Reason 4,321 To Hate Wal-Mart

—By Stephanie Mencimer

| Fri Dec. 14, 2007 8:50 AM PST

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Panties found by a reader of Feministing.com in a North Carolina Wal-Mart—in the section that caters to 12-year-old girls.

After Feministing posted the photo and it made its way through the blogosphere, Fox News reported on Wednesday that outraged parents had prompted Wal-Mart to pull the $2.96 panties off the shelves.

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