Comments on: Vandalize Gay

By: sin_lgbt

sin_lgbt — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:53:15 +0000

[...] as Dov Charney himself, even the seemingly politically correct Legalize Gay campaign cannot escape criticism. I’m feeling guilty now cos the T-shirts look so nice I’d love to own them. Too bad [...]

By: Cruz Hieber

Cruz Hieber — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:45:44 +0000

Now THAT IS what I deem an insightful take on this subject. What I would advise perhaps is talking to other people actively involved in the scene and bring to day any conflicting points of view and then update your site or create a new post for us to stew over. Hopefully you'll take my advice, I'm looking forward to it! Try to cover off on some graffiti characters as well if possible, they're very popular at the moment.

By: clothing rack

clothing rack — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:43:47 +0000

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By: Kerry Tarpey

Kerry Tarpey — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:43:46 +0000

Great posting

By: Tabitha

Tabitha — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:17:46 +0000

I agree completely with Emma– While supporting equality in pay/benefits/etc. is all well and good, it takes an unfortunate “one step forward, two steps back” turn when the only ad campaigns widely published feature practically nude, and seemingly underaged girls. It’s a vicious cycle, of course, because those ads sell more than almost any others, but the buck has to stop somewhere…also, to the author of this blog, congratulations on being a very informed and intelligent young woman; it’s people like you who are going to be able to make the biggest impact on other girls your age and younger! It gives me some pride knowing that there are people like you to carry on in the search for equality!

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:08:21 +0000

As Nellie pointed out in her later post, employee treatment sounds fine, but really. What impression does the store give off when trying to sell something? Women manikins leaning over to show off their rear’s, is this really what we want? How we want women to be noticed, just something to look at?

By: Nellie

Nellie — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:38:37 +0000

Thank you for clarifying, Julie.
My issue is not so much with employee treatment but with marketing tactics.

By: Julie Z

Julie Z — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:13:45 +0000

I just wanted to share this – a rep from American Apparel emailed with some information about their company:

“Garment workers at the factory (of which are not all women, we have a large amount of male sewers/cutters/etc. also) make well above minimum wage, between $12-18 per hour. They have access to health benefits for their families, and other benefits, such as free massages, English lessons, and subsidized transportation.

Despite bad publicity around the company’s CEO, we actually have women in a lot of the prominent positions in the company. The head of Retail Operations (my supervisor) is a woman, as are the majority of our photographers, the two creative directors, the legal counsel, nearly the entire allocation team, the majority of the design team, the head of fabric planning, and important employees of the finance department.”

I know I’ve stated my opinions about AA before, but it really is important to hear both sides.

By: Amy L

Amy L — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:20:09 +0000

Great job!
Love,
your Mom

By: Nikki Darling

Nikki Darling — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:03:50 +0000

American Apparel frustrates me. Why is it that they can be socially conscious of all these different types of inequality and yet still be one of the biggest pushers of misogyny and objectification of women to youth culture? How do they not see the violence in that?