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The Broom Runs Down the Right Side: Reading the ‘Yes I Can Drive A Stick’ Witch Shirt

Oct 24, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The first thing to notice is the hat. It sits at the top of the print, a pointed witch’s hat…

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The Eyelashes on the Pumpkin: Reading a Jack-o’-Lantern Shirt

Clinton Morrison

The graphic is an orange pumpkin face, carved into a smile, with two eyelashes on each eye. That is the…

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The Arrow Points Left: Reading the Tweedle Dee Half of a Two-Body Costume

Oct 23, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The shirt reads TWEEDLE DEE across the chest, and beneath it, in smaller type, I’M WITH DUM, with a left-pointing…

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The Cat Between the Letters: Reading the Cat Daddy Shirt

Oct 22, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The first thing the garment preview asks you to do is read around a cat. On a dark shirt, the…

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

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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