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SHTHPNS: The Never-Ending Free Speech Fight Over Vanity License Plates

One of the most contested spaces in American discourse is on the back of cars

Zara Stone
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9 min readOct 25, 2019

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Whenever Paula Perry looked at the license plate on her car, SHTHPNS, she felt soothed.

By July 1997, the 46-year-old state administrator for Vermont lost her father, endured four painful…

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Zara Stone
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Tech+Culture f/lance journo. www.zarastone.net Bylines: OneZero, Marker, Atlantic, Forbes, etc. Author: The Future of Science Is Female https://bit.ly/stm202