Censorship Tapestries
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: A quote about censorship, in white letters: Censorship is the Tool Used When The Lie Loses It's Power
Quote About Censorship - Censorship is the Tool Used When The Lie Loses It's Power Tapestry
by Designing Mench
$30
Description: Snowflake Florida parents were upset that Renaissance art, depicting, Michelangelo's David, Michelangelo’s fresco painting The Creation of Adam, and Botticelli’s Birth of Venus were used to teach a lesson on Renaissance art. One parent calls the classic art: “pornographic”. The Tallahassee, Florida school's principal banned the art from the curriculum to make sure art history is not too "woke" for the fragile Florida parents.
Description: A quote about censorship, in black letters: Censorship is the Tool Used When The Lie Loses It's Power
Quote About Censorship - Censorship is the Tool Used When The Lie Loses It's Power Tapestry
by Designing Mench
$30
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: 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: 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: 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: Frank Zappa: Frank Zappa for President No. 4 — A stylized portrait illustration of Frank Zappa in a bright orange suit jacket against a solid background. The text "FRANK ZAPPA FOR PRESIDENT" appears boldly below in a striking typography. The figure has distinctive wild, dark hair, a prominent mustache, and intense eyes with a serious, almost stern expression. The high-contrast artistic style emphasizes the dramatic facial features and the stark orange of the suit, creating a powerful political poster aesthetic that suggests both counter-culture sensibilities and serious political commentary on a Dark Background
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
