http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/urban-outfitters-->-bleeped-<--greeting-card_n_1364589.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender
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[Note: See photo of card in link for the rhyme]
Clothing and home furnishing retailer Urban Outfitters has come under fire from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocates after reportedly selling a greeting card some have deemed transphobic.
As Unicorn Booty blogger Kevin Farrell notes, Urban Outfitters has a long history of "anti-gay" business practices and political donations.
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Really though, even if I was a transphobic person, when on earth do you send that card to someone?
REALLY??
And for the record, I'm not in the effing closet.
An eyeful of c***? Pretty sure that's not how you do it.
Quote from: caleb. on January 09, 2014, 06:14:06 PM
An eyeful of c***? Pretty sure that's not how you do it.
More than a mouthful is a waste?
I wonder if they did anything about it almost two years ago.
Quote from: big head horsey-face on January 09, 2014, 06:19:13 PM
I wonder if they did anything about it almost two years ago.
Ah, you're right. I didn't even check the date because it was on the front page (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/transgender/). Error on Huff Post's part?
It's still a pretty stupid card. ::)
I think that it's arrogant and distasteful. Things like that don't help the general publics viewpoint at all.
Quote from: caleb. on January 09, 2014, 06:14:06 PM
An eyeful of c***? Pretty sure that's not how you do it.
I actually have a birthday greeting card that shows two gay guys with one on his knees with a hand over an eye that says, "It's all fun and games until someone gets his eye poked out with a d*ck."
Quote from: Jill F on January 09, 2014, 08:04:54 PM
I actually have a birthday greeting card that shows two gay guys with one on his knees with a hand over an eye that says, "It's all fun and games until someone gets his eye poked out with a d*ck."
:D
Wow.
Ummmm, I think that I will stick with cute cards with Portia on them.
I am so mad and disgusted. Did we kill these people in a previous life or something? What is the deal? I think......................never mind, I like it here, shutting up now! ::) ARGH!
<face palm>
You have got to be kidding me, Urban Outfitters!
I guess the good news is, Jill could pass. ;)
I read a corrupted version of that rhyme back over 50 years ago which at least made some sense. If "Jill" was a closet trans* person, what the heck was she doing up on that hill in a dress, or conversely, Jack got a face full of a packer, but that doesn't rhyme!! I don't care nearly as much about trans*phobia as I do about zombies in the advertising department or who would buy it.
Honestly, i dont really care much about it. If someone wants to sell it then let them. If jack is a character who isnt gay, let him be that way.
Im a storyteller and first rule is let characters be themselves.
I mean it is a bit of a surprise to find a penis where you expected a vagina. If anything, it comes off as pervy. Not exactly anti-gay.
Sorry but I laughed at the card LOL.