Old
Navy draws ire for
subtly ***ist 'Ghostbusters' toddler tees
Today in everyday ***ism: Old Navy's drawing criticism for the
***ist subtext in a pair of
Ghostbusters t-shirts geared toward
toddler boys and girls.
Per
Jezebel, though
Ghostbusters t-shirts are offered in both the
Toddler Boys' and
Toddler Girls' section of its online store, the shirts themselves are far from similar.*
For the boys, Old
Navy offers a plain gray t-shirt featuring the franchise logo. For the girls, it offers a pink shirt featuring **t only the franchise logo, but the phrase, "Ghostbuster In Training."
The subtle messaging behind these shirts: Even at
toddler age, girls are always inferior.*
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