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unikorentoDid I tell you that during our epic trip to the U.S we went to Orlando, Florida? And that while we were in Orlando, Florida, we went to the Universal Studios theme park? Well, we did! And it was awesome! The first day we went to the "Islands of Adventure" part and the next day we went to the studios part. The weather was perfect, the rides were fantastic, and we saw the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. (Fake snow in Florida! Dinosaurs from Jurassic Park! A dragon!) I liked it a whole bunch.
Being a long time comic book geek (i.e, I started collecting the Amazing Spider Man sometime in 1997), I was pretty psyched to go to the Marvel section of the theme park. (I was squealing. It wasn't pretty.) It didn't disappoint. There were dressed-up superheros, and flashy rides in flashy colours and there were stores with merchandise. Hooray! Only, there was one little thing. One little thing that has been driving me a little bit crazy ever since.
I wanted a t-shirt, right? Any little geek would want one, and despite being on a pretty tight budget, I was determined to find one or two superhero tees. One with a Captain America shield, or a Spider-Man one, or - omg, dare I dream? - one with Deadpool or Venom! I'd always wanted one! And, ok, I did find all of them, but not as I'd expected to.
The stores did have a pretty wide range of lady fit tees, which was what I was looking for, but... they all followed a certain theme. The basic tees all had basic superhero images, the shield, the hammer, group images etc. The "women's tees" had little diamonds, or the face of Wonder Woman, or texts like "I only kiss superheroes!", "My boyfriend is Spider-Man!" and "I fight in heels!".
There was not a single t-shirt that was tailored to fit a woman's body and that wouldn't have been somehow... themed around it being worn by a woman. Just. What?
First it was funny, but then I realized that there really wasn't a single exception to the rule, and the funny went away. I don't want to kiss superheros(*), Universal Studios! Don't you get it? I want to be a superhero! Invincible! Have powers! Kick ass! Save the world! Can I not do that if I want to wear the lady cut shirt?
In my un-educated opinion, there's a reason bullied kids love comics. I've daydreamed myself out of countless unpleasant schoolyards, imagining I could scale walls or just fucking fly away (or, ok, beat the shit out of everyone there, but saying that doesn't tug on the ol' heartstrings as much as I want this text to). I didn't daydream about someone coming in to save me. Why does the shirt need to focus on that kind of aspect?
Alright, so I ended up buying the regular cut t-shirt because I really, really, really, really wanted one. But I wasn't happy about it! Universal trampled all over my geek parade! Now mind you, there's plenty of girls who wear regular cut tees, and wear them well. That isn't my point. My point is that it's not fair that the clothes that are targeted to women consumers would revolve around goddamn relationship issues or jewelry or whatever the jackass who designed these things seems to think women are all about.
Regular tees are comfy, I'll give you that. And they can look really good on some. Fact just is, that it isn't a look I can pull off without reverting to my 13-year-old, greasy haired self. A regular cut looks horrible on me (or should I say I feel like I look horrible in them? Whatever. I'm sure you know what I mean!). I'm a size 13 rather than a size 6, and I'm busty like the day is long. I'm ok with that, I know how to dress that, but if you just drape a piece of cloth over me, it'll fall straight down. I might as well wear a balloon. So, there. My superhero t-shirts are now my night shirts. Yay.
Dear flist, if you followed this so far, tell me. I over-react, no? Or I don't? I felt offended, at the end of the day. I want to complain! Am I the only one who thinks this is worth complaining about? I wanted to provide you with links to the store selections, but I'm not finding any at the Universal website.
(* I mean, okay, yes, of course. Yes, yes, I'm in fandom, I wouldn't mind kissing a whole host of peculiar characters but that is unrelated to why I would want to buy a t-shirt with Venom on it.)
Being a long time comic book geek (i.e, I started collecting the Amazing Spider Man sometime in 1997), I was pretty psyched to go to the Marvel section of the theme park. (I was squealing. It wasn't pretty.) It didn't disappoint. There were dressed-up superheros, and flashy rides in flashy colours and there were stores with merchandise. Hooray! Only, there was one little thing. One little thing that has been driving me a little bit crazy ever since.
I wanted a t-shirt, right? Any little geek would want one, and despite being on a pretty tight budget, I was determined to find one or two superhero tees. One with a Captain America shield, or a Spider-Man one, or - omg, dare I dream? - one with Deadpool or Venom! I'd always wanted one! And, ok, I did find all of them, but not as I'd expected to.
