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There is a fashion trend afoot in the 02138. It’s hotter than Ray-Bans and hotter than Tory Burch loafers. It’s a T-shirt trend. I was first confronted with it the other day as I groggily stumbled to Peet’s for an early morning coffee. Typing an e-mail as I walked along, I nearly collided with a boy in a white T-shirt that read “HIV-Positive” in big, purple, block print. I looked up at him and mumbled some apology...
...this page last week, three Harvard students waxed poetic about the power of the T-shirt in an op-ed entitled, “We are all HIV-Positive.” Actually, no, we are not. Regrettable title aside, the piece went on to declare: “The ‘HIV POSITIVE’ T-shirt, then, is an intentionally provocative rebuke to inaction. It battles the silence, apathy, and stigma that impede awareness, prevention, and treatment measures...
...Positive T-shirt may be a useful tool in a place like South Africa, where huge numbers of those living there are infected yet efforts at awareness of treatment and prevention of the disease are stymied by fear of the attached stigma. But at a tolerant place such as Harvard, stigma and silence are not the problem. Community-wide, most of us have already acknowledged that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is devastating; our focus ought to be on the means by which we can marshal our University’s vast intellectual and monetary resources to bring aid to places where...
...Harvard Trademark Program, with an official Orwellian mandate to “protect and control” Harvard’s brand identity across the world, show up to work each day to ensure that, Heaven forbid, no street vendor in Dakar or Dot sells an unlicensed T-shirt with our sacrosanct insignia on it. The Harvard name does not merely signify unrivaled academic power—it signifies the registered trademark of unrivaled academic power, full rights reserved to the President and Fellows of Harvard College...
...wouldn't be surprised if there was a trend for ruffs or ruffly necks after this film," ventures Byrne. Says Powell: "Tudor style probably won't catch on at the High Street level, but elements are always used, even if it's just a hat, a cuff on a shirt or the shape of a square neckline...