your choice after 'gay'.
Legalize Gay Marriage.
Legalize Gay Hookers.
Legalize Gay Lead Paint Products.
You get the idea. ;)
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