No kidding. My own fashion sense is much more conservative than Stacy's and Clinton's. I just don't think a t-shirt necessarily becomes sexual with the slogan "Kitty Not Happy."

If you want to argue -- apart from the LW's rather dubious letter -- that in certain work places t-shirts are inappropriate then parse this: A charcoal grey suit of lightweight wool garbardine with a pin stripe. The jacket is above hip level with princess seaming and the skirt is a knee-length pencil with a kick pleat. Under the t-shirt is a knitted pale grey shell of noil silk. The professor teaching class takes off the jacket when the sun streams in from the west windows onto her desk and heating up her lecture area. Just so you don't get too upset, she is wearing a lightweight beige bra, black hosiery, and black mid-heel pumps. Her hair is cut in a bob and her makeup is conservative. Her earrings are small gold hoops and she wears a simple gold watch with a black leather band.

The skirt, jacket, and shell were purchased together for $400.

Is she a slut?

Also, while you are at it, tell me what fashion mistake she has made.

It doesn't sway me at all when they say she can't win. I don't care if she's cold. I don't care about Bill or years old cookie comments and Tammy Wynette fiascos. This I care about. Over the years that labor has been weakened -- and it has -- American workers have suffered. If that doesn't matter to Clinton, she may not get my vote.

He might faint, or given his rather obvious ambivalent feelings and what he thinks Kitty actually means, he might orally assault the doll.

My God, what a funny picture! A Hello Kitty doll, tongued to death. :D

I am not so sure we can trust the LW to clarify anything. The first letter gives every indication that he is a mere co-worker. It isn't until the third letter that he assumes more power. Personally, I don't believe the LW on much of anything -- even the basic facts of the first letter.

However, if he is more powerful than the t-shirt wearer in the organization, his attitude becomes even more troubling.

The only thing I am sure of is that the LW is not Mike Dover because he is obviously more intelligent than Dover -- or any of the usual contingent of "males are discriminated against" whiners.

writing in the style of Cary Tennis to throw us off the scent.

Sadly, we do not trust Cary because he is "not the conventional type." For one thing there is the artiste pose, the hatred of honest-to-God capitalism -- as evidenced by his off-the-topic rant in the Kitty reply about the evils of the workplace. Moreover there is the snakey subtlety and the nefarious nuance. Why can't he just say what he wants to say, if he can figure out what he wants to say? If he can't, must we trust his thrashing around?

I say not.

We cannot even trust his caricature. Look at it for God's sake. How singularly innocent he looks every damn morning. How can we trust that? No one is innocent. Everyone is guilty!

Let us all rebel. We could all write little literary or movie references into our replies and see if others can guess what we are evoking.

I have it on good authority that Cary is actually JT LeRoy.

No wonder you are puzzled. I meant she was wearing the silk shell under her jacket.

I hope you will re-reply with that in mind. ;)

now that we have established that many people don't see Kitty as being Pussy.

I will agree with you about slogans. (Remember the LW's complaint wasn't slogan tees in general but the particular slogan.) I never wear slogans -- or even advertising if I can help it. I don't care if the bag does say LV.