Bold political statement, and handy theft deterent...

I recently bought a t-shirt like Siphokazi's above, from the Treatment Action Campaign in Cape Town. I love it! Wearing it is a facinating social experiment; watching people's reactions, observing them simultaneously looking and trying desperately not to look.

Its a great stigma challenger, but it also has other benefits.

I've hung it out with my washing in my open yard, and nothing's been stolen. F and I have decided that it acts as a theft deterent, either startling people into abandoning their attempts, or making them ignorantly fear that they'll catch it if they touch my clothes. And its useful in the supermarket too. Regardless of the crowding in Sainsbury's on a bank holiday monday, I'll always have the way almost ceremonious cleared for me by startled looking people feeling guilty about reading my chest and being so shocked. My t-shirt rocks!