Ideal Bite

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Tees for change? I was interested after reading the sayings on the shirts, but when I clicked to order, I found that their idea of XL is a 10-12! How insulting! I'm quite tall and a 14-16 depending on the cut (to fit that special area), and very comfortable with my body. I can't imagine what size they would consider me! Their "small" is 0-4. And a woman is running this? What happened to not conforming to the media stereotypes that cause girls to develop eating disorders so that they can look like models? Was not the positive message I was looking for.

Yesterday's tip about the excessive packaging of take out food was great--exactly the kind of beneficial reminder we can all use. I must admit that today' s bite seemed very lame, though. The last thing the world needs is for us all to rush out and buy more crap we don't need--hardly environmental. There are a lot better ways to spread the message. Your tip seems more trendy than thoughtful.

I just read the tip about organic t-shirts sent out on Aug. 30. I followed one of the links, the Perfect Tee and was reading through their site and discovered that because of pesticides, 20,000 farmers die a year! I always know pesticides are bad, give me cancer, try to avoid, etc. And I do the best I can afford in my location, but after reading that statistic, it just blew my mind. I know it's kinda cliche, but I wanted to tell you guys, that over these two years or so I've been with the tips, you have changed my life. I hope I'm placing this feedback in the right place. ~Eva

I would also like to recommend Bamboosa. They sell wonderful shirts, socks, and much, much more all made out of bamboo. All pesticide-free, easily renewable, and the fabric is soo soft.

I think you need a feminist copy editor on your team - the term,"jugs" in the email subject line is insulting and demeaning to women. The idea that people stare at a woman's chest anyway promotes a sexist sterotype and seems to tell the women to "enjoy the attention and put a message out there."

when organic gets cheaper I will be able to buy organic clothes. Right now I shop the local thrift stores,and yard sales,unless I'm given a gift certificate to buy new clothes.

Yesterday I went out and bought my "back to school" clothes. I bought 2 organic cotton shirts and two pairs of excellent organic cotton Jeans, all for around $150 Canadian. These items were no more expensive than the non-organic ones in a nearby store. Where did I shop? Cotton Ginny, a chain of stores catering to women of all sizes (I'm a 16-18). They are phasing in organic cotton so that a year or two from now ALL their products will be organic! WooHoo! They've earned a loyal customer!

If you must buy new, check your local stores. Maybe the family owned clothing store on the corner can bring in an organic line if you just ask. Alternatively the larger stores like Walmart and Target sell organic lines of clothes from makers like Hanes now. You will have to pay sales tax but that sales tax goes towards public safety, parks, schools and other needed things in your town. It is also the primary source of income for most towns and cities across the country. Shop locally and invest in your community. At the same time you'll be reducing your impact on the world with less packaging and carbon from shipping.

The notion that these shirts "run small" (under Ideal Bite wear) and the implication that they run too small is rather alarming. It's not so much that they run small as that they don't run large. As a middling sized woman (4'11" but a 32D chest) I appreciate being able to find shirts that don't swim on me, but at the same time, if I'm wearing an XS, what are women my height who are 32As able to find? When will clothing manufactures realize women come in ALL sizes? I also am a tshirt designer and good luck trying to find an ethical tshirt manufacturer (American Apparel, being anti-union and misogynistic, does NOT count) that carries women's shirts in both small and large sizes.