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f you want to know what somebody is all
about, it might be as easy as looking at
their T-shirt. These days, T-shirts are full
of creative, colorful, and often political
2
slogans. But this wasn
t always the case
3
.
So, how did T-shirts become one of the best
ways to let the world know what
s on your
mind?
In the UK, the origin of the political
statement T-shirt goes back to 1984. At a
reception
ź
in London, fashion designer
Katharine Hamnett met with British Prime
Minister
ź
Margaret Thatcher. Hamnett
unzipped
ź
her jacket and revealed the
words
“
58% Don
t Want Pershing,
”
an
anti-nuclear
ź
slogan.
For the US, political T-shirts go
back even further. In the election
of 1948, kids appeared wearing
shirts that said
“
Do It With Dewey,
”
a statement of support for one of the
candidates
4
. By the 1970s, all kinds
of political statements were appearing
on shirts, such as
“
I
m a Democrat
ź
,
Don
t Bug
ź
Me,
”
a reference
5
to the
Watergate Scandal
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. Fast-forward
7
to
modern times and you can see slogans
like “Make America Great Again” or “This
Is What A Feminist
ź
Looks Like
”
on shirts
from coast to coast
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2020 / 4 / 29
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