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Lea || frenchpressplz

@frenchpressplz.bsky.social

Lea (pronounced LEE) ☆ 30+ ☆ queer scourge ☆ marketing, comics, art, design ☆ stan loona

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Lea || frenchpressplz@frenchpressplz.bsky.social · 4w ago

Due to the Things I Deal With, I decided to let myself splurge a bit and bought myself some manga I've been missing, including Immortal Rain Vol. 5-8! Omg the emotions just from flipping through those volumes 🥹 now I need 9-11, never released in English but available in other languages...

Cy Catwell@pixelatedlenses.bsky.social · 4w ago

I’m at a major crossroads: I have until 9/20 to fully secure my housing after an ongoing fight for unemployment and state support as a disabled person. And there’s a direct way that you can help have a tangible effect: you can help me keep my home.

Donate to Help Cy Stay Housed, organized by Elise Petersen

I'm raising funds for my friend Cy, who is facing housing insecurity after being unemployed and fal… Elise Petersen needs your support for Help Cy Stay Housed

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Lea || frenchpressplz@frenchpressplz.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey! In case anyone is still here: do you have any quick hot tips to help get someone back into art. I desperately want anything to look forward to. In terms of art, I want to have drawn, so I can then color the pictures in... But how do I make the art? How do I restart? Thank you for any tips.

Mossforatu@dinolich.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m gonna miss you a lot Tim Curry. Between Rocky Horror, Muppet Treasure Island, Clue and extensive voice work, you played such a huge part in shaping my love for camp, unconventional gender expression, animation and musical theater. I’m so grateful I got to live at the same time as you.

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Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · last mo.

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting. What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it. Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. No Contract? No Coffee.
Alyssa Weldon@alyssaweldon.bsky.social · last mo.

Andria and her husband suffered a terrible loss last night as their house burned down. They both made it out, but lost all of their things and three beloved cats in the fire. Please consider donating/sharing with others. Andria is such a kind person and amazing translator. gofund.me/b49a76f41

Donate to Help Andria and Nik Recover from House Fire, organized by Alyssa Weldon

Andria McKnight, a veteran translator, is facing a heartbreaking loss afte… Alyssa Weldon needs your support for Help Andria and Nik Recover from House Fire

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John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am 90% sure my career wouldn't have happened if a couple people hadn't retweeted one of my stories the exact minute they did. You work your hardest, but it's not in your hands. It breaks a lot of people.

Delilah S. Dawson@delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My biggest frustration with writing is that quite often, the SWOOP that takes a book from midlist to BIG DEAL is pure luck, and I personally can't do anything to make it happen. Publishing is not a meritocracy. It's skill + time + luck, and all you can do is be in position for possible liftoff.

sara linsley@sara.pizza · last mo.

This industry, these awards, these conventions would not exist without the underpaid freelancers working 80-hour weeks, and I have deep respect for Jan using her moment in the spotlight to call out the poor working conditions that her and her colleagues are subjected to

Banshee Lover's Rage@annlynzee.bsky.social · last mo.

Translator Jan Mitsuko Cash gets standing ovation after winning Best Translation and calling on the manga publishers to double their rates and describes the poor working conditions of translators that create their success.

Banshee Lover's Rage@annlynzee.bsky.social · last mo.

Translator Jan Mitsuko Cash gets standing ovation after winning Best Translation and calling on the manga publishers to double their rates and describes the poor working conditions of translators that create their success.