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I’m going to go ahead and link this one without comment, too.
Because feminists don’t have much to legitimately complain about, they have to resort to making up sexism. They can go so far as to even find it in different styles of jeans. (No, I’m not kidding.)
Okay, forget the creepy “modelquins” commercials for a second. Old Navy has managed to once again be condescending to its customers. They have added a new style to their ridiculously named women’s jeans that neatly packages their women customers into brightly colored, cotton, female stereotypes.
Previously, you could be slutty (the Flirt ), a doormat (the Sweetheart ), or a bitch (the Diva ). Now you can be The Dreamer.
In other words, you’re fat and you better push those curves into the appropriate shape.
Cause if you don’t, you’ll only get to daydream about a boyfriend to steal jeans from when you would rather not be a slutty, doormat, bitch.
These are cuts of jeans that this feminist is complaining about. Here is how Old Navy actually describes them.
The Dreamer: classic-rise jeans that sit at your waist, are straight through the hip and thigh. Have a front panel that slims the tummy and a no-gap band for full coverage in the back.
The Flirt: mid-rise jeans that sit right below the waist, are straight through the hip and thigh.
The Sweetheart: classic-rise jeans that sit at your waist, are relaxed through the hip and thigh.
The Diva: low-rise jeans that sit on your hips, are slim through the hip and thigh.
The Weekend: low-rise jeans that sit low on your waist, and have a relaxed boyfriend fit.
Yes, I can clearly see how these five styles translate to fat, slut, doormat, and bitch. It’s SO obvious. That girl isn’t reading too much into it at all!
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I am so tired of these tediously rationalized charges of racism, sexism, imperialism, ism-ism I can’t see straight.
I’m just going to start shouting “Bullshit!” each time someone tries it on me. Don’t get defensive, that’s what they want. Just call it what it is.
Bullshit!
- philmon | 08/29/2009 @ 12:59What the hell is a “relaxed boyfriend fit?”
Silly me. I’m a guy, I buy my jeans at Wal-Mart, and I pay attention to the price tag, not the mfr’s label. What am I thinking?
- cylarz | 08/29/2009 @ 21:11Jeans are the one bit of clothing I’m picky about, and it has nothing to do with brand loyalty or what’s hot or hip, and I actually pay more than I think jeans in general are worth because of one simple fact.
I like the way they fit. I like the way they look. And I haven’t found any others I like that even come close to me liking them that much. That’s it.
So I pay the big bucks for Levi’s button fly 501’s.
And like I said… it ain’t because I worship Levis or like the number 501. I just happen to like that jean far better than any other.
Otherwise, I wear a lot of cheap-ass clothes. If I like ’em.
- philmon | 08/29/2009 @ 21:55It’s denim for crying out loud. These pissy bitches need a few good men in their life to refocus their obviously bored minds.
Cuts of jeans as feminist topic fodder, how simple can you get?
- Daphne | 08/30/2009 @ 16:24Guess what, if you look good naked, you look good in any pair of jeans.
- Daphne | 08/30/2009 @ 16:26But you look better in some than others. And which ones depends on your body type.
- philmon | 08/30/2009 @ 17:26Sure thing Phil, but it’s not a patriarchal decision of the hegemony designed to demean women when they fashion different cuts of pants for various body types.
These women are behaving like idiots.
- Daphne | 08/30/2009 @ 17:33Yes. Yes they are.
Wait’ll they find out about the big Male Hedgemony meeting we have every year down in Cancun. It’s awesome. 😉
It’s all paid for by big oil companies, of course.
- philmon | 08/30/2009 @ 20:19I find it ironic that they’re complaining about these…
So, we’ve got…
– Classic rise (jeans covering the hipbone are a good thing)
– Straight through the hip and thigh (any extra will push out the sides a bit – womanly curves are good)
– Front slimming panel (accentuates the curves on the side)
– Full coverage in the back (something fewer and fewer women’s pants do these days)
I can see why the feminists wouldn’t like these – they’d make them look like sexy Republican gals!
- Daniel | 08/31/2009 @ 10:04