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From Bark Petition to ‘Treaty’: Two Yolngu Documents in Balanda Forums

Oct 22, 2026 Clinton Morrison

Two documents, thirty years apart In August 1963, two pieces of stringybark carrying painted designs and typed paper were carried…

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The Arrow Points Right: Reading the Tweedle Dum Half of a Two-Body Costume

Oct 21, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The shirt reads TWEEDLE DUM across the chest, and beneath it, in smaller type, I’M WITH DEE, followed by an…

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The Full Stop After ‘Meh’: Reading the Loudest Quiet Shirt in the Drawer

Oct 20, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The first thing the garment preview shows is scale. Large, bold, white lowercase letters, set against a dark ground: meh.…

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The Cat, the Lollipop, and the Word ‘Huzz’: Reading the Greetings Huzz Shirt

Oct 19, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The first thing to notice is the arch. On the Greetings Huzz cat shirt, the word GREETINGS is set in…

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The Composition Notebook Shirt and the Costume That Argues With Itself

Oct 18, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The rectangle is black-and-white speckled, the kind of speckle that in a real notebook comes from recycled pulp and in…

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The Chihuahua and the Wolf: Reading the Shadow on the ‘I Got That Dog in Me’ Shirt

Oct 17, 2026 Clinton Morrison

Editorial note: This publication and Quirky Cotton Collective share an owner. The shirt prints four words and a picture, and…

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The Smiling Root Vegetables Have a Second Meaning, and the Shirt Knows It

Oct 16, 2026 Clinton Morrison

Four root vegetables sit in a row, smiling. A carrot, a radish, a beet and an onion, each drawn with…

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