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sluttshirtYesterday while strolling around a DC suburb I spotted a tween wearing a T-Shirt that read "Queen Bitch." Who would purchase this public display of absolute inappropriateness for their daughter? I made a mental note to self, "find Queen Bitch shirt and blog."

I have to admit, there are plenty of trendy teen slang tees that I find slightly amusing. Some that make me laugh have resulted in my students being sent home or having to sport an always fashionable PE shirt for the day. I concur that the

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Published on July 15, 2009 17:47
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message 1: by Kirsti (new)
Jul 16, 2009 06:48AM

Kirsti Rosalind, I fervently believe that the girl bought the QB shirt with her own money, hid it in her backpack, and then put it on in a bathroom stall at school or the mall. I really, really don't want to believe that an adult would buy that shirt for a child . . .

although, when he was 12, my nephew received as a Christmas gift a shirt with the slogan "I Don't Like to Repeat Myself." The background art was a list of girls' names, each one crossed off. (Conquests, I guess.) I asked him, "Did you pick out that shirt?" The answer was no. The question I wanted to ask was, "Do you even TALK to girls?"

A few years back Urban Outfitters got into trouble for selling a "Kansas City Beef Queen" shirt that depicted a pinup girl covered in dotted lines, like the illustration of a steer at a steakhouse. The KCBQ shirts in my local store got slashed with a razor. (No, I didn't do it.)



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