The stores did have a pretty wide range of lady fit tees, which was what I was looking for, but... they all followed a certain theme. The basic tees all had basic superhero images, the shield, the hammer, group images etc. The "women's tees" had little diamonds, or the face of Wonder Woman, or texts like "I only kiss superheroes!", "My boyfriend is Spider-Man!" and "I fight in heels!".
There was not a single t-shirt that was tailored to fit a woman's body and that wouldn't have been somehow... themed around it being worn by a woman. Just. What?
First it was funny, but then I realized that there really wasn't a single exception to the rule, and the funny went away. I don't want to kiss superheros(*), Universal Studios! Don't you get it? I want to be a superhero! Invincible! Have powers! Kick ass! Save the world! Can I not do that if I want to wear the lady cut shirt?
In my un-educated opinion, there's a reason bullied kids love comics. I've daydreamed myself out of countless unpleasant schoolyards, imagining I could scale walls or just fucking fly away (or, ok, beat the shit out of everyone there, but saying that doesn't tug on the ol' heartstrings as much as I want this text to). I didn't daydream about someone coming in to save me. Why does the shirt need to focus on that kind of aspect?
Alright, so I ended up buying the regular cut t-shirt because I really, really, really, really wanted one. But I wasn't happy about it! Universal trampled all over my geek parade! Now mind you, there's plenty of girls who wear regular cut tees, and wear them well. That isn't my point. My point is that it's not fair that the clothes that are targeted to women consumers would revolve around goddamn relationship issues or jewelry or whatever the jackass who designed these things seems to think women are all about.
Regular tees are comfy, I'll give you that. And they can look really good on some. Fact just is, that it isn't a look I can pull off without reverting to my 13-year-old, greasy haired self. A regular cut looks horrible on me (or should I say I feel like I look horrible in them? Whatever. I'm sure you know what I mean!). I'm a size 13 rather than a size 6, and I'm busty like the day is long. I'm ok with that, I know how to dress that, but if you just drape a piece of cloth over me, it'll fall straight down. I might as well wear a balloon. So, there. My superhero t-shirts are now my night shirts. Yay.
Dear flist, if you followed this so far, tell me. I over-react, no? Or I don't? I felt offended, at the end of the day. I want to complain! Am I the only one who thinks this is worth complaining about? I wanted to provide you with links to the store selections, but I'm not finding any at the Universal website.
(* I mean, okay, yes, of course. Yes, yes, I'm in fandom, I wouldn't mind kissing a whole host of peculiar characters but that is unrelated to why I would want to buy a t-shirt with Venom on it.)
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Date: 2012-07-04 11:07 pm (UTC)As for the fit, have you thought about cutting the collar off so that the shirt hangs off your shoulder? Like this? Or maybe you can cut off the sleeves, and make a tank top. If you're hesitant about cutting into a shirt you may have dropped $28, you can always poke a skilled seamstress friend and see if they'll be nice enough to take in the sides for a more feminine fit. I know I'd want to wear my shirts out and about, instead of relegating them into the realm of PJ-dom.
*because really, a statement like "I fight in heels" is basically saying just that. Not only that, but it reinforces this stupid notion that girls will always pick fashion over practicality. I may be over-thinking this, too.
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Date: 2012-07-05 06:06 pm (UTC)Nope, I don't think you're over-thinking it. Unless we both are. I'm of half a mind to send someone feedback somewhere. Not that it would matter, really, since I already bought my shirt and I don't really know who makes decisions about what kind of shirts are sold in the first place... But maybe I'd feel less cheated if I at least complained to someone officially-like. :P
Customizing the shirt doesn't sound like a bad idea! Only I suck at that stuff... but I could bribe someone into doing it for me. Taking in the sides really would be all I need, and maybe opening up the collar a little so it doesn't look like there's a mile between my neck and my boobs. Black shirts especially are mean to me like that. :/
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Date: 2012-07-06 06:31 pm (UTC)The good thing about shirt customization is that most of it is very simple! Snipping off sleeves and collars is as easy as picking up a pair of scissors. No need to re-hem things. Trying to modify it into something more fitting would obviously require some sewing, but I'm sure it's easy enough that you can talk someone into doing it :D
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