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@danae-draws

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anyway… if anyone is looking to improve their reading & writing skills, i highly recommend this article by celine nguyen, which analyses the opening paragraphs of good essays to understand how and why they work. focuses on nonfiction but could apply generally i think

imo sharing your art for free online for strangers to see it requires a lot of courage. A lot of mental strength. Im being serious rn i think if youve ever shared anything online and even if its not popular even if only a few people have seen it i think thats very very brave

Can't be sincerely dark without being called edgy, can't be sincerely emotional without being called melodramatic, can't be sincerely silly without being called stupid. They're gonna hate every emotion you put in your art no matter what so make it anyway and be as sincere as you can be

Trying to sell handmade crafts in this economy is so. Like. Hey guys I know we're all broke as fuck but do you want my silly little things. I'm very good at it. For the time it takes to make them + skill + materials it's gonna be 30$ per silly little thing. But also shipping costs 12$ for reasons outside my control so it's actually 42$ now. Sorry. No I really can't charge less than that. Yeah I know. Ok. Bye

And this is for my things that are silly and little. I'm not even one of those people making, like, quilts and blankets and shit. Can we pour one out for the fiber artists making quilts and blankets and shit

I'm presenting a tiny crocheted bird to you. Putting it into the palm of your hand. This can be yours. For what seems like too much money but I promise it isn't. We've all just really lost sight of fiber arts' value with industrialization and outsourced sweatshop labor etc. This is actually the minimum I could ask for without fucking myself. I don't like what this implies about mass produced items either. It's really horrific. You can get an ethically sourced 42$ tiny crocheted bird though

Shortly after posting this I received an order for nearly 200$ worth of tiny crocheted birds this is the good luck post for people actually paying for your handmade crafts

time sensitive: buying meat for children in gaza

hello all! you may have seen the recent news. for the first time in months, chicken is finally being allowed into gaza. ahmed, my contact in gaza, would like to buy meat for all the children in his refugee camp.

you can see proof of our recent campaigns here: rebuilding tents / providing food

we don't know how long chicken will be available, so we'd like to seize this opportunity as fast as we can to supply a healthy meal to the children.

by our current estimates, meat is about $30/kg, and 1kg can serve 4 children (1kg = 2.2 pounds).

so your $5-10 donation can feed one child in gaza today!

every amount makes a huge difference. it would mean the world if you could donate/share as you are able!

as usual, updates and proof of donation will be posted on @cygnettes' blog, and you can feel free to contact us with any questions you might have.

thank you in advance for your generosity -- we couldn't do this without you.

CHICKEN IS NOW ONLY $15/KG!!! we are almost there!!!

you can have TWICE the impact today!!!

$1027/$1600

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