{"id":115,"date":"2012-06-22T18:54:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T18:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2013-12-05T22:17:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T22:17:21","slug":"aunt-jemimas-revenge-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/22\/aunt-jemimas-revenge-t-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Aunt Jemima&#8217;s Revenge T-Shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_front.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_front.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tshirtAuntJemima_front\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-118\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_front.jpg 432w, http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_front-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had this idea for at least 2 years, thanks to my graduate school <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/noco\/\" target=\"_blank\">thesis<\/a>. I was exploring the commodification of &#8220;blackness&#8221; or the Black Aesthetic through a fake fashion line inspired by racist ideas about black people. <\/p>\n<p>I discovered my love of screenprinting back in collage, and I have been using fabric (specifically T-shirts) like a second canvas ever since. This design is a combination of Wanted Posters from westerns and Will Smith&#8217;s pose from the Bad Boys movie ad; originally a gift for a fellow talented artist.<\/p>\n<p>I had a red t-shirt hanging around just waiting to be printed on, and I transformed it into a cool laced-up blouse to make it a little bit more special:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_back.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_back.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tshirtAuntJemima_back\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_back.jpg 432w, http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_back-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_design.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_design.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tshirtAuntJemima_design\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_design.jpg 432w, http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tshirtAuntJemima_design-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had this idea for at least 2 years, thanks to my graduate school thesis. I was exploring the commodification of &#8220;blackness&#8221; or the Black Aesthetic through a fake fashion line inspired by racist ideas about black people. I discovered my love of screenprinting back in collage, and I have been using fabric (specifically T-shirts) &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/22\/aunt-jemimas-revenge-t-shirt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aunt Jemima&#8217;s Revenge T-Shirt<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-art-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}