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| Text on Button | ban Soap |
| Image Description | Yellow text over a black background. A Yellow and black semi-circle pattern lines the rim. |
| Curl Text | © CREATIVE HOUSE (60641) ILL. MADE IN U.S.A. |
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| Additional Information | The slogan “ban soap” imitates the protest language that was popular on buttons in the 1960s and 1970s. Slogans like “Ban the Bomb” used the word “ban” to demand serious change, while novelty buttons like this borrowed the same style for humor. Buttons were a common form of self-expression in this era and were used in both political movements and the counterculture to challenge mainstream values. A phrase like “ban soap” is a form of satire on that protest culture, reflecting the playful and subversive spirit of the time. |
| Sources |
AIGA Eye on Design. (2018). The pin-back button was a place for self expression before social media. AIGA. https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-pin-back-button-was-a-place-for-self-expression-before-social-media/ Museum Victoria Collections. (n.d.). Badge – Ban The Bomb. Museums Victoria. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/268690 Rozsixties. (n.d.). Buttons collection. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. https://rozsixties.unl.edu/collections/show/2.html |
| Catalog ID | IB0795 |