Thank You!!
"I would like to thank the judges for picking me, my parents who I love, I love you Houston" - Beyoncé - me
This is just a short email to say thank you so much to all of my subscribers and an extra special thank you to my paid subscribers. I’ve been working on this newsletter for a really long time, some of the pieces were researched and written when I was still doing my master’s degree. My first two longreads on STEM took months of sitting in coffee shops, in the park, in my bed, at my kitchen table, and anywhere else I could sit with my laptop and an internet connection. I want to make sure I’ve done my research and chosen thoughtful words so you know you can trust what you’re reading from me.
After I left uni, Microsoft Word stopped working. So, I used my work email to get access again. After I left that job, my access stopped working again. After searching Google high and low (I’m not that tech savvy there’s probably somewhere I missed) I couldn’t find a loophole. I had to pay for Microsoft Word. Which is outrageous because I’ve been using it for free my whole life!!! Word is like an essential service. I haven’t written a single essay or assignment in my entire academic career without it. What’s next, paying for water? Paying for air?????
I’ve tried using Google Docs. It sucks!!! There’s a lag for some reason and you always need internet to connect to it. I can’t search in the document for synonyms when I’ve used one word too many times, and I can’t get it to read my essays back to me, which I need! I’m bad at proofreading. I’d venture a guess that 95% of my essays in high school and uni have typos in them. Doesn’t matter how many times I’ve read and re-read; I always miss something! There is probably a typo in here 😘
All of that is to say I used the funds from the Tangie Dreamz’s paid memberships to pay $70 for Microsoft Office so I can keep my writing and my sanity. So, I really deeply appreciate anyone who’s put faith and trust in me to invest in this newsletter.
If you’ve subscribed and can’t afford or aren’t interested in a paid membership right now, that’s okay! I’m just glad you’re here. Lookout for future membership sales! I’m actually running my Festivus Special right now, click here for 50% off for a year 🍊.
Lastly, I’ll be running two fundraisers next year where 100% of the proceeds will be going to two places.
The first fundraiser will be from January through February. 50% of the funds will go to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute and the other 50% will go to the Transgender Law Center.
The second fundraiser will be from March through April. 50% of the funds will go to The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the other 50% will go to the American Near East Refugee Aid Organization. I’ll be sending out reminders before I start the fundraisers so you’ll know when they start up.
If you ever have any questions about where your paid subscription funds are going or about anything else on this newsletter, please don’t hesitate to send me a message or email me at stargirl112.1997@gmail.com (I do not have business email yet lol).