with the way things have been lately, i've been sitting with this sense of loss over all the things that have been lost because i didn't think to document or preserve them at the time. so many of the things that shaped me on the internet are just gone.
Hey y’all. I haven’t talked about this much publicly, but for all of January and part of December and February, I was knocked out by a truly gnarly sinus infection and the worst bout of burnout I’ve ever experienced. Between that and the store getting royally screwed over by multiple factors at the end of last year, things are pretty rough right now. I’ll go into more detail another time, but the TL;DR is that the majority of the garments we were supposed to have in stock for the holiday season were so late that they only became ready for sale in the past few weeks. I know a lot of people are struggling right now, everywhere. And frankly, with ICE still very active in my city, it feels incredibly selfish to ask for help when I know others have it much worse. But I’m not really sure what else to do. We have a lot of bills due, and because we received the bulk of our inventory four months late, we don’t currently have the funds to pay them. The good news is: we have a lot in stock now. And it would mean the absolute world to us if you would share this. The clothing in my store is made with certified ethical labor and designed by a queer, neurodivergent three-person team. We carry sizes S–6X in some garments and XS–8X in others. We specialize in mid- and plus-size clothing and pride ourselves on extensive fit testing to ensure our clothes actually fit properly. We think about and accommodate things many retailers forget — like the way belly curvature affects length, the need for wider sleeves and necklines, the reality of thighs and fupas existing. And our clothes have real, usable pockets. We ship domestically from the US and the UK. As a bit of a Hail Mary, we’ll be running a sale next week. Some items are already very low in stock and are expected to sell out on the first day. Thank you, truly, in advance for your support. It means more than you know. 💛
Items that have all or most sizes in stock, with a lot of our top-selling sizes): #store
-crystal cluster skirt
-thistles skirt
-ocean cotton maxi skirt
-black petticoat
-dungeon delver button-up shirt
-gallery skirt
-butter cookies skirt
-ocean sunswept maxi dress
-hiss button-up shirt
i’m actually tempted to write to the company/publisher. it’s that bad. it’s such a disservice to the writers too bc in a lot of cases they have no control over who the narrator is, i think, so i’m not going to assume anything given all the care that went into portraying this character’s culture.
as the animal. i’m flabbergasted lmfao. like you’d think a production company would have some measure of quality control but this is pretty insensitive.
i would like to report that the narrator pronounced the iconic traditional mexican mole as the animal. the sun isn’t even up yet and i’m already dealing with nonsense.
or at least someone to consult? bro’s pronunciation of telenovela was “tell-eh-NAUV-ella” nearly swerved off the road when i heard it
having a mexican mc pov take up half of your novel and not having a latino or spanish speaking narrator for your audiobook is such an L, jesus
maybe I should just stop using discord
