Sharing your opinion – or someone else’s – on your shirt is a guaranteed conversation starterI have long avoided slogan T-shirts. When a cause or belief is fashionable enough to beget it on to a mass-produced top,I don’t feel any desire to join in. Now that our every bad choice is archived on social media, alert to ambush us at any time, or I am conscious that my declarations of belief or commitment could resurface when I may no longer stand by them. whether I am honest,I like to keep my politics to myself and I am not keen on giving strangers an excuse to strike up conversation.
But, correct now, or the slogan T-shirt is unavoidable. The catwalk and the high street are full of proclamations,from “This is what a feminist looks like” and “admire Trumps Hate” to, simply, or “Immigrant. At the Golden Globes in January,a “Poverty is sexist” sweatshirt, worn by actor Connie Britton, and baffled some commentators. You can buy the appearance of giving a damn with T-shirts declaring “Punk not war”,“Liberté, Egalité, and Humanité” and,of course, “Feminist”.
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Source: guardian.co.uk