for 2 December 1999. Updated every WEEKDAY.
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Hit & Run The only publication I know of that ever refers to Prada is Suck. Out here in fly-over country, the only reason I even know what the hell Prada is is because you guys prattle on about it endlessly. I've no idea what Prada looks like, but I do know they have a bike-messenger bag, since you devoted an entire day to the damn thing. Apparently, they also have an A-line tennis dress. It can't be all that expensive, though, since "even the homeless are wearing Prada." Which seems weird to me, since Prada is a favorite of celebrities. I figure you have some sort of joint marketing deal. Mark Wright <mwright@pro-ns.net> Duh! Why do you think we put them on the list? the Sucksters  Dear Sucksters, In Hit & Run 18 November 1999, you write, "Who says student activism is dead? On the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, sacred ground of '60s protest culture, debate rages on. Of course, these days it's not the Black Panthers but the fashion police speaking out ... it's comforting to know that collegiate concerns can be solved with a protein shake and an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog." Clearly, you guys have not been keeping up with student activism, even in your own backyard. Why perpetuate the myth of student apathy? Not only has Berkeley been incredibly active in the antisweatshop movement (with an action only two days before you ran this poorly researched article), but there were hunger strikes and arrests there at the end of the last school year over ethnic studies. If you want to see what's gone on at other schools, at least on the antisweatshop front, visit http://www.umich.edu/~ sole/usass y1/media. Do your research. Sincerely, Saurav Sarkar Yale '00 <saurav.sarkar@yale.edu> Big whoop. At Suck we have hunger strikes and arrests all the time against Yale undergraduates. But they still don't go away. the Sucksters Subject: You forgot one ... ... or two. "pundit paradigm" It hurts to type them. Josh Renaud <josh@jabscoinc.com> Hurts so good, you mean. Supporting the dominant paradigm and questioning questioning authority, the Sucksters Filler Subject: Angry Little Squirrel Polly, You guys may have created the Next Big Thing with Angry Little Squirrel. Bigger than Picachu. Bigger than that weird penguin or that robot cat. I have seen the future in Japanese mass marketing, and it's Angry Little Squirrel. I know you're busy making plans for Angry Little Squirrel backpacks, pencil holders, folders, decorative barware, and toilet seat covers, but if you could possibly post a larger, desktop-sized image of Angry Little Squirrel, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Matt Thompson <mthompso@liberate.com> Everyone's got a marketing mind these days, eh? How about the Angry Little Squirrel director of marketing, brimming with big merchandising ideas that never see the light of day? Can you imagine how haunting it must be for some of these cartoonists to see their characters on coffee mugs and desktops everywhere they turn? Haunted all the way to the bank, right? With Sanrio in the world, what could we possibly add? Are questions just a way out of saying what you mean? Feeling squirrelly, Polly Subject: Bitter Stew Just found your site. It's so funny because it's so true! Thanks for the laugh. Wendy Peng <wpeng@cgocable.net> Its truthfulness makes it pretty unfunny at times. Or "sooo not funny." It is what it is. What can you say? What can you do? Is using the passive voice a passive-aggressive maneuver to avoid "taking responsibility" for one's true funny feelings (funny weird, not funny ha-ha)? Stewing but juiceless, Polly Another Slob Weighs In I would gladly buy one of each of your T-shirts if they were available in white-on- black. Why? Do I think I'm trendy? Am I a Goth? Am I stuck in an '80s punk rut? Well, maybe I am. But the main reason is coffee (and other similar) stains. I'm kind of a slob, and sometimes I get nosebleeds and such, and all my white T-shirts eventually get stained. I can never bleach them back to their original pristine luster. The black T-shirts are just more cost-effective, and there is the heartbreak of losing a beloved T-shirt to the rag pile. Boo Boo Honeypaw <honeypaw@ hotmail.com> Time to clean those sticky paws and grow up, Boo Boo. Let go of your fear and take charge of your life. Love is letting go of fear, Boo Boo. Wearing white means growing up, and growing up can be scary, but it brings a whole new world of joy and satisfaction along with it. Avoiding sloppy joe sandwiches is a relatively small drawback, don't you think? Newly crowned adults who wear white occasionally and sometimes don't even spill on it, the Sucksters Folks, Your T-shirts would sell if you stocked humongous XXL and XXXL sizes. Sedentary Web types are generally tubby as all get out and like their Ts comfortable. I should know. He who won't buy a tiny T, Phil <lawsquare@email.msn.com> So you're saying all our readers are big, fat slobs. Hey, that's fine. We'll start selling massive tunics and blazers in slimming colors. Supply, demand ... it's the way of things. Bony but filled with empathy, insofar as empathy pays, the Sucksters |
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