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“Dear Party City - My name is Shaelyn and I am 7 years old. I was in your store looking for a costume when I noticed something that wasn’t right. I wanted a career costume, but there weren’t many choices for girls. There was a waitress, a cop (in a dress), and a pop star. I don’t think that those should be the only costumes for girls. When I checked online, the boys had 24 career costumes and the girls only had 7. I think you need more simple costumes like a fire fighter and a police in pants for the girls. Maybe the career costumes should have a section by themselves, and not be labeled boy and girl. I hope next year when I come to get a costume, there will be more career costumes for girls to buy.
Thank you,
Shaelyn”Read Shaelyn’s story here
“To the critics who say “just buy it from the boys section,” Adams says “You are missing the point.” It would be simple for Party City to follow the action of other retailers who have opted to remove unnecessary gender labels and switch to a “For Kids” costume section organized by theme. Shaelyn herself suggested such a solution: “Maybe the career costumes should have a section by themselves, and not be labeled boy and girl.” For this year, she plans on dressing up as a police officer – with pants — and she’s also learned a very important lesson: “if you see something that’s not right, you should try to change it.” (x)
“Queer doesn’t mean “don’t label me,” it means “I am naming myself.” It means “ask me more questions if you[‘re] curious” and in the same breath means “fuck off.””
Four successful Republican scams that have changed American politics in the last 40 years:
1. That income tax cuts are good for poor, working and middle class people. (Compared to property tax and sales tax cuts, income tax cuts affect poor, working and middle class very little.)
2. That “they” – racial and ethnic minorities – benefit from social programs like welfare, housing subsidies, public transportation, and higher education, but “we” – white people – don’t. (Since there are LOTS more white people in America, even now, than “not white” people, simple math suggests most beneficiaries of social programs are white. And they are.)
3. That the “free market” can lead to the least expensive, highest quality solution to social and political problems. (Many social and political problems, after all, involve situations where no one has any money, so the “free market” has no reason to touch them.)
4. That the “free market” means that government must not intervene in the market, and must allow whatever the market determines to actually take place.(The “free market” requires government to pass laws, create courts, and run a stable banking system to make the market work smoothly.)
These four ideas have convinced millions of Americans to smile and wave as rich people rob them blind.
SIGNAL BOOST THE HELL OUT OF THIS.