LOOK WHAT I’M WEARING RIGHT NOW. if this isn’t the best hoodie you’ve ever seen I wanna live in your world. that is a RAISED GOLD GLITTER ink on that print by the way. design is by local artist Marisa Lai!
anyway, these are being sold for AU $50 as a fundraiser for Hip Sista Hop and 3CR Community Radio 855am. Hip Sista Hop airs every Monday from 1-2 pm AEST (streaming live at 3cr.org.au for listeners outside Melbourne) and showcases primarily women’s and indigenous hip-hop music and culture, it’s a great program that plays awesome music. you should check out their facebook page as well.
the parent station, 3CR, is a radical left-wing community radio station that’s been on air since the 70s. they do a really good job of practising what they preach and not just being a voice of the latte left — the station broadcasts an amazingly eclectic mix of unionists, Indigenous activists, community language broadcasters, motley queers, young people, the very old, and music nerds, plus a majority of programmers and all senior staff are women. not every show is explicitly political — the station’s ethos of actively providing a platform for voices that aren’t heard in the mainstream media runs through everything they do, but what people do with that platform is up to them. it’s really respectful and hands-off. they also train more people in radio production than anyone else in Australia. there are as few barriers as possible to participation in 3cr.
what I’m saying is that you should send me a message about buying a hoodie. there’s also another design which is really good, a more old-school hip hop aesthetic with graf lettering, but I don’t have a picture of that one. the hoodies are really warm and high-quality and are made by Qualitops sweatshop-free labour right down the road from the 3CR offices. you can also possibly get other colour combinations if you order fast. I’d say sizing runs small, considering a hoodie should be slouchy, and I would suggest that women order men’s sizes unless you’re very short or very thin — I’m wearing a men’s S and I would normally wear an AU women’s 14/L, if that’s helpful. IT’S SO WARM. I’M SO HAPPY TO OWN THIS MAGNIFICENT ITEM.
ETA: this print run is almost completely SOLD OUT, they’re doing another one, if you let me know what size and colour you want ASAP then I can pass on the info and you can probably get a custom order with the new print run. there will defs be more gold and black men’s XS/S/M though.
