HayGan
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TheOtherVillainess said:Sparx, the girl-cott in my siggy is nothing overly organized or anything like that but it was on the news recently. Several different women's orginizations are calling for the 'girl-cott' (instead of boycott) of A&F due to the fact that they have put out some rather offensive (to women)teeshirts lately. Myself and others would like to see them off the shelves. That's all it is.
TOV
The girl cott has been over for awhile. It was actually organized by several girls at a local high school.
Here is some more information if anyone is interested...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Retailer Abercrombie & Fitch said on Friday it would stop selling some of its T-shirts after a national boycott by teenage girls, who objected to slogans emblazoned across the shirts such as "Who needs brains when you have these?"
The teen-oriented apparel company, often criticized for its suggestive advertising featuring scantily-clad young models, did not specify which T-shirts it would pull but said in a brief statement that "We recognize that the shirts in question, while meant to be humorous, might be troubling to some."
Earlier this week, the Women & Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania launched a "girl-cott" of the store in protest over the T-shirts, launching an e-mail campaign and appearing on NBC's "Today" show to air their concerns.
Other T-shirts featured the slogans "Blondes are adored, brunettes are ignored," and "I make you look fat."
The latest controversy is not the first for the New Albany, Ohio-based retailer. Two years ago, Abercrombie & Fitch pulled its glossy catalogs that featured nude men and women after protests, and in 2002 it discontinued a line of T-shirts that Asian-Americans claimed was racially insensitive.
Abercrombie & Fitch on Thursday reported a 31 percent jump in its October same-store sales, a key measure of retail performance
