For a while now, I’ve been meaning to make some merch using different pride flag colors. It seemed fitting for the first design to be the bisexual pride flag colors, blue, purple, and pink, since I’m bisexual and the friend who requested this design is also bisexual. I made a version with the words “Not Just a Phase” to honor the specific scrutiny bisexual folks face about their sexuality, but I also made a version …Read More
Patreon Bonus Content: Insights on New Sections in My Poetry Book
My upcoming poetry book, “Pet”, on abuse and trauma, has gone through many drafts and iterations over the years. During the most recent round of revisions, knowing that we planned on publishing the book independently, we made some additions that…
Patreon Bonus Content: Sketching the Birdcage for My Poetry Book
Before beginning to draw, I rounded up reference images of birdcages I found…
Patreon Bonus Content: Designing the Background Art of My Poetry Book
When I was looking at other people’s poetry book covers, I noticed I really liked the ones that had simple, abstract, and textured backgrounds. This is the kind of art that…
Patreon Bonus Content: Choosing the Color Palettes for My Poetry Book Cover
In the past, we always figured we’d hire someone to do the artwork for the cover of our book but when we decided to self-publish, we realized that we actually have enough skill to do a decent job ourselves!
The book is called “Pet: poetry on abuse and recovery” and it didn’t take very long to decide on the appropriate image…
It’s Time to Learn About Anti-Asian Hate
CN: extensive discussion of institutionally sanctioned violence and discrimination against Asians-Americans as well as other races; Discussion of mass shootings, white supremacy, the intersection of racism and sexism, the pandemic, the 45 administration, and sexual harassment; Mention of genocide. In March of 2021, eight people were killed in a shooting that targeted spas and massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia. Six of those people were Asian women. The shooter later said that he wanted to “eliminate …Read More
Patreon Bonus Content: The Story Behind My Poetry Book on Abuse & Recovery
Between 2009 and 2013, I wrote dozens of poems that would later become part of a book on abuse and trauma recovery…
Some Changes Here at Yopp
Hi friends! A few things have changed in the last month and I wanted to tell you all about them! New Patreon Integration As of now, patreon bonus posts will also be posted on my blog as well as on the patreon website! The content is only visible to patrons, and non-patrons will be directed to sign up to be one. You may be prompted to sign into patreon if you aren’t already, but you’ll …Read More
Young Hot & Full of Moderate to Severe Joint Pain: New Merch!
Some of you may be familiar with the game Cards Against Humanity. While it has its problems, this amazing card combo made the rounds in the chronic illness communities on social media. Every time I saw it, I felt like it described my life so perfectly, like it was way more than just a meme. So it went on my list of ideas to turn into merch and now that idea is a reality! You …Read More
Who Am I Today? How My DID System and I Figure Out Who Is Fronting
CN: Extensive discussion of plurality, dissociative disorders, and identity disruption, brief discussion of some of the distressing symptoms of dissociative disorders Most mornings, my boyfriend will greet me with a hug and say, “Who are you today?” This is a more complicated question for me than it is for most people. I was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder in August of 2020, a mental health condition that means my identity is split up into a …Read More