SOULD 2008 Fall/Winter “Silence is Betrayal” Collection
by Eugene Kan, October 8, 2008
Since day one, SOULD has sought to tackle the very issues that have had a detrimental affect on their society. Their 2008 fall/winter collection is based on a little-known “Time to Break the Silence” speech by ground-breaking black rights activist Martin Luther King. The subjects and references are a bit of an easy target with the impending presidential elections in the US and the faltering economy, however they do offer a different medium of inciting interest on the subjects at hand. Among the retailers carrying this collection are Digital Gravel, 5&A Dime and In4mation with a full list seen at SOULD.com.
That said I wouldn’t vote for McCain, Bush, Palin, Cheney or any of their cronies if you put a gun to my head. And I am hopeful that Obama will be able to get the ball rolling on making some progressive changes in Washington.
But after living in D.C. for 5 years I’m too cynical to have been convinced yet. I’m still in a “lesser-of-two-evils” frame of mind, as I am in any political race with our two-party system that has allowed the parties themselves to become too powerful and corrupt.
SOULD KEEPS IT BANGIN! SOULD party this Saturday in B-more @ The Wind Up Space w/Ninjasonik!!
I agree with much of what SOULD just wrote, and I like the designs as well; but do you really assume Obama prefers you giving money to charitable causes instead of to his campaign? I obviously don’t know the man personally, and I hope you’re right, but that sounds like a naive assumption to me.
I will vote for Obama, as I did in the primaries, but I’m skeptical that a champion for the downtrodden would have pushed so hard to bail out Wall Street instead of the middle-to-lower class Americans who are hurting the worst.
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“Marv”, the SOULD brand was built on the idea of inciting action and thought through awareness, which frankly, is what we think Obama will do as President (we made a little over a 100 of the VOTE tees, so we’re not getting rich off it, believe me). Plus, while many talented artists have created inspiring Obama tees using his face/body, we wanted to make a tee that was slightly less subtle in endorsement, but direct in action… after all, in 2004 only about half of 18-24 yr olds voted…we think this should be much higher. We’d like to think that this tee design will make a greater impact, than cutting Obama a $200 check.
Plus, for the record, we give as much (or more) to charitable organizations, as anyone else our size, which we assume Obama would also prefer, over a check for his campaign. Lastly, the answer to your question about Bush is, no…he doesn’t deserve sh-t.
“etpourtous” and “smutty”… we appreciate the props.
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does it cost money to use george bush on a tee shirt? ive been wondering how everyone can use obama’s face to make a buck. give barack some royalties.
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na i wont vote