"Don't Feel Bad If You Failed Math," Caption For Women's T-Shirt Says (PHOTO, POLL)

First we had JCPenney's "I'm Too Pretty to Do Math" tee, and then Forever 21's "Allergic to Algebra" shirt also insulted smart women everywhere. And now some are saying there's a holy trinity of maybe-sexist tees, with this new offering from designer The Addison Story, as spotted by the Daily Mail.

The silk tee, which as of writing time is still available on Life-Curated.com, costs $112 and is accompanied by the caption: "Just because you failed 11th grade math class doesn’t mean you can’t bring some geometry into your life with this Tetris print blouse."

Life:Curated and The Addison Story are two separate entities, so it's not entirely clear where the caption originated. Interestingly, New York Magazine's fashion blog, The Cut, featured the item --as sold by Life:Curated-- in its "Best Bets" column yesterday without mention of the caption.

While the shirt's caption is annoying, we don't think it's as egregious as JCPenney and Forever 21's more explicit anti-math tees from earlier this year. JCPenney's "I"m Too Pretty to Do Math" shirt got shelved after media uproar about its potentially-sexist message:

And Forever 21's "Allergic to Algebra" tee was eventually pulled after consumers complained:

Read more of the story at the Daily Mail and vote now in our poll: are people overreacting to this shirt?

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Comments

[myraysosunshine]

08:34 AM on 10/25/2011

I agree with Ricky Gervais when he said, “You have the right to be offended, and I have the right to offend you. But no one has the right to never be offended.”

[Bozzgirl]

04:11 PM on 10/21/2011

I think the description is dumb, but I am not offended by it. I was more annoyed at the "I'm too pretty to do homework" shirt. I thought that one was a little offensive and sexist.

[SgtMom]

09:54 AM on 10/21/2011

Hey! How about :

CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR ISSUES

Geezzzz! Get a life!

[Michele LaPlante]

10:49 PM on 10/20/2011

I tell people that I am bad at math because I've been told that 4" is actually 12" my whole life LOL

[jezseeca]

05:11 AM on 10/21/2011

serious LOL here!

[thejadedentrepreneur]

10:25 PM on 10/20/2011

Why don't we make all words just go away so no one will be offended? Cute shirt, btw.

[lite9389]

09:06 PM on 10/20/2011

Has the whole world lost its sense of humor?

[zrivers13]

07:36 PM on 10/20/2011

That's stupid and not sexist. I need that shirt...i suke at algebra. and those are some pretty funny shirts.

[phillysgirl14]

07:17 PM on 10/20/2011

The only people that really have a problem with shirts like this are ugly people.
I am very pretty. I have always been very pretty. I will always be very pretty.
I also got A's in Math, and all my other subjects. I would have worn this shirt to school. It's funny. It's a joke. Whether it's right or not, the truth of the matter is you can get away with more if you're pretty. If you don't get that, then you're probably ugly, which is why you don't like the shirt.
If this sounds mean, I'm sorry, it's just the truth. You know it is, that's why you're mad.

Peace, Love and a Pocketful of Sunshine!!
~~pg

[greenbabel]

07:24 PM on 10/20/2011

You actually sound quite ugly.

[MyNinja]

08:35 PM on 10/20/2011

Only the ugliest/fattest of women have themselves this convinced that they are pretty.

[phillysgirl14]

10:20 PM on 10/20/2011

HaHa! I wish I could post my picture, you would feel so stupid.

[RobTheBl0gger]

07:07 PM on 10/20/2011

As long as a woman is pretty, she doesn't have to be smart. Eventually, she'll sucker some guy with money into taking care of her. That's life.

[SgtMom]

09:47 AM on 10/21/2011

Beautiful women end up with penniless guys all the time. ESPECIALLY if they are dumb.

[mundoinfantil]

06:37 PM on 10/20/2011

I agree that this is horribly sexist! I am a male that suffers from extreme algebraic allergies and i am offended they dont make this shirt for men!

[phillysgirl14]

07:18 PM on 10/20/2011

I agree! The world is full of pretty, dumb men.

[George Hensler]

06:33 PM on 10/20/2011

This isn't sexist. I'm sure there are some gay men or male math nerds who would also wear it.

[chrisk529]

06:04 PM on 10/20/2011

Seems the only people that get "offended" by such shirts are those who write these articles.

Aside from the outrageous price, there's nothing wrong with this shirt.

[katie01967]

05:52 PM on 10/20/2011

The funny thing is that the same people who object to these tee shirts refuse to see any sexual intent in the "feel for lumps" tee shirts sold to teenage girls, that claim to support breast cancer awareness.

[sensimilla]

05:37 PM on 10/20/2011

the real crime is the OUTRAGEOUS COST of the t-shirt. What kind of idiot spends $112 on a Tshirt?

[phillysgirl14]

07:25 PM on 10/20/2011

The kind of idiot that can afford it, thank you very much!
Jeez, just because you can't afford to buy it doesn't mean I'm an idiot because I can. If anything you're the idiot because you haven't yet figured out how to be able to buy yourself nice things! HOW RUDE!!!

[MyNinja]

08:39 PM on 10/20/2011

Yes it does, sorry. That shirt cost them $2 to make, and it's ugly.

[ferbfan1998]

05:33 PM on 10/20/2011

apparently, anyone who buys the shirt failed in economics, too. this is also sad because if a person did fail in algebra in 11th grade, they would feel a need to buy the shirt. how mean taking advantage of a girl's insecurities.