a little about myself! I am R(ui), a broke AF artist atm currently, LGBTQ+! like many people i am Displeased With The State Of Things, and got the idea to make merch that serves as
1) Protest and freedom of speech
2) Encouragement and reassurance for victims
3) a big F U to the PoTUS

skiesonfire: and there's my lovely partner for life and fiancé uvu

so, despite me being absolutely broke AF, i am absolutely willing to save as much as 50% of the profits to send to ICE raid victim aid charity/charities. currently don't have any particular one in mind, so if anyone has suggestions, feel free!

oh and also i cannot speak spanish so like, please correct me if what i put up on that first image is wrong. i also want to do a version with the spanish words at the top, english words at the bottom

obviously PoD stuff can be expensive, I feel that in my bones, but hey if there's anything worth spending money on in this day and age i would say anything obviously advocating for human rights and against the current regime is worth it.

the style IS pretty simplistic and quick, mostly bc I don't have a lot of time to dedicate on this (need to put my productive hours towards my current art business), but I think the rough style also helps to make it more visible/pop out when people see it

oh yes more about me. 32 YO cis white female, I feel insanely strong about values and have and will sacrifice money when it means doing the right thing. smaller examples include using Sunoco gas as, iirc, they are allegedly the only gas provider who actually follows the guidelines re: environmental impact

i also do art as my business! i create custom creature designs aka pokemon fusions. you can see them here if deviantArt lets you idk. Never includes AI designs (for fusion material), and I also try to host a free raffle every other month or so to give back to my wonderful patrons.

i thiiiink that's about it? if this gets enough traction i will definitely follow up with more merch designs (like car stickers and such), as well as provide proof of donations.

currently have a few variations in mind of the current stickers (slightly different sayings and such), but most likely won't be too far from this -much as i'd like to give mr. cheeto what's coming to him, I aim for all merch to be positive impact only - advocating for good rather than admonishing the bad.

the tongue-in-cheek use of the common catchphrase is as spicy as it'll get.

Also btw please feel free to hit No, i take absolutely no offense. Money is too scarce these days and I totally feel you if you absolutely would LOVE to buy something like this but really just cannot afford it

please feel free to share this with anyone you think would be interested! i'd love to hear back if there are interested non-plurkers

I am le broak and have put a moratorium on t-shirts for that reason but I would buy stickers

KabochaKitsune: solid, all of these will be available as stickers as well!

missnaya has been doing mass-order stickers, pinging them for advice/the company they go thru/ etc

This is a good idea, but please reconsider "all lives matter".

yeah I was trying to figure out how to word the same thing, bc "all lives matter" is encoded as an anti-BLM dogwhistle now, no matter what color patterns you put in it...

the only inclusive alts I can think of are v long like "intersectional lives matter," "disenfranchised," etc

maybe someone else has less brainfog/better word recall

damn. i knew about white lives matter but not about that, ty for letting me know!

i'll take that one off for now and if i can come up with or someone else can help me with coming up with a better one, lmk! i do like the "We are family" variations at least

I use vograce for printing my stickers! they are Chinese-based so now you'd have to check tariff news but thus far I've not had to pay tariffs on my stuff, they're good-quality and always come with a few extras at best and a ton at most for me LOL

over $60 worth of stickers gets you free shipping

for me, that was 510 2" stickers, which turned out to be 800+ after they arrived lksjdfklgd

so you can definitely get your money's worth and donate to charity while recouping losses!!

I like them because you don't have to get all the same design to get the bulk discounts, like you can order 100 stickers and get 5 of one design and 20 of another, whatever

oooo excellent that is good to know, ty!!

I'm glad to know about that phrase too

I was also struggling to word an objection to all lives matter because of how many times I'd seen it as a deliberate counter to BLM, so I'm glad that's been brought up!

I approve of coopting MAGA slogan and turning it into something good, though!

Yeah let's try to brainstorm for turning something they use into a positive

nodnods

i did consider "marginalized lives matter"

"Our Lives Matter"?

then the art doing the talking there

ooo yes that could be a good one

smol poll for tonight! these are pretty promising responses so far; ty all so much!!

i plan to, at least at launch (if it happens) to mark the prices down as much as i can to make it more affordable. it also means less donations initially but...!! i feel it's worth it to spread messages of warmth and support

lmao self. smol BUMP for tonight is what i was meaning! gotta stop thinking something different than what i'm writing, adhd brain

gives this another bump

<3!

ty all so much! i think this is definitely enough to move forward with. i have an idea for promoting it in other ways too!