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Pork. It’s what’s for idiots.

One of my favorite shirt shops has a new one, or rather, had a new shirt out that apparently I missed, referring to breastmilk as “the other white milk.”

Today, she was sent a cease and desist order, not only because they had the phrase “Pork, the other white meat” trademarked, but because having something so similar used so close to such risque t-shirts as Dairy Diva and Nursing: Nature’s own Breast Enhancement somehow tarnishes pork’s family image.

Set aside for a moment how completely ridiculous the notion that lactivists are actually fetishists in disguise as nurturing caregivers. Just consider the concept of pork’s image being tarnished. Did their sales skyrocket after Babe, the movie that prompted my vegetarianism was released? Do they really believe that at the end of a sweet family afternoon at the matinee of Charlotte’s Web everyone’s going out for pork chops to celebrate Wilbur’s escape from the rib shack at the state fair? Maybe they should explore a naughtier side of pork. It’s dirty. It deserves to be eaten.

You can read Jennifer’s entire story here. It’s popping up on blogs quickly. This is so far, my favorite headline, Search Engine Industry Blogger, Jennifer Laycock, Ordered to Remove Her Shirt

At the bottom of Jennifer’s story, there are links for emails to the pork board. Let them know we don’t take well to bullies. Particularly bullies wearing their idiot caps.

By Amy Makice

Amy Makice is a social worker actively working on two other family-centered projects, Creative Family Resources and Parenting for Humanity. Amy has a weekly online show on BlogTalkRadio.