Tyler "Has a Heart on Valentine's Day", Strathmore, Alberta, Canada

Who: Tyler, 26

What: cotton/poly blend, 2XL, worn a lot, but in great condition

When: Christmas 2007

Where: acquired in Rexburg, ID, but ordered from threadless.com

Why: We were both fans of CareBears as children, so this shirt was a bit of (macabre) nostalgia. This shirt is also societally relevant, as every high school has an band of Emos somewhere in it. Basically, we're in touch with American.

Via cotton.

No One I Know Owns These T-Shirts, LA, CA

Who: no one

What: t-shirts

When: today, December 28th, 2010

Where: East Los Angeles, CA

Why: A little local color.

A Giveaway Even Marx Would Approve Of

Who: I don't know, maybe you

What: men's size large

When: how about next Monday, Nov. 22nd

Where: right here, pals, on The T-shirt Project

Why: why not? You seem to like the t-shirt, James is getting rid of it (after many successful and blissful t-shirt years, Mike), and maybe you could be one t-shirt richer.

Enter to win this very t-shirt. Leave a comment, become a follower, blog about it, post about it on facebook, whatever. Just let me know what you did and you are entered to win.

Ta da.

Also, the biggest event of my lifetime, Harry Potter 7, is happening this Friday (or Thursday night if you're awesome and going to the midnight show...which I am).

I'll be t-shirt clad. Will you?

James--he's only happy when he's reading Marx--, Brooklyn, NY

Who: James, 31

What: cotton

When: 5 years ago

Where: a gift from Mike, bro-in-law, originally from threadless.com

Why: First, it's a pun (the communist party)--I like the puniness of it. I got it when I lived in small town Idaho, and I wore it as anti-conservative backlash. People were already telling me I was a communist, so, I might as well wear something that says I am. Yeah, people always get it right off. It's pretty clever.

One of my bosses from my last job (TV), he's a very outspoken right-wing (Canadian), and his family came from the Ukraine. This shirt really offended him. He didn't like it all. I was kind of surprised; I'd never gotten that strong a reaction. It had never made anyone mad. He actually pulled me aside to ask me, "But, you're not really a communist? Because you know they're bad news."

Honestly, I'm getting rid of the t-shirt, but not because of it's potential for offense, only because it's time to edit my t-shirt collection.

Liz, Rexburg, ID

Who: Liz, 24
What: 100% cotton, size small
When: end of winter semester, 2008
Where: the BYU-Idaho College Democrats
Why: For a few semesters, I was one of roughly 14 regularly attending members of the College Democrats. This shirt is especially cool because the College Democrats have since been disbanded (along with the Republicans; we're now a "politically neutral campus"), so the shirt's slowly becoming a relic. The combination of "BYU-Idaho" and "Democrat" makes a lot of people think the shirt is a joke. Also, one time, the College Republicans had a booth where they were giving out copies of the Constitution in pamphlet form, and they wouldn't give me one because I was wearing this shirt.

Sarah, Queens, NY

Who: Sarah
What: 100% cotton, size L
When: when was hurricane Katrina, 2005?
Where: a gift
Why: My friend Molly is from New Orleans. After Katrina, her sister sent her one and I liked it so much her sister, Julie, sent one for me too. A lot of people really responded to it. I got it a bit after, when a lot of the information about how poorly things were handled started coming in, when a lot of the backlash had started. It got pretty universal acclaim, and still, really, because, sadly, it's still an issue. Molly was in her first year of graduate school at Columbia, and she was, understandably, really upset. So, I wore it as support. I don't usually wear political t-shirts, but, this sentiment was something I genuinely believed.

Sarah, Queens, NY

Who: Sarah
What: 100% cotton, size medium
When: June, this year
Where: Busted Tees
Why: I was on Governor's Island for the Figment Arts Festival. I saw the t-shirt on a girl in line for the ferry home. It took a minute for the meaning to register. At first I just liked the graphic, but, once I got it, I was overwhelmed with a desire to have it-- I'm a huge history geek. I ran to her to ask where she'd gotten it, it probably frightened her. A couple of friends and I were at the festival to perform Shakespeare improv, and, on the way over, my guy friend had knocked into the same girl with one of our props-a big sign that said, "censored". She saw me with him, and probably wondered why we wouldn't leave her alone.
I like this shirt because it, and a number of my other shirts, demonstrate my new-found willingness to accept what I am, kind of a nerd. I mean, come on, I'm a member of a history club, Horatio Gates and the Fidasconauts.

*the figure is Alexander Hamilton, who was killed by Aaron Burr in a duel on July 11th, 1804

Andy, Brooklyn, NY

Who: Andy, 31
What: red cotton
When: a few summers ago
Where: a gift from my sister
Why: My sister also got one of these for my dad, my brother, and her husband, because we're all crazy conservatives. I don't see her husband very often, they live across the country, but it seems that every time I do he's wearing this t-shirt. I don't wear this often because it bleeds onto my undershirt. Which I like. Because I bleed red.

Tyson, Brooklyn, NY

Who: Tyson, 30

What: 50/50 cotton\poly

When: 2007

Where: Online, Swell (?)

Why: I like they way Rvca shirts fit, and I thought the graphic was cheeky. It wasn't a shirt I would normally wear, but I liked the color. About six months after I got it, I bleached it. I diluted bleach in a spray bottle-it was a technique we were using at work, and I wanted to try it. I like it even better now.