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It's 2025, and we're sadder than ever!

Maybe it's time for a Sad Bastard Cookbook sequel? Maybe a spin-off for parents of small children? Maybe both?

I'm new here. What's a Sad Bastard Cookbook?

Glad you asked! We wrote a cookbook full of judgement-free recipes you can make when you're suffering from mental illness, physical disability, poverty, or anything else late-stage capitalism throws up that makes basic self-care feel impossible. Some of the recipes were our own, some we collected from the community.

The ebook is free--you can download a copy here if you wanna check it out.

I'm a community! Or at least, a Person! Can I contribute my recipe for survival food?

YES PLEASE.

If you have a survival recipe that you make for yourself, or to feed a baby, toddler, or small child, please share that recipe here.

I’m a fan of the original Sad Bastard Cookbook—when will the new ones be here?

Fashionably late (just like the best), the thrilling conclusion to my former-presentation, current-blogpost series "Rebuilding Community on the FujoWeb". Read it on my blog, or follow along below 👇

After talking about the downward spiral of "community-led" projects for the greater good and the power dynamics that make leading them a recipe for burnout, this part looks forward to the future: where do we go from here?

The complexity of working—and being!—together is inescapable. The web of relationships grows, relentless, with every new person you add. What burns out those who care most is not the work: it's the complexity of human relationships, and the challenge of managing them at scale.

I have given a whole new presentation this year about the work we must do on ourselves to "get out of our own way and go kick ass". But as we do the hard work to get there, there's one thing we must not forget: we're not alone.

Throughout the years I've been working on the fandom side, I've met so many others tackling other slices of this problem: groups teaching to build horizontal organizations, groups offering legal advice, as well as those building open technologies & protocols to bring us together.

If we want to make change, true change, we must not just figure out how to work as a community—we must work as communitiES, each solving the problem that matters to them, with the unique skills they bring to the table. And share knowledge with each other.

On my side, I've been working tirelessly to create organizations that involve "everyday fans" in horizontal governance, teaching the skills they need to bring forth a better future. If I convinced you of the importance of this work, help us keep going!

I have so much to say, but I have to go do the work. So much work—relentless, inescapable, sometimes heartbreaking. The hard truth is if you care, really care, then you must do what you can:

As I told myself when I started (👇), if you don't, who will?

And with this, thank you all! Help us by sharing this thread, and...have I mentioned we have a Patreon? We have all kinds of tiers—including new ones!—from $3 to $100. With your help we can hire (and upskill) those who can TRULY make our web awesome.

I can’t reveal the URL yet but… I’ve created a fully working system that matches groups of people together in seamless Sisterhood of the Travelling Journal groups! It’s a free app with the option to donate and it’s going to be open to the public soon (within a month or so)!

I am really, really excited to share all of this with you - I know that the journaling community will rally behind this idea because its community based, it’s not for profit and it’s run on good faith ❤️

If you’d like more information please let me know!

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