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The Ghost Has Its Arms Crossed: Reading the ‘This Is Some Boo Sheet’ Shirt

Oct 26, 2026 Clinton Morrison

The first thing the eye finds is not the ghost. It is the word BOO, set in orange capitals at…

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The Cat Is Already at the Door: Reading the ‘There Is Motion at Your Front Door’ Shirt

Clinton Morrison

The bell is the first thing you see, and it is not ringing. It sits inside a white rounded banner…

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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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