The shirt reads NOT FRIENDLY DO NOT TOUCH in the flat, capitalized lettering of an industrial caution placard. Above or beside the words sits a…
The Period After the Word: Reading the Small Lowercase ‘meh.’ Shirt
The garment preview shows a dark shirt with very small, centered lowercase lettering: meh. No animal. No flag. No slogan about coffee, wine, or the…
The Two Meanings of Rooting: Reading the ‘Let’s Root For Each Other’ Shirt
The shirt reads, in capitals that wrap around the design: LET’S ROOT FOR EACH OTHER AND WATCH EACH OTHER GROW. Inside the ring of text…
The Dashed Circle and the Solid Ball: Reading the ‘I Had Potential’ Physics Diagram
Editorial note: This publication and Quirky Cotton Collective share an owner. The shirt shows a diagram before it shows a joke. In white capitals across…
The Loudest Word in the Room: Reading the ‘meh.’ Shirt
Editorial note: This publication and Quirky Cotton Collective share an owner. The garment preview shows a single word: meh. Lowercase. Bold. White against a dark…
The Composition Notebook as Costume: Reading the Speckled Cover, the Ghost, and the Pumpkin
Editorial note: This publication and Quirky Cotton Collective share an owner. The artwork on the Composition Notebook Costume Teacher Group Halloween is not a slogan….
The Procès-Verbal as Governance Infrastructure: Why the Municipal Record Determines What Can Be Challenged, Implemented, and Remembered
On 14 March 2019, the Conseil d’État annulled a deliberation by which the municipal council of a commune in the Drôme had authorised the mayor…
The Role of Regional Identity in National Politics
The Role of Regional Identity in National Politics Regional identity enters French national politics through a narrow door: a délibération, an arrêté, a line of…
Le Procès-Verbal comme Gouvernance : Pourquoi la Trace Documentaire Détermine la Validité Politique et Juridique des Décisions Municipales
Dans une mairie française, le document le plus important n’est pas le budget primitif. Ni le PLU. Ni même la délibération qui autorise un projet…
Regional Identity and the Machinery of the French State: What the Maire, the Préfet, and the Intercommunal Budget Tell Us About National Politics
Regional identity in France is not a folkloric afterthought. It is a legal fact, a fiscal fact, an administrative fact. When a Breton maire negotiates…