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8th January 2018
11:27am GMT

"I saw this embarrassment of a T-shirt at the Disney store in Westfield yesterday, aimed at young girls. "This is just everything that is wrong with messaging to girls in a nutshell... It's 2018. "Surely it is widely recognised that the content of your mind and words you speak are WAAAAAY more important than your f*cking shoes! *Facepalm*""Hear hear!!" wrote one person. "Shame on Disney! Actually I think they should be ashamed of such vacuous and destructive messaging!" " I’m on your team Emma on this... stupid bloody message for girls!" said another. Even though the post has only received 19 likes, it has already been picked up by major news sites in the UK. This comes after Zara was accused of promoting negative gendered messages on their clothing aimed at kids. The retailer was selling hoodies for girls that read "sweet" and hoodies for boys that read "master." Zara responded saying:
"Our kids’ collection includes a very wide range of products designed to provide our customers with choice and deliver positive messages to both girls and boys."
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