Shop with a Bunny, my ass!

You gotta love Katha Pollitt.
In response to yesterday’s Broadsheet story about Saks Fifth Avenue’s less-than-classy shopping event, Pollitt sent the following letter to the store manager:

I am writing to express my shock and outrage at Saks Fifth Avenue’s “Shop with a Bunny” Day on December 7. To have these half-naked breast implantees taking men around to shop for their wives and other women is an insult to the women whose patronage has made your store prosperous and successful– to say nothing of the women who work there and had to smile their way through this sexist spectacle, and the women who will be the recipients of Christmas gifts purchased not with love but with a frat-boy leer. I guess the joke will be on them. (Perhaps you are not aware that women are making fun of “Shop with a Bunny” Day on the Internet. Check out the item at www.salon. com.)
My mother and grandmother thought shopping at Saks was the height of elegance and style. I used to think that too. From now on I will take my shopping dollars to stores that respect the women who keep them in business.
You have lost me as a customer forever.

If you’d also like to write a letter, get the store manager’s contact info here.