September 2007 Archives

Part of what pushed me to start making t-shirts was because there are so many awful ones out there. Well here's the latest from Wal-Mart that I hope will make you as angry as it made me.

The t-shirt reads: "Some call it stalking, I call it love."

The Charlotte News&Observer says:

"Its message was a slap in the face to the woman who called me Thursday after seeing it in her local Wal-Mart.

'Some say it's stalking, I call it love.'

"For the past two years, this woman has been stalked until she feels like a prisoner in her own life. She has been spied upon, bullied and threatened with her life...'It's reprehensible,' said the woman, whose story is well documented but who asked not to be identified for fear that her stalker might retaliate.

"'People don't realize how serious stalking is,' she said. 'You constantly live in fear, look over your shoulder and suffer from psychological and physical symptoms due to the stress of the stalker.' She wondered aloud: What's next? 'Some say it's rape, I call it hot sex'? Or: 'Some call it domestic violence, I say I'm just teaching her a lesson'?"

The N.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence has already sent a letter asking Wal-Mart to remove the t-shirts from stores. The Charlotte News&Observer goes on to say:

The question now is how the world's largest retailer will respond. Tara Stewart, a spokeswoman for the company, forwarded me information about Wal-Mart partnering with the attorney general's office in South Carolina on a public education campaign to combat domestic violence. 'We work hard on this issue and do a great deal to bring awareness and help families in need,' she wrote in an e-mail message. And the T-shirts fit into that public education campaign how?"

Want to let Wal-Mart know what you think?

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
702 S.W. 8th Street
Bentonville, AR 72716
1-800-WALMART
479-273-4000

Or email them.

So I just discovered another absurd way parents are trying to prevent that oh so scary question, "Is that a boy or a girl?" And it really takes the cake. They're "stick on bows" for infants who don't have enough hair to hold a regular bow. They come with a little bottle of glue that you use to adhere the bow to the baby's scalp. And of course they're available in pink, pink, and more pink.