My latest Zazzle thing... and why this little hobby is feeling more and more like activism

[capri0mni]

(Description I've written to go with it, in my store):

(Quote)
Graphic of a cartoon style thought balloon in blue, with the words "Yeah, I get what you're saying (even between the lines)." The text has cast shadows in muted gold and shocking pink.

It's amazing what some people will say about the disabled -- even when we're right there. This hat can help remind them that we are not sack of potatoes or potted plants.
(Unquote)

(picture & link):

Between the lines by Chimerigons
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Description: a plain white bumpersticker, with text in black:
Is your dad retarded? 'Cause you're special

I mean, it doesn't even have any creative picture, or anything... And the official staff of Zazzle assure me that I don't have anything to worry about, allowing people to alter my designs, because their guidelines don't allow anyone to sell anything derogatory against the disabled!!

Yeah, I think I will be a mean ol', oversenitive meanie who just can't take a joke and "report a violation."

*Sigh*

I'm trying to come up with designs almost as fast as my spoons will allow me, but at this rate, it feels like I'll never be able to catch up, especially since those pity and cure designs aren't recongized as the derogatory shlock they are...

Comments

[spiralsheep]

I love your hat. It has soooooo many potential applications.

[capri0mni]

Hee! Thanks! I actually got the idea from Audrey. Because the kid client she works for can't produce speach very well, people assume he can't understand speach. And she said she wanted to attatch a picket sign to the back of his chair that reads:

"Yes, I can understand you!"

And I figured that a hat would be the most feasable variation of that... My original wording was going to be: "Yes, I understand you perfectly (even your subtext)." But then, I imagined wearing that in public, and I realized that the Yahoos who'd likely approach me to talk to Audrey about a new miracle cure "For people like her..." would have trouble processing two three-syllable words in a phrase, and wouldn't even know what "Subtext" was.