Problem Solved
Problem Solved is a controversial slogan on a t-shirt designed by Route 66 Attitude, a clothing line sold by major U.S. department store Kmart. The shirt depicts a male stick figure and a female stick figure arguing in the first frame (captioned "Problem"), and in the second frame, the male pushes the female out of a window (captioned "Solved.")[1]
Due to its encouragement of violence against women, the t-shirt generated protests and petitions for its removal from Kmart stores across the United States in late 2006 and early 2007, including in Augusta, Maine, Oakland, California, Portland, Oregon,[2] and Toledo, Ohio.[3] While a spokesperson for Kmart's parent company Sears Holdings Corporation said that the shirt was intended to be "light hearted", Meijer reported that they had pulled the shirts immediately after a protest.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Betty Adams, "Store takes heat for selling 'Problem Solved' T-shirt", Kennebec Journal December 16, 2006.
- ↑ Adams, Betty (2006-12-22). "T-shirt's drawing produces more protest". Morning Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
- ↑ Jane Schmucker, "Demonstrators protest 'problem solved' T-shirts", Toledo Blade January 22, 2007.
- ↑ Christina Hall, 'Mother of murder victim outraged by shirt she says promotes violence', Toledo Blade January 20, 2007.
External links
- Blog discussing the Problem Solved t-shirt and quoting Wikipedia article, Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!
- Anonymous letter to the editor, 'Kmart doesn't solve a problem', Kennebec Journal December 19, 2006.
- Betty Adams, 'Controversial T-shirt shredded at protest', Kennebec Journal December 22, 2006.