A Reply From ThinkGeek

[lightcastle]

So I sent ThinkGeek a complaint about the Ada Lovelace shirt (see previous post) and said I was assuming it was an oversight and not that they assume men wouldn't want to wear a shirt honoring the first computer programmer just because she was a woman. (I didn't mention the Marie Curie shirt because I hadn't noticed it, but it seems there is a series of these "Heroine" shirts which are only available in "women's sizing".)

I got this reply.

It wasn't an oversight. We thought it'd be nice to launch something just for the females for a change. However, I keep a list of customer requests for designs on different shirts. I'll add yours to it.

I'm not sure what I think about that reply yet.

Comments

[hypatia]

given the number of shirts they carry in men's sizes only...

ugh. i don't know what to think either, aside from just hating on them in general.

[lightcastle]

Yeah, I've had time to think about it, and I think it is a case of them thinking they are doing the right thing but failing miserably.