Superman that ... dog?
After weeks of terrible reporting from the Michigan Daily, they’ve finally given OTR something to work with. Recently, South Quad sold T-Shirts to their residents with the Superman logo in front, and “Superman that …” on the back. Sexual Assault Prevention Awareness Center, University Housing and The F-Word (feminists) all denounced the T-shirts and successfully pushed for a stop to production.
Sensitivity, sensitivity, sensitivity. What’s the world coming to when the mothers of 10 year-olds in a ballet class are more liberal than a college campus? The shirt doesn’t even say “ho” on the back, it’s just a “…”, you could fit anything in there. Maybe it could imply “Superman that Lex Luther” and thus provide an inspiring message of saving the world. How about “Superman that WMD” and portray a political message to sling the world’s nuclear missiles into space?
This is a huge overreaction. There are lyrics in songs and phrases on shirts that are far more degrading to women than the implication of sticking a blanket on her back with special glue. And for all we know, the Soulja Boy Ho may have given consent to be Supermanned, nobody even bothered to ask.
There are new and more appropriate shirts presently in production, this time the back states “Superman that SAPAC Ho!” They will be sold in the Union for $5 each.

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guaranteed its some nerdy ass girls that planned it thinking the shirt might make them cool enough to get into shady phi Posted 02/14/2008 08:54 AMReply
this is how it went down.
Honors Student 1 "We're finally going to loose our virginity!"
Asian Student "Yers, I aem so exzitted. But I loose mine at age of 12."
Honors Student 2 "How did you get into the University of Michigan?"
Honors Student 1 "These new shirts are going to make us the most popular girls on campus. Guys will now know that we are up for getting superman'd"
Hot SQuad girl "I'm going to wear it with my Ugg boots and tights."
Honor Student 2 "This is totally going to make all that studying in high school worth while. I knew I could just easily get laid in college. Especially at UM."
btw-everyone is asian-its south quad Posted 02/14/2008 2:22 PMReply
and just because there are worse things, doesn't make it OK. just because it would be worse to stab you 20 times, would that make it OK for someone to sodomize you twice? **** Posted 02/14/2008 4:06 PMReply
people running around in shirts implying "superman that hoe" is not only gross, but degrading.
men will never understand. Posted 02/15/2008 8:41 PMReply
So take a step back and think about it. This isn't about "the feminazis being offended." This is about specifically threatening a group of people based on their identity. This is about making young women feel that if they deny a young man sex, he has the right, as communicated by Housing through the printing of these t-shirts, to ejaculate on her back and stick the sheet to her as "punishment." This is not about condoning censorship, this is about Housing honoring a contract that they made with every student: the right to a safe community.
Our reaction is not only there because SAPAC and the F-Word told us we should care. Our reaction is there and it is loud and opinionated because I, we, REFUSE TO BE MADE TO FEEL THREATENED BECAUSE I, WE, WOMEN AND STUDENTS OF THIS UNIVERSITY, HAVE A VAGINA. We want accountability. We want an apology. Not one that apologizes for "offending SOME women," an apology that accepts responsibility for the action and acknowledges that the shirts were THREATENING and SEXUAL HARASSMENT. We want the discussion that SQ promised the young women it serves, one on the t-shirt and what is being done to rectify the damage that it has done, not some bull shit about "the roots of hip-hop." The discussion held was not only a joke, it was a racist cop-out. We DEMAND that the people responsible take the actions necessary to show the young women of the University of Michigan that they will NOT allow this type of incident to happen again. Posted 02/25/2008 09:11 AMReply
Identity as ho's? They have enough to worry about with their own pimps. Dolla' Dolla Bill yall. Posted 02/25/2008 12:01 PMReply
its a meaningless shirt with a phrase that everyone knows. who the **** would want to superman a bitch anyway? Posted 02/25/2008 12:25 PMReply
Batman that... Posted 02/25/2008 12:40 PMReply
go change your tampon. how's THAT for demeaning?
toxic shock that...! Posted 02/25/2008 1:02 PMReply
supermanning isnt a punishment because a girl wont have sex with you, but rather a reward for a job well done.
sheesh Posted 02/25/2008 8:17 PMReply
As I mentioned in the post- stop assuming the Ho didn't give consent. There are plenty of girls who might get cold (we do live in Michigan) and want a blanket to keep them warm. Maybe she asked for the cape. Posted 02/26/2008 06:37 AMReply
You're just jealous because you got an MIP...oh and you weren't allowed in honors.
@ Anonymous: Posted 04/01/2008 1:34 PMReply