In my experience, the clothes you wear tell very little about you. Sure I guess they can tell you how much money someone makes, but that's only really useful if your a shady character. I think the everyday clothes that we wear should be a true reflection of self, not society. This is the main reason I support the odd shirt with a message. Personally, I don't really care what's on your shirt. I mean, hopefully it makes me laugh, but if it doesn't then I guess I hope it makes me think. We looked at an article about a lady who caught media attention when she started selling T-shirt that said "I had an abortion." As for that shirt, if you had an abortion and you're proud of it, by all means wear the shirt. If you had an abortion and you regret it and you see someone wearing this shirt, please don't freak out, but feel free to express your opinion about it. If you've never had an abortion, you should probably stay out of it.
Back to the lady. I guess she writes for Maxim or something. The new shirt is a picture of a safe with the door wide open and a little note sitting in it that says "I was raped." My thought on this shirt are pretty much the same as the other one. Some people feel better if they can share things with others, privacy is not helping them. The same can be said I'm sure about people needing their privacy. Maybe, they should make a bunch of shirts like this, all looking exactly the same except for whats written on the note, and then make one with the door closed and mass produce it. Everyone has a secret right? anyways.
I think it's just another shirt and ya, whatever. The interesting bit is that this story is about the girl who makes these shirts, not the shirts themselves or the real supposed issue of creating conversation about rape. Nearly every comment for that article is about the shirts or the designer, not the issue. Part of me wants to agree with most people commenting and call her out on self-promotion. It's very possible her main goal was to become more recognizable and profit from this shirt, but it's also possible she's really just trying to raise awareness and help people. As strange as it sounds, I wonder if she's been raped, or is very close to someone that has. That's probably how I'd make my completly pointless opinion on her.
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Your opinion on this shouldnt/isnt pointless. If more people can talk about this issue, more of the victums can as well. Its about awarness.
Theres nothing pointless about it at all, not even your opinion. So actually have one, you should care.
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