On a dark shirt, centered, in very small lowercase letters, the word meh. appears. That is the whole design. No animal, no flourish, no second…
The Period After ‘Meh’: On the Quiet Authority of a Four-Letter Shirt
There is a period at the end of the word. That is the first thing I notice in the garment preview: large, bold, white lowercase…
The Beet Grows Downward: On ‘Let’s Root For Each Other’ and the Tyranny of Visible Progress
Four root vegetables smile up from the soil. A carrot, a radish, a beet, an onion — each with its roots drawn plainly beneath it,…
The Chihuahua and the Wolf: What ‘I Got That Dog in Me’ Gets Right About Ambition
On the cream-colored front of a t-shirt, four words sit stacked above a small tan cartoon chihuahua. The dog wears red boxing gloves and stands…
The Warning Label We Actually Need: Reading ‘Not Friendly Do Not Touch’
There is a yellow caution triangle on a shirt, and inside it, a hand with a line through it. Above the triangle, in the blocky,…