Wear Words is a collection built from the exact words of people who changed things — activists, artists, writers, scientists, musicians, dancers, designers, filmmakers, and a few lines of my own. People for whom creative brilliance alone was never the whole point — they intended their works to make a better world.
The words come from speakers and thinkers who didn’t pull their punches, and I haven’t pulled mine in choosing them. Every line here stands for something: human rights, authenticity, women’s power, self-knowledge on your own terms. The shirts keep it simple. The type is set the way a poet breaks a line — each break placed so the words that carry the meaning are the ones that go big.
You’ve learned to skip sales copy, for good reason. Please don’t skip these. Beneath every shirt is a researched, fact-checked story: when the line was said, what its author was doing and risking at the time, the weight it has gathered since. Each one is a little history lesson with its eye on a more just and equitable future — a gift, meant to be worth your time whether or not you ever buy the shirt. Start anywhere. The words will do the rest.
