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A round 1.25" pinback button with a green to blue ombre that reads I CANT AFFORD TO GET SICK in thick black text. Button is held in a hand.
A round 1.25" pinback button with a green to blue ombre that reads I CANT AFFORD TO GET SICK in thick black text. On a branded white backing card, black plus sign at the top. Below reads: Social Alert Button, with tiny text beneath it which says, for common physical & psychological situations
Back of a metal pinback button next to a quarter coin
a round yellow 1.25" pinback button next to a quarter for size.

I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET SICK
Pinback Button

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I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET SICK
Social Alert Pinback Button

Need a simple way to communicate why you're wearing an KN95 mask without getting into it with people?  Perfect for our awful economy too!

• 1.25" pinback button
• Designed,pressed & packaged in our Los Angeles studio
• Pinned to a sturdy Social Alert backing card
• Sealed in a clear cello sleeve
• Color may vary slightly by device viewed on
• Word For Word is a chronically ill owned & operated small business

WORD FOR WORD FACTORY is a small language-focused studio making social & emotional inquiries into being alive & trying to survive in the early 21st Century. We specialize in political social justice buttons & a wide range of cultural commentary, including a growing collection of hot foil + risograph printed goods. We’re queer & sick owned and operated. Making stuff in Los Angeles, California.

Chronic Illness. MCAS. Histamine Intolerance. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.

MADE IN THE USA * IN CALIFORNIA
©2026 word for word factory. all rights reserved.

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