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Politicswear: 5 17 22

Welcome voters. What a night to drop our first Politicswear column. With the unpredictable Pennsylvania Senate primaries happening today — a whole seat in November’s balance — they’re lowkey a big deal! You’ve read up on all the issues now . . .  what do the candidates have for . . .  promotional gear? (A rarely if ever uttered question). We’re taking a look at some soft-goods in this 2022 United States Pennsylvania Senatorial battle.

Ground notes:  Republican candidates David McCormick and Kathy Barnette have no promotional gear at this time. Democrats John Fetterman and Malcolm Kenyatta have cloth face coverings available at their shops. Both Fetterman and Kenyatta feature pro-marajuana legalalization tees. Republicans Dr. Oz and Carla Sands have beverage coolers.

Connor Lamb for (PA) Senate has a shop and offers this basic T-shirt which reflects the pizzazzless campaign rather well. The tees are made-in-USA, printed in Pittsburg and come sized S — 3XL.

Lamb for Senate (PA) Image from connorlamb.com


John Fetterman
, the brogressive Lieutenant governor running for Senate wins for the most overtly online vibed item of merch that is based on a social media spat waged on the microblogging site twitter. Also American-made, and printed in Pittsburgh. Sized S — 5XL.

Fetterman D (for Senate) PA. Image from johnfetterman.com

On the left, and part of this Keystone state Dem contest as well , Malcolm Kenyatta has some message-shirts available, including this Oughta Have a Union tee (XS—3XL) USA-made and union printed.

Kenyatta for Senate (PA) Image from malcolmkenyatta.com


The emptiest campaigns often have the fullest shops. This checks for Doctor Memet Oz including this Won’t Be Canceled cotton tee. Fancy the sentiment is up to the uncancellers (also known as voters) in the state of Pennsylvania to prove how good or bad you’d look walking around town wearing this after today.

Oz for Senate (PA) Image from doctoroz.com

Starting with Oz, and to his right, it becomes like a trip to Spencer Gifts (American mall shop) for shirts you might find at a county fair with silly sayings and the candidates’ names barely in view like the Carla Sands for Senate “Official Vaccine Passport: I’m an American, I Can Do What I Want” tee.

If you’re over 18, lace up your kicks, Make sure you’re registered. Make a plan to vote if you haven’t in this mickey fickey already. It’s a senate seat in Pennsylvania! Move your synapses!! Stay tuned for the rest of the politics-wear we’re digging up ’til November. Peace.

Misogyny-promoting StockX Won’t Get a Dime From Us

We love sneakers. Never been a fan of re-buying sneakers for exorbitant amounts but we support those who are (especially the sellers). We flipped a pair of made-in-USA Supreme Vans on eBay about 15 years ago. Now why is online marketplace StockX (an ebay on steroids) giving a platform to some mad male who spouts deplorable untruths on their twitter feed? This is what their editorial director has to say about a widely cherished British author whose books are enjoyed by millions.

<Very dumb tweet that is technically libel. Image removed>

Bull. Only a fool believes that J.K. Rowling is actually a ‘nightmare, anti-LGBT crusader’. Anyone who reads newspapers knows she’s been on the most liberal side of fighting for ‘lives of the vulnerable’ since this twitter user was probably in diapers. Let’s give ignorance an excuse for the sake and add that going after Rowling with the viciousness that alt-right froggies went after Hillary 5 years ago is a terrible look. Aren’t we trying to welcome more women into sneaker culture? We don’t like this editorialization at all.

<Another, even dumber tweet calling someone TERF. Image removed>

Hello? Why are they throwing the acronym for Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist around as a stand-in for ‘witch’ or some other insult so casually? Pretty much everyone can see sneaker culture has a male-dominance problem. Why is StockX giving props to some uninformed literary critic that drops stinky posts like this on a public forum ?

Until StockX can show a bit more editorial responsibility around the edges we recommend avoiding the platform. There are plenty of other locations, both online to sell and buy sneakers and other items that don’t platform furious males who try to ruin art made by women via lies and smears.

“Opinions expressed are our own”. Of course. We’re constantly hearing how men need to “do better”. From one man to another hu-man: StockX, do better, or just change the name to StockXY and be the go-to site for disaffected name-callers.