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One Complaint Should not Empty a Shelf Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

One Complaint Should not Empty a Shelf Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

One complaint should not empty a shelf. One person filled out one form and forty titles came off the shelf the next morning, and it took forty patrons filling out forty forms of their own to put them back. This shirt is for those patrons, and for the librarian who kept the forty in the back room the whole time.

Wear it to the library board meeting, the reconsideration committee hearing, the Banned Books Week display, and the family dinner where a relative says one parent should have a say. It is a strong gift for a librarian, a Friends of the Library member, a parent who filed a counter-form, and the teenager who read all forty.

Printed on a Comfort Colors 1717 in garment-dyed 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft, evenly colored, and heavy enough to outlast the complaint form. Direct-to-garment. Ink in the cotton, nothing cracks.

Relaxed, unisex, true to size. S to 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Chambray, Graphite, Ivory and Banana too. Also as a hoodie and a sweatshirt. It stands with the reconsideration designs on our book bans and libraries page.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Does one complaint really pull a whole shelf? In districts that remove books on receipt of a challenge, yes. The shirt is for the places that changed that policy and the ones still fighting to.

Would a Friends group order these for a hearing? Groups do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any sizes, any colors, one order.

Which color for a board meeting? Bay and Chambray read calm. Banana for Banned Books Week.

Does the tee run true? Yes. Relaxed body, true to size.

Wear it to: the library board meeting, Banned Books Week, storytime, the bookstore.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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