Noteworthy Reviews From Customers On My “Queering The South” Trip

From February 7th to March 4th of 2022, I went on a tour I dubbed, “Queering The South.” I travelled to various universities along the south-east coast, from Virginia to Florida.

Because I’ve realized how easy it is to forget the specific things people say, and instead chalk up the feedback I receive when tabling to love, excitement, and overall positivity, I made it my intention to write down some of the notable things people have said to me about Simple Gay Apparel. I also made it my intention to do so because specific comments have such a way with writing themselves that I couldn’t come up with them even if I wanted to!

Here are some of the things people reflected to me:

Duke University:

• “You’re the counterpart to sister Cindy.”
• “Wait, this is cool as balls”
• “So cute, keep doing this, I love it”

Duke Day 2:

• A person was already wearing the clothes that week I sold it to them: “I was wearing it, I saw others wearing it. I got so many complements.”
• A person called up their friend on the phone to tell them about my table, their friend said, “wait, I’ve heard about this!”
• “I’ve seen other people wear it, people have been so excited.”
• “Minimalistic but still has flavor”

UNC Chapel Hill:

• “I didn’t realize there was a such a lack of non-rainbow gay stuff until this.”
• “You’re a genius.”
• “This is the most valuable thing you are going to do.”

University of North Florida:

• “clean, not gonna lie”
• “I’ll use [my bag] all the time now”
• “I hope you make lots of sales because this is awesome.”
• “She’s so cool, she better come back.”

University of Florida:

• My table and I were pictured for the school yearbook.
• “hilarious but also genius”
• “This is very smart of you, I’ll be telling all my friends about it.”
• “I’m always looking for this kind of stuff.” “How’s that going for you?” “Not very good!”
• “I love the gay energy you brought here”

University of Central Florida:

• “you’re a fucking baller”
• “you’re an icon”
• “Were you at UF? Someone from my high school posted about it.”
• “People would eat this up at Marketplace.”

University of South Florida:

• A girl was describing how there are many preachers that come out and spew hate and harass students. She said that it was nice to see my table as a counterbalance to that.
• A groundskeeper came up to me to ask me where I got my sweatshirt from, from which I told him I made it. He told me to “keep it up.”
• “INSANE! I didn’t see the "bi” before! [on the bitches love a bag tote] … I’m fully sober right now.”
• “This is me. I am that table.”
• “This is nice to see. Thank you for your service.”
• “This is the best tote bag ever made.”
• “Your stuff is dope.”
• “Your website looks like if Gym Shark made something.”

Florida State University:

• “Were you at UF? My sister told me this was there.”
• “I would wear this whole table.”
• “I will cherish this [Gay Crisis Kermit sweatshirt].”

Emory University:

• “It’s interpretable. You don’t need to be told the story for it to make sense. And it can mean something different to me [than you].”
• “Were you at UF? Someone took a picture of your sign and sent it in our group chat, telling us to tag yourself [as gay complexity, subtle, etc.]”

Emory Day 2:

• “This is incredible. Brilliant.”
• A person wearing the shirt I sold them the day before came up to the table and someone remarked on it, and they said, “I know, isn’t this so awesome?”
• “Simple but beautiful. Effortless.”

UNC Asheville:

• "This [gay crisis Kermit] is great because it’s a conversation starter.”
• With regard to the fruity font, “It looks like you could cut into it and it’d be juicy.”
• “It makes me feel like I’m “something right.””
• “You’re doing everything right.”

Virginia Tech:

• “I feel called out [by the poster.]”
• “This is an impeccable business model.”
• “Thank you for gaying up our campus.”

 

Originally posted May 2 2022
Moved from old website