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Boycott Of Abercrombie & Fitch For Pornographic Catalog
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Posted on 07/11/2002 4:27:31 PM PDT by JMJ333

A few quotes from the link:

Abercrombie & Fitch blatantly is again using pornography to sell its teen-targeted merchandise with the release of its fall catalog.

The "Abercrombie and Fitch Fall Quarterly" continues to push the legitimization of recreational, promiscuous sex. The quarterly's message, evident in photo after photo and article after article, is that sex outside of marriage with multiple partners is just part of college life. Its wrapper is aptly labeled: "How to break every rule in the freshman handbook."

The summer edition of the so-called catalog also was aptly labeled XXX by the company. It, too, was devoted to full-page, color photographs of nude teenagers cavorting at the beach, in the water, in the backyard. The erotically posed photographs are what you would expect to see in a porn magazine, not in a clothing catalog whose market audience is teenagers and pre-teens.

The catalogs also contain obscenity-laden articles. Included is an advice column offering such "wisdom" to the college-bound as:

"Dear Veronica, Since we assume you've already been spending a lot of your time getting blasted and sleeping with the first guy who smiles at you, all you need to do is learn to cut classes and insert a diaphragm.

As the Michigan Attorney General's office stated: "Tutorials by porn stars on how to engage in oral and sadomasochistic sex, and other content in your materials are harmful to minors."

"A&F's biggest market is young teens and pre-teens, so the excuse it is targeting more mature college students clearly is, as teens put it, “lame.” Show the company it isn't fooling anyone."

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1 posted on 07/11/2002 4:27:32 PM PDT by JMJ333
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To: JMJ333
Ohhh..

No, I can't bear to part with my yellow hat.

Those jerks.. putting me in a spot like this.

2 posted on 07/11/2002 4:32:46 PM PDT by Jhoffa_
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3 posted on 07/11/2002 4:34:59 PM PDT by JMJ333
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To: JMJ333
Is there somewhere I could view a copy of this catalog? For informational purposes only, of course...
4 posted on 07/11/2002 4:38:45 PM PDT by Stone Mountain
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To: Stone Mountain
I was just at the company website. It is chock full of terrible pictures!

Here is the url so you can see for yourself. It is just for educational purposes you understand.

http://abercrombie.com/anf/lifestyles/html/lifestyle.html

5 posted on 07/11/2002 4:48:32 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum; Stone Mountain
I see. You guys have no problem pushing porn to preteens and such. If you want to look at that crap, start your own thread. Thanks.
6 posted on 07/11/2002 4:52:11 PM PDT by JMJ333
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To: JMJ333
I haven’t seen the catalog, but the website doesn't have anything remotely resembling porn.
8 posted on 07/11/2002 4:59:31 PM PDT by MMcC
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To: Nachum
I was just at the company website. It is chock full of terrible pictures!

I hate to say it, but I looked and nothing seemed that out of line to me. Yes, the young man and woman both presented impossible-to-obtain standards of attractiveness, but it was really pretty tame compared to stuff you see every day. Maybe I clicked the wrong links.

9 posted on 07/11/2002 5:02:14 PM PDT by DallasMike
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To: DallasMike
Its the catalog that is the issue, as I stated in the title of the thread.
10 posted on 07/11/2002 5:04:33 PM PDT by JMJ333
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To: Nachum
If this is porn, we are all criminals,
which is what the lifestyle police have
in mind all along.


11 posted on 07/11/2002 5:09:58 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: gcruse
Can you read? Its the catalog.
12 posted on 07/11/2002 5:12:57 PM PDT by JMJ333
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To: JMJ333
This is the same company who is selling thong underwear for 11 and 12 year olds.
13 posted on 07/11/2002 5:15:31 PM PDT by JMJ333
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To: JMJ333
Abercrombie & Fitch blatantly is again using pornography to sell its teen-targeted merchandise with the release of its fall catalog.

I imagine you get a little frisky watching a Crest toothpaste commercial, what with the clean mouth, healthy gums, pouting lips and all. A Puritan must have the ability to see the sexual deviance of everything.

14 posted on 07/11/2002 5:20:21 PM PDT by TightSqueeze
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To: TightSqueeze
Thanks for the bump. =)
15 posted on 07/11/2002 5:21:34 PM PDT by JMJ333
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To: Nachum
Link to said 'porn'
16 posted on 07/11/2002 5:22:13 PM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: gcruse
http://a1452.g.akamai.net/7/1452/521/0cfa9a15ec3c5f/www.abercrombie.com/anf/lifestyles/art/quarterly_cover.jpg

This is a bit racy, but it seems that the nude pics in the catalog are kept off the website (a good thing). There is only a preview of the quarterly on the website.
17 posted on 07/11/2002 5:22:42 PM PDT by rwfromkansas
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My god! The horror. My eyes, My eyes!

18 posted on 07/11/2002 5:23:51 PM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Phantom Lord
Again, the issue is not the website, but the quarterly, which you only can get at a A+F store. There aren't any A+F stores in Kansas last time I checked, so I can't confirm what is in the catalog.
19 posted on 07/11/2002 5:24:15 PM PDT by rwfromkansas
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To: Phantom Lord
The issue is nude teens is sexual position in the catalog. The are pushing sadomasochistic sex as well. Do you support that?
20 posted on 07/11/2002 5:25:16 PM PDT by JMJ333
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