The Pornification of a High School Sports Rivalry

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

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Actual “show your school spirit” shirt sold by students to “support team.”

Via an anonymous and concerned parent.

ETA: To be clear, the parent is not anonymous to me, s/he simply prefers not to be named. Another artifact from the same rivalry, taken from the Jezebel comments thread:

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–Ann Bartow

ETA2: The shirt was discussed by the Houston media, see e.g. here, here and here. For an eloquent exposition on rape jokes, go here.

ETA3: Jezebel has a wrap up post here.

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