Store Profile: etc...

One store in Asbury Park that carries the WEARISM label is "etc..." "etc..." is a lifestyle boutique that has established itself as the gay and lesbian shopping destination. The shop was founded in 2001 in the heart of Asbury Park’s hip downtown at the dawn of its revitalization. It is one of the only spaces still in existence 8 years later. The store found its niche with a loyal base of local patrons and repeat seasonal and out-of-town customers. "etc…" is located at the corner of Cookman Avenue and Bond Street in the hub of Asbury’s best shopping and trendy eateries; amid art galleries and antique dealers.

"etc..." carries a selection of men’s clothing, underwear, and swimwear; plus home accessories and the latest music CD’s; and an assortment of Pride merchandise.

"etc..." located at 653 Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712

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Profiles In Courage: Bobby & Robin

As we celebrate Gay Pride Month, we at WEARISM wanted to take the time to honor those who support our causes and our company.

Today we honor: Bobby & Robin

Married: June 28, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA and legally in New Hampshire in 2010.

Both are ardent advocates of gay rights and strive to have their union recognized in all 50 states.










Kissing at the November 15, 2008 Prop 8 Protest in Philadelphia that sparked the creation of WEARISM.

Pictured with friends at the same Prop 8 Protest and showcasing protest tees from the March.

Robin pictured on the left wearing a WEARISM Cake Tee at the October 11, 2009 National Equality March. He's pictured with two other WEARISM supporters and holding a sign referencing Obama's Nobel Peace Prize.

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I heart Adam Bouska

I heart Adam Bouska.

I think it could be because he's originally from the Midwest.

It could also be the fantastic model photos that any gay boy would love (Check out: www.bouska.net).

But the activist in me says it's because he and his partner launched one of the most visibly recognizable gay rights media campaigns.

The NOH8 Campaign was Adam and his partner Jeff Parshley's response to Proposition 8 in California. Now celebrities and normal folk everywhere are putting on plain white t-shirts, facial tattoos, and silver duct tape to help promote awareness for Marriage equality and anti-discrimination.

After a little over a year, there are over 2000 photos and the campaign keeps growing. It has it's fair share of criticism (See Steven Paul's DEFEC8 - if feces does not bother you), as comes with anything so successful and visible. But I tell you, if I had a plane ticket to LA, I'd head to their open photo shoot on April 25 and gladly give him my $40 and a hug. But alas, my grass roots self is out east this time of year.

Check out his campaign:



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Treats & Tweets

Wearism has released several new styles and added new themes.

Check out our Facebook page for all of our styles and our new Look Book.

Also, follow us on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wearism

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Straight Laced

The corset, both a torture device and work of art, has held different meanings in different eras. Its original purpose...to give the wearer the perfect silhouette, that ideal hourglass shape that signaled ultimate femininity. Initially, only the upper classes of Western Society could afford the complicated undergarment. Corsets were/are expensive, the best ones must be fitted to the individual. Royalty, blue bloods, and the later the American nouveau riche needed others' help to even put the thing on, handmaidens in Europe, probably slaves in the New World. It marked class significance, and help define the gold standard of feminine appeal...small waist, augmented breasts and/or hips and buttocks, the tight laced result, a pale, petite, and fragile pet. The wearer became a woman incapable of dressing herself, also hampered by heavy outerwear, made vulnerable by a fashionable prison. Over time, corsets, and women, evolved. Societal mores loosened up along with underwear. Stays gave way to metal, finally elastic. Stifling restriction eventually became bra burning. Women's bodies were not longer forcibly and painfully reshaped for the male gaze. Now, the corset itself has become a plaything, a fetish object and ironic symbol of female power and domination. The privilege of owning one still costs a pretty penny, but its a lot cheaper than its clearest descendant, plastic surgery.

Show Your Disgust: Become a Fan

As gay people struggle for equal recognition in the eyes of California law, as New Hampshire tries to take a step backward by attempting to repeal gay marriage legislation, and as our world falls apart around us (see Guest Blogger: Collycol), WEARISM launches its very own Facebook page (see link on the right).

Whether you support our mission, our blog, or just our wonderful sense of fashion, become a fan today.

We CAN change the world, even if we start with just one t-shirt at a time.

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Disaster makes me less concerned about you and more concerned about we

I realized I really don't give a crap about most of my friends status updates right now. Seems like most of it is self centered shallow rubbish, do most people really understand the MAGNITUDE of what's happening in Haiti? Almost 1% of the population may be gone. There were over 300,000 orphans before the earthquake, one can only imagine how many there are now. Buildings crushed entire families, I know someone who lost 12(!) family members. This is some next level culture destroying kind of event. And it also sickens me to hear about how much celebs donated, more pr for them. Just do it, does everyone have to know what a "good" person a celeb is?

Damn. I'm shallow and self absorbed too, but I'm just pissed off. Haiti is not just some poor country to write off as backwards. Colonization, blockades didn't allow the country to build a proper economic base (Chris rock wealthy vs. rich), dictators looted the rest, then the government interference took care of stifling progress. So forget an education system, forget a freaking agricultural initiative, forget $ for civil engineering and infrastructure. Couple that with overwhelming racism (Cubans yes, Haitians no) and neighboring countries' bigotry (yes Caribbean friends we are guilty too) and position in Hurricane Alley and you have a freaking disaster. But then people say well, if Haiti didn't do this and if Haiti didn't do that...like we "DID" something to have our blessed life. We are just bloody fortunate. We won a lottery.

To a man, we are not "smarter" than Haitian people, we are not "more civilized" than Haitian people, we just got better freaking opportunities. Even our wedge issues like abortion and gay marriage seem like some damn luxury problems when there are places people don't even know where their next meal is coming. I'm just tired, tired of self righteousness. I'm blessed and even if you don't know it, you are too. We may have worked for alot of what we have, but we didn't struggle for all of it and "luck" often has more to do with it than "merit" and "intelligence.


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Haitian Relief Shirts:
Lady Gaga's Tee

Doubletake Clothing's Tee

Blink 182's Tee

Picknic Clothing's Tee

Timberland's Tees

Hope for Haiti Tee

Herbivore Clothing Tee

Restored Clothing's Tee