Romancing the Vote is back and officially live!
This is recurring fundraiser supported by authors, crafters, artists, and more.
This year, proceeds will go to Vote Riders and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
They’ve also partnered with Rainbow Broomfield so this year’s auction is going to be extremely powerful.
There are consults, crafts, books, limited editions – it’s going to be intense.
This year, Sarah has donated a cross stitch and RTRW Guest host spot. We previously offered up a guest host spot, which was won by frequent commenter FashionablyEvil. We had a blast!
Sarah was also part of a group annotation of Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This edition has a trove of marginalia mayhem from Rose Lerner, Lish McBride, Sarah Wendell, Alexandra Vasti, Emma Barry, Candy Tan, and Olivia Waite, who organized the annotation.
Note from Sarah: This special edition of this book has one of the most romantic illustrations in the end papers and I could not stop looking at it.
The goal for the auction is $50,000.00, but by 10am they’ve already raised $14,042!
The auction will end July 5th, so keep that in mind when watching items.
Another note from Sarah: Y’all, there is a My Lady Jane behind the scenes photo book from the personal collection of showrunner Gemma Burgess. I loved that show!
And you can join a zoom with Courtney Milan telling you why Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby. Or buy a bottled fuck to give.
Do you see anything you want to bid on?
Yay, it’s that time of year again!
@Amanda, at 10:00 a.m. $14,042 raised and by 3:10 p.m. $76,006. That’s impressive.
Got my eye on a couple things, but I’m not telling. Someone might decide they want it too, and I can’t be in a bidding war with another member of the Bitchery.
Oh, I know that signed copy of “Heated Rivalry” is going to go big. I’ll just make grabby hands at the computer screen. LOL
I’ve already bid on an item.
The little dragon horde quilt. 😍
I love the Buy It Now options because I can find great items and not worry about bidding wars.
Are all the USians here registered to vote? If no, do it now, if yes, check your status with your local election official. States do purges of the rolls.
Once registered, make a plan to ensure that you cast a valid ballot, in person or by mail. Trump’s plan to rig the midterms is going badly at present, but keep an eye on the news to see if you need to revise your voting plan. Once you’ve done all that for yourself, help others to do it.
And Romancing the Vote is a great initiative.
The amount of talent and creativity and hard work is mind boggling! Go, Team Democracy!
The lamp from Courtney Milan looks quite yoni-ish and I am so here for it.
Almost to $175,000 with less than 18 hours to go!