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The Urban Outfitters 'Eat Less' Tee Stirs up Controversy

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Urban Outfitters is no stranger to inappropriate print t-shirts, and the Urban Outfitters ‘Eat Less’ tee is no exception. If you remember the t-shirt that was listed as ‘Obama/Black,’ which was subsequently pulled, let’s see what the backlash is for this t-shirt.

Like most of the models for the clothing giant, the Urban Outfitters ‘Eat Less’ gray t-shirt features an already anorexic-looking girl. What’s worse is the printed prompt asking girls everywhere to cut their food intake.

24,614 clicks • Published: Jun 3, 10 • References: urbanoutfitters and thefrisky
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Zoe Badley on Jun 3, 10  835 Trends   174 Comments
OMG this is awful!
Zoe Badley on Jun 3, 10  835 Trends   174 Comments
Naomi on Jun 8, 10 
How is this encouraging anorexia? At all? It doesn't say "thin is beautiful" "you are fat" or "starve yourself." As Michael Pollan puts it, we should all "Eat food. Not TOO MUCH. Mostly plants." For 85% of the people who see the shirt each day it is probably giving them good advice.
Naomi on Jun 8, 10 
Tiana Reid on Jun 8, 10  1,475 Trends   305 Comments
I've read 'In Defense of Food,' as well as 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' and 'Food Rules,' and I'm not sure Michael Pollan would agree that this is good advice for the majority of the people that see this t-shirt. It all depends on the context, right? This isn't a t-shirt endorsed by Weight Watchers. It's a shirt by Urban Outfitters, a clothing giant with a demographic of young men and women, most of whom are already skinny and most definitely exposed to fashion magazines and websites that perpetuate this same 'Eat Less' mentality. What's more, the too-thin model adds fuel to the fire. For me, this runs in line with the disposition of frightening pro-anorexia websites, if you've ever visited one.
Tiana Reid on Jun 8, 10  1,475 Trends   305 Comments