Young Girls' T-Shirt Inventory Isn't Looking Good
And the sexist T-shirt hits keep on coming — but in a way I never expected.
Sure, every once in awhile some stupid T-shirt comes out and people go bonkers for a spell, practically convulsing with outrage. Maybe the shirt says girls can't do home work or they suck at math, or that girlfriends can be identified by breed, like horses, or that guys can get a little rapeyish sometimes, but only because someone made them.
Bad ideas all. And the Internet quickly swings into action, sometimes forcing the retailer to pull the item, offer an apology and then ... go back to making really crappy T-shirts months later.
To be honest, I was excited about the recent outrages we've seen over T-shirts, starting with JCPenney's "I'm too pretty to do homework" debacle . As someone who has had incredible difficulty shopping for non-sexist shirts for my daughter, I thought we might have reached a watershed moment when it comes to equality in children's fashion.
Maybe, I thought, just maybe all this noise will compel companies to rethink their offerings and start giving girls the same kick ass options as boys.
Community Sports Calendar
COBO Cougar Basketball Tryouts: For boys in grades four through eight in the Mountain View High School attendance area; grades four through six: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6-7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 29, 3-5 p.m.; grades seven and eight: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7:30-9 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 29, 5-7 p.m.; Mountain View High, Bend; $189 per player (25-30 games for season and practices held twice per week); Craig Reid; 541-318-8014.
Summit Girls COBO Tryouts: For girls in grades five through eight; Tuesday, Nov. 1, for grades five and six; Wednesday, Nov 2, for grades seven and eight; 7-8:30 p.m. both days; Cascade Middle School, Bend; for players who plan to eventually attend Summit High; ryan.cruz@bend.k12.or.us.
Summit Boys COBO Tryouts: For boys in grades five through eight who live in the Summit High School attendance area; Tuesday through Thursday, Nov. 1-3; Summit High, Bend; grades five and six, 5:30-7 p.m.; grades seven and eight, 7-8:30 p.m.; www.summitbasketball.com.






The party started early at Churchill Downs for Joe Ochsner, who was sipping a morning beer on the sweaty track infield and picking his horses for the Kentucky Derby. Thrifty travel plans freed up more cash for drinking and betting on a steamy first
In all seriousness, t-shirts and jeans were unacceptable. The horses are beautiful animals up close. They are so tall and lean. When they go by you at full gallop, the sound is beautiful. The power that they have is just unbelievable, too.



