ThinkGeek Listens

by Shaker natbsat

A few months ago, InfamousQBert discovered an awesome t-shirt from ThinkGeek that we all wanted, but only a few could actually wear—sadly, ThinkGeek made their women's shirts only in the 'babydoll' style, which, even if it fits you, is not necessarily a cut that everyone likes to wear. So, many of us lifted our teaspoons and gave them an earful, and it appears to have worked! I subscribe to the ThinkGeek newsletter, and the most recent one included this (emphasis mine):

For our gamer girls, we've been listening. You said you wanted stuff you could wear in a business-casual environment; we give you the 1up Mushroom Ladies' Polo (with UPF 40 as an added bonus). You said not everyone's shaped like the babydoll cut; we give you one of our most popular designs, OMG Pwnies, on a classic-cut women's shirt.

Yay! Of course, they didn't give us the Self-Rescuing Princess tee, but it's a start. I also found the Chocolate Molecule tee, the Binary Mom tee (which I'm especially happy about, because they've had a Binary Dad forever), and the Huge Tracts of Land tee (which may not be to everyone's taste, but I just wanted to point out it's, ironically, only now be offered in larger sizes).

The thing I liked most, though, was going to the "customer action shots" tab of each page and seeing women of varying sizes wearing the shirts for once! I'm sure they won't fit everybody yet, because it looks like the big change is the style, which runs bigger now, but still only up to US 22. Still, it's a step in the right direction. Mostly, I'm just thrilled to see them say, in their newsletter, that they're listening to us, and that our opinions count for enough that they're changing what they sell to try to appeal to more of us.

So it's not world-changing, but it's always nice to see something happen as a direct result of teaspooning. I hope they keep adding styles to the new fit, because I'd really like that Star Trek tee, and the Caffeine Molecule tee, and the Geek. tee, and....