{"product_id":"therefore-shelley-frankenstein-1818-t-shirt","title":"Therefore — Shelley Frankenstein (1818) T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eShelley was eighteen when she wrote “Frankenstein.” She published it at twenty, anonymously, because the literary world wasn’t ready to credit a teenage woman with the founding text of science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein (1818)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Creature isn’t threatening Victor. He’s reasoning with him. Shelley wrote this when she was eighteen, in a rented house in Switzerland during a summer so cold and dark they spent it indoors telling ghost stories. The argument the Creature makes is airtight: you made me, abandoned me, and withheld everything that might have softened me. Fear was the last thing keeping me small. Now that’s gone too. Not rage. A logical conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’ve ever:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStopped shrinking to make others comfortable — and felt what comes after\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeen underestimated long enough that the underestimating became someone else’s problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrived at a conclusion nobody else wanted you to reach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBEWARE arrives first in outline — hollow, open, edged but not filled. FEARLESS follows solid and settled. Then POWERFUL lands last and largest, the weight of the sentence finally coming down. The design builds the way the argument builds: the warning is just the opening move. The conclusion is the part that doesn’t yield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/therefore-shelley-frankenstein-1818-journal\"\u003eThe Therefore Journal\u003c\/a\u003e. More Shelley: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/collections\/mary-shelley\"\u003ebrowse the full Mary Shelley collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% combed and ring-spun cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 4.2 oz\/yd² (142 g\/m²)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail fit, true to size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine washable, cold water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on the left sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople done being manageable. Anyone who has run out of reasons to stay quiet. The ones who arrived at a conclusion nobody else was ready for — and stopped waiting for permission to say it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear your conclusion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMary Wollstonecraft Shelley, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1797–1851, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrote \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e at eighteen, published it at twenty — anonymously, because the literary world wasn’t ready to credit a teenage woman with the founding text of science fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDaughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley — and consistently the most grounded mind in any room she occupied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Creature’s argument is a direct extension of her mother’s philosophy: what we call monster is often what we made and then refused to take responsibility for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSize Chart (Bella + Canvas)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWidth (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2XL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":42590672355422,"sku":"2558645_21593","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":42590672388190,"sku":"2558645_21594","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":42590672420958,"sku":"2558645_21595","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":42590672453726,"sku":"2558645_21596","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":42590672486494,"sku":"2558645_21597","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":42590672519262,"sku":"2558645_21598","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/Therefore_Shelley_Frankenstein_1818_TShirt_front.png?v=1782880296","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/therefore-shelley-frankenstein-1818-t-shirt","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}