Boing Boing t-shirts by Coop: still some left!
During a break in the festivities at this weekend's massive MakerFaire in San Mateo, Boing Boing pal Aaron Muszalski was kind enough to model the stylish Boing Boing tshirt designed by Coop before my phonecam, to remind you that a modest quantity of these tshirts are still available for purchase on ye olde internets. They're still $22.95-$23.95, and they still glow in the dark, and they're still really cool.
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Oh please. Hypersexualized female imagery from Coop? I never saw that coming. You know, there is probably someone still complaining about the BB hoodies. If you hurry you can still join in.
sex·ism Audio Help /ˈsɛksɪzəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sek-siz-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of sexual roles.
2. discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex, as in restricted job opportunities; esp., such discrimination directed against women.
[Origin: 1965–70; sex + -ism, on the model of racism]
any other help ya need, Danny,call me.
Jeez, Dan Turner, if that's a handle and not your real name, you couldn't have chosen a more sexist pulp hero to borrow from - light up a gasper and sock some dame, willya? Love the shirt, so I got a couple already, BTW.
Personally, I think she's hot.
And Aaron ain't half bad either.
I like mine, and wear it a lot. My girlfriend, on the other hand, really hates it.
Erm, I mean, I'm not educated in the arcane ways of feminism, but what could be more feminist than a slightly and subtly sexualised woman in working clothes with a jackhammer?
It's like the WWII "We can do it" propaganda.
Meh. Nearly fed the troll. (slaps hand)
And it's a really cool t-shirt. Maybe when I get to Canada, and no longer have to worry about the ridiculous cost of trans-Atlantic shipping, I'll get one.
Hypersexualized? I can't speculate on the originator of that comment without throwing in some confrontational terms like "Amish", "grandmother" or "Comstock Law". I'll show you a hypersexualized BB logo - someone just has to ask me to sketch it...
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#3 - "1. attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of sexual roles." Like a female figure posing for the gaze of men doesn't fall under that category.
#7 - Don't see a lot of cleavage in "we can do it." Also, they're nothing subtle about the way the woman is dressed unless you spend a lot of time in strip clubs or Hooters. She's not dressed in working clothes because she's working, she's modeling them as she poses.
#4 Sorry to disappoint, but it's my real name.
Dan:
Yeh, because cleveage doesn't exist, and women don't choose low hanging tops, we men force them to wear them, and invented cleveage to oppress them.
"Like a female figure posing for the gaze of men doesn't fall under that category."
That's a whole lot of assumptions.
"She's not dressed in working clothes because she's working, she's modeling them as she poses."
Dude!
1. she's not a real woman, she isn't 'doing' anything.
2. Are you suggesting, that if she was a real woman, there is no way for her to have been wearing those clothes in any capacity other than posing for men? Sounds a little sexist to me. I know lots of women who use tools and get greasy (hoho), in ways entirely unrelated to "the gaze of men". Does that mean they're doin' it wrong?
* cleavage (doh!)
#12 - Um, this female figure's cleavage *was* invented for the gaze of men, as you handily rely upon in point 1. It's not a lot of assumptions, it's analysis. I've shown my work, if you disagree with it pointing out where would be appreciated.
As for point 2, if it were a photo of a woman and not an illustration she'd still be posing for men. As for the women you know, is that an outfit they'd wear while using a jackhammer? I'll wait while you ask.
As a woman who has used a jackhammer in the course of my professional duties, I would have to say no, no, no. A bounceless-as-possible sports bra is key.
Not to mention the extremely unpleasant and unsexy accumulation of dust and debris in the cleavages, should the jackhammer-wielding female elect to expose her quivering décolletage.
Wow, stll brngly PC, the concern troll bizarrely oblivious and lecturing uselessly.
emm.. dungarees, a flannel shirt and work boots?
yeh, probably, maybe not so tight tho.
And, who sez dust-accumulated-cleavage is unsexy :)
It glows in the dark? I have the shirt and didn't know that. This subscription pays me back every day...
(Don't know what the fuss is. My 5 y.o. daughter asked about it once and I said it's a tribute to the strength of women that they can be so beautiful AND know how to handle a big tool^h^h^h^h piece of demolition equipment like that.)
" Um, this female figure's cleavage *was* invented for the gaze of men, as you handily rely upon in point 1. "
Also, I would suggest that this cleavage was invented for the gaze of people. I also know a few woman who like a boob or two, including the likes of coop's retro styled 'tomboy' work-woman above.
#16, good heavens! I need to take a cold shower after reading that.
Xeni and Aaron sittin' in a tree....
#17 - A concern troll FYI would have been something like "You might want to stop selling this product because people will stop coming to your site due to the image being sexist." See how the concern is tossed in there? Not my bag.
This is a feminist critique, not "political correctness."
#20 - Um ok, don't see how that correction make the image less sexist.
#18 probably someone who has dusty cleavage (it itches) rather than someone who is looking at it (whatever floats your dusty boob boat)
#24
I dig.
(the notion, rather than the dusty boobs)
also: dusty boobs, kinda sounds like gerontophilia :)
Guys all depictions of boobs are sexist. All boobs are sexist, especially sexy ones; they are the most sexist of all. My own personal boobs are extremely sexist. I am being sexist when I go jogging and don't wear a shirt over my sports bra, because my cleavage was invented to satisfy the male gaze. Actually all secondary sex characteristics are sexist. Especially antlers.
Yeah, I get bulging package complaints all the time. It's a curse, but what are you going to do? Amputate?
Dan: okay, so you're a feminist, go you. This sort of thing is not exactly useful.
Wincake is delicious.
Slowe,
of course dusty boobs, would require a BustDuster !!
..thank you, thank you! I'll be here all week, try the lobster, it's delicious.
I'm a feminist and I demand robot cleavage!