Censorship Crewneck Sweatshirts
Description: Larry Welz, best known for his adult comix character Cherry Poptart, released his image of Cherry in 1993 as a great anti-censorship poster. I'm sure he would dig you wearing this shirt, tho he might want me to change it to say "Fuck Censorship!" If you like this shirt, please donate, even a little, to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: http://cbldf.org
Description: Words like, “poopface,” and “jeez,” get regularly censored on TV shows by a network-run group called Standards and Practices. When Alex Hirsch was told to change a line in his show, the Gravity Falls creator changed it to, "Not S&P approved." Now it stands as an all-time great placeholder joke.
Description: 1985 was a really bad time to test the limits of free speech in America. When a San Francisco punk band released their new album that same year, it included a fold out poster known informally as 'Penis Landscape.' After an angry mother filed a complaint with the California attorney general about the poster, the band, their label, and a litany of others were charged with distributing harmful material to a minor. The free speech test was on, a trial ensued, and the 'No More Censorship Defense Fund' was set up to help defend those involved against an increasingly anti-free speech. This design was both a fundraiser by selling the shirt and an advertisement, as punks and free speech advocates alike wore them like walking billboards.
Description: On June 6, 1990, 2 Live Crew's “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” became the first record to be declared legally obscene after being banned in many parts of Florida. The rap group went after the government in court, losing when Federal District Judge Jose Gonzales made the ruling that the album violated community obscenity standards across Florida counties. As a result, the album sold more copies than it probably ever would have otherwise, and various 'Censorship Is Un-American' efforts ensued across the country, including this one that has been recreated since free speech never goes out of style.
Description: From Bradbury’s prescient Fahrenheit 451: “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
Ray Bradbury: You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Banned Books Art Print Crewneck Sweatshirt
by Stonework Design Studio
$35
Description: Frank Zappa: Frank Zappa for President No. 2 — A striking illustration that captures Frank Zappa in bold, satirical glory, framed as a fictional presidential candidate. Dressed in a vivid red pinstripe jacket and layered over an American flag motif, Zappa symbolizes an unfiltered voice of truth in an age of political deception. His piercing gaze, intense yet knowing, reminds us of his incisive critiques of American society. The stark lettering, “Frank Zappa for President,” serves as a humorous yet thought-provoking statement, contrasting his raw authenticity with the hollow rhetoric of modern political figures. A fitting tribute to his legacy as a truth-teller on a Dark Background
Description: Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, teacher, historian, filmmaker and public intellectual currently serving as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. I’ve always championed freedom of expression more than any other civil liberty, so this quote really hit home to me. To me, my creative works are my children. Therefore, Gates’ words bring that fact to life and create a visceral elevation to the true meaning and purpose of art in any form to truly creative artists who also champion freedom of expression for the benefit of one and all.
Description: Colorful Freedom of Speech activism design in blue, yellow, orange, green and red. Free Press Matters, Free Speech Matters, Truth Matters, Journalism Matters. Perfect freedom activism fashion to support First Amendment rights, freedom of speech, journalists, journalism, freedom of the press, human rights, freedom from censorship, and freedom to protest.
Description: Frank Zappa: Frank Zappa for President No. 3 — A stylized illustration of Frank Zappa with long, curly hair against a solid background. He person is wearing a black shirt with white text that reads “FRANK ZAPPA FOR PRESIDENT” His intense gaze and unorthodox style underscore his role as a visionary who exposed uncomfortable truths about America. The design captures Zappa’s legacy as a fearless thinker, unafraid to challenge lies and hypocrisy in the pursuit of genuine freedom and honesty
Description: Frank Zappa: Frank Zappa for President No. 2 — A striking illustration that captures Frank Zappa in bold, satirical glory, framed as a fictional presidential candidate. Dressed in a vivid red pinstripe jacket and layered over an American flag motif, Zappa symbolizes an unfiltered voice of truth in an age of political deception. His piercing gaze, intense yet knowing, reminds us of his incisive critiques of American society. The stark lettering, “Frank Zappa for President,” serves as a humorous yet thought-provoking statement, contrasting his raw authenticity with the hollow rhetoric of modern political figures. A fitting tribute to his legacy as a truth-teller
