I have been selling my digital art through Redbubble’s print-on-demand platform since 2020. It started out as a way to create fun designs related to the topics of this blog and blossomed into a much larger form of self-expression of multiple types and subjects of art. At our height, we had 199 designs listed on Redbubble. While this store was never a big money earner for us, we had gotten to the point where we were …Read More
Tag: capitalism
How to Care for Your Mind and Body When You’re in a Pandemic Hellscape
CN: general (but light-hearted) discussion of pandemic, cancer mention, Spoilers for Downton Abbey Making content in our new world can be challenging seeing as we haven’t experienced it long enough to know what people most want to hear or what kind of content they’ll respond to. I have always enjoyed Liz Winship’s specific style of humor, as was brilliantly showcased in her previous articles on Yopp, but in today’s guest post, Liz’s amazing mixture of …Read More
Coping with Covid: Learning to Find Comfort Amidst the Unknown
CN: Extensive discussion of the mental and financial impact of Covid19, mention of existing oppressive systems. I tend to have a pretty hard time during a national or global crisis. My primary method of deprogramming my anxiety that has been my baseline for as long as I can remember has been teaching myself that the external causes of that perpetual state of fear are long gone and I’m safe now. When something happens that genuinely …Read More
What Is Afforded to You
CN: chronic illness, police brutality, racism, mental illness, medical neglect, forced stay at mental institution. Note: This blog post heavily references a specific article that goes into far more detail of the above topics than this one does, in addition to a number of other heavy topics such as sexual assault, addiction, and domestic abuse. The article referenced does not include a content note. Three or four years ago, I somehow came across an article …Read More
Financial Advice for People Who Hate Capitalism
Alternate title: How to use money wisely when you despise capitalism because your last meal was some dandelion greens you picked and some cold cuts you brought home from a wedding reception. I loved Elizabeth’s ability to discuss serious topics with biting humor and compassion in her previous guest post so much that she wrote me another! This one had me nodding along in agreement and saying YES THAT out loud through the whole piece. …Read More
Wealth with Virtue: All That You Wish to Win
Today’s guest post is part two of Violet Carson’s “Wealth with Virtue” series about the process of converting capitalism into business practices that fit their identity, life structure, and ethics. You can read the first post of the series here on Yopp and you can read further posts on their blog Lunisolarpunk Witch. ]having encountered ]wants ]to accomplish the plan ]I call out ]to the heart at once ]all that you wish to win ]to …Read More
Wealth with Virtue: the Height of Happiness
Today’s guest post is pretty unlike anything I’ve published before, but it really indulges my love for literature, for looking at the historical context of social issues, and for re-examining old concepts in a new light. I think you’re going to enjoy it. I’ll let Violet introduce themselves. CN: discussion of him as stole the US Presidency; mention in passing of r*pe wealth without virtue is no harmless neighbor but a mixture of both attains …Read More