Problem Solved

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 two cells of a male and a female stick figures arguing in the first frame (captioned "Problem"), and in the second frame, he pushes her out of a window (captioned "Solved.") [Betty Adams, [http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/3429020.html "Store takes heat for selling 'Problem Solved' T-shirt",] "Kennebec Journal" December 16, 2006.]

Due to a perception of 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, [cite news | last = Adams | first = Betty | title = T-shirt's drawing produces more protest | work = Morning Sentinel | date = 2006-12-22 | url = http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/3448905.html | accessdate = 2007-11-19 ] and Toledo, Ohio. [Jane Schmucker, [http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070122/NEWS17/701220354 "Demonstrators protest 'problem solved' T-shirts",] "Toledo Blade" January 22, 2007.] While a spokesperson for Kmart's parent company Sears Holdings Corporation claimed that the shirt was intended to be "light hearted", Meijer claimed to have pulled the shirts immediately after a protest. [Christina Hall, [http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070120/NEWS03/70120001 'Mother of murder victim outraged by shirt she says promotes violence',] "Toledo Blade" January 20, 2007.]

ee also

*Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!
*Domestic violence

References

External links

* [http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2006/12/23/throwing-rocks-at-boys-and-pushing-girls-through-windows/ Blog] discussing the "Problem Solved" t-shirt and quoting Wikipedia article, Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!
*Anonymous letter to the editor, [http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/view/columns/3437368.html 'Kmart doesn't solve a problem',] "Kennebec Journal" December 19, 2006.
*Betty Adams, [http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/3444707.html 'Controversial T-shirt shredded at protest',] "Kennebec Journal" December 22, 2006.


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