The latest in t-shirts. Unfortunately.

Many a time have I been astonished, even bamboozled, by the audacity of a particular "genre" of t-shirt which seems to pop up, particularly in trendy, teeny-bopper stores. I have often wondered if girls actually wear them. My question has been answered. I honestly am not sure of the girl's age. Maybe 16? But I was so distracted by what she was wearing that I don't even remember her. I guess her apparel did it's work. It depicted a woman from barely the waist up covering her own nudity while demonstrating how long her middle finger is. Seriously? How classy can you get? If I don't remember who was wearing the shirt, I'm going to assume no man on the street can either. I can somewhat understand a man thinking that wearing something like this is cool. This is the only "hot girl" he can get and she'll go everywhere with him--like a little trophy. Rather pathetic, really. But coming from a girl?! Come on. You are encouraging the objectification and de-humanization of of your own gender. You are also (and most significantly) crippling yourself.

But let's just take a look at this for a second. What is she trying to accomplish? Attention. However, there are a few flaws in her logic as far as I can tell.

1. I suppose, since I am writing an entire blog post on this then you were somewhat successful in getting attention. What my attention does for you, I have no idea. If this was a cry for help, consider yourself heard. You're better than that. If not, keep reading.
2. As I said, no one cares who's wearing the shirt. Thusly you have actually attracted people to you by detracting from yourself simultaneously.
3. Do you think you look like that? If so, why would you want to distract from your own good looks by flaunting some airbrushed figment of the imagination? Is it a ploy at a two-for-one deal?
4. You don't look like that. Whether you think you do or not. All you're going to do is highlight all of your own flaws to the man who is shallow enough to fall for the billboard you are wearing. So if you're trying to make yourself look better, you're not. And if you're trying to make your good looks apparent, you're not. Lose-lose.

Girl, you are young. Please grow out of this fast. It's for your own good. If you are considering perhaps trying out this new fad, please take my logic into account. Don't make an object of yourself, and please, let the girl who this picture is based on remain a person as well.

I'm not sayin'; I'm just sayin'.