Miley Cyrus took to her Twitter to blow off some steam about Urban Outfitters and the company’s latest controversy (allegations that they ripped off an Etsy artist’s jewelry designs). UO has also made headlines for contributing to conservative thinktanks and campaigns. Miley has well over 1 million Twitter followers, so her tweets are no doubt going to be controversial.
hydrangea / 60 posts
Honestly, I have issues with Urban Outfitters too. And I didn’t even know about these allegations, nor their contribution to “scarily conservative” anti-gay causes. Sigh. Good for Miley for voicing an opinion.
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I am not a fan of Miley Cyrus, but mad respect for standing up about this. Urban Outfitters pisses me off.
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oohooo. hoorah for justice.
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She has as much of a right as anyone else. I think she’s right and thinks it’s great she’s standing up for this issue.
magnolia / 1357 posts
@Shytooth@xanga - This.
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Hmm…I’ve never shopped at Urban Outfitters before, because in my opinion, it’s usually overpriced crap. If this is true though, I’ll definitely stay away!
daffodil / 1525 posts
Good for you Miley >:D
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I’m with Miley on this. Who the fuck is moronic enough to compare gay marriage to marrying goldfish? That guy shouldn’t be allowed to have a fucking wife for the rest of his life, then he’d know how it feels to have his rights stripped away. Asshole.
People make me fucking sick, like I seriously just want to collectively spit in humanity’s face, namely the part that pisses me off
rose / 802 posts
Good for her on this!
magnolia / 1369 posts
Cool.
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@shpadoinkle12@xanga - haha I’m on the same boat as you
Urban Outfitter do have overpriced crap that’s not even nice/ cute
This gives me more reason NOT to shop there
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FUck ya!! go miles
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I do like some stuff from UO but their company really is shit.
dahlia / 2382 posts
I can happily say this for once: YAY MILEY!!!
I dont shop at this store & I never will now. Just like Ambercrombie & Fitch is racist, Urban Outfitters are haters too. Both stores are overpriced any way. You can get that stuff cheaper at other mall stores & like at Old Navy.
lily / 5148 posts
Honestly I can’t say whether this company is racist or if their allegations are true but her ranting like this, does no good as it only confuses and blurs the line and makes it really hard to be subjective about the situation. And if the allegations prove to be false, she’ll feel stupid for running her mouth. I think it’s best to wait and see before popping up on anyone. I think this is why people get in trouble over twitter so much. They run their mouth and type when they are angry and saying things out of anger which always leads to trouble no matter how right it is.
So, I’m not going to rally to any side. I’m not going to condone her actions either.
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I don’t care for their clothes/shoes/accessories much but I like their novelty items/toys section, because that’s where I usually buy my xmas gifts since it is like the spencer’s gag gift store with weird stuff.
rose / 834 posts
Urban Outfitters are psychopaths, just like American Apparel. Fucking hipsters.
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I don’t shop at the store. I never have. Part of me wants to say that if I had to agree with everything a CEO of a company had to say, I’d never shop anywhere, but the other part of me says that somethings you have to stand up for. If this is true, I’d never shop at UO. I think it is awesome that Miley is standing up for what she believes in.
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I like some stuff from UO, I never really buy anything that’s not on sale. Costs waaaay too much. I love their novelty stuff/toys though. I never knew about their allegations though… or A&F being racist. So kudos to Miley
daisy / 639 posts
I always hear ridiculous things about Urban Outfitters but kind of took it with a grain of salt, but for some reason after seeing this it really pisses me off. So no, I don’t really like Miley and under different conditions, I would think she was just making accusations and trying to cause problems. But since I’ve heard so much about them, it’s like this is the last straw, so I definitely give her props for making me (and I’m sure other people) realize this store is absolutely ridiculous. Given the support that gay have this day, I’m surprised they’re still in f*cking business.
tulip / 24 posts
hmm, i guess i’m going to get flak for this but i love urban outfitters and would not stop shopping there just because of the ceo’s words. i didn’t move out when bush was in office, i’m not going to stop frequenting my favorite store because i disagree with the ceo.
we’re not going to agree with everyone in life. boycotting the business is not going to change his mind. it’s not like he bans gays from working at uo – far from it, i know several lgbt people who work at my local uo. sure he might be have misguided ideas, but i’m not going to start shopping at costco or anything because of it.
orchid / 129 posts
There was a bottle tied to a stick at Urban Outfitters selling for $68
daffodil / 1615 posts
@Shinbi_Belldandy@xanga - I’m not entirely sure what you’re basing your opinion on, but A&F isn’t exactly racist. I work for them and the company at least makes an attempt to promote diversity within individual stores and get people from different ethnicities to work for them. I am aware of hiring scandals and issues that have been raised in the past, but the hiring process is solely the store manager’s responsibility, so any issues that have occurred surrounding associates being hired is more so a reflection of that specific store manager’s ideals.
Their marketing does show people of different ethnicities, just obviously not as much as they show white people; however, I feel like advertising across the board is like this and not just isolated to this one brand.
daisy / 658 posts
@Shinbi_Belldandy@xanga - ive heard that af is rascist too. but people working at my local af are exclusively asian. so i… don’t think so?
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wow, Hannah Montana did something legit for once. kudos given
sunflower / 453 posts
hey, she’s actually using twitter for something legit. #props
dahlia / 2382 posts
@katethoughts@xanga - @ask_ashleyyy@xanga - Regarding why I said A&F is racist, it goes back about 9 years ago. They sold some shirts that depicted Asians (specifically chinese people) in a bad light. “. It made the news & they had to pull the shirts of the market. Here’s a snopes page on it: http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/tshirts.asp
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I had no idea..
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@mylifeinpink - Honestly Costco is better than UO. UO has such low quality crap, how can you shop there? Or is it just for brand recognition?
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Honestly, I can’t stand Miley buttt… I actually agree with her here.
daisy / 505 posts
I’m just impressed she knows enough to know who Rick Santorum is. That’s more than the average American knows, I bet. Good for her. And yeah, fuck Urban Outfitters. I hate hipsters so much.
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Her gay bashing a little unnecassary although I’m glad she has her own opinion about a clothing compant
#SHALLOWASHELL