“Such a nasty woman.” It was the phrase that launched a thousand t-shirts during the U.S. Presidential campaign, and which Donald Trump muttered in an effort to undermine Hillary Clinton as she spoke about the Social Security trust fund. The world didn’t turn a blind eye to Trump’s charged, misogynistic rhetoric. Instead, frustrated activists decided to turn it into merchandise that benefits organizations like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU.
The poster child of the Nasty-Woman-apparel movement is undoubtedly Google Ghost, the online vendor that first took Trump’s words and made them into a sartorial feminist phenomenon. First came the activists, then came Katy Perry, and then, well, everyone else, with the now iconic t-shirt reading “Nasty Woman” in a big red heart.
Today, Google Ghost announced every activist's favorite tee is "now available in Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Hebrew” and even American Sign Language (the latter being the fruit of talented illustrator LeeAndra Cianci). Still can't find a tee shirt expressing nastiness in your language? Google Ghost is more than happy to oblige; contact their team with your translation and they'll see to it that your personalized merch gets made.
This addition to the Google Ghost apparel line is a gesture that symbolizes the truly global efforts that have sprung from Trump’s election, and one that helps push it in an even more inclusive direction. After all, why just be a nasty woman, when you can be an üble Frau, mala mujer, or femme enervée?
This addition to the Google Ghost apparel line is a gesture that symbolizes the truly global efforts that have sprung from Trump’s election, and one that helps push it in an even more inclusive direction. After all, why just be a nasty woman, when you can be an üble Frau, mala mujer, or femme enervée?
