#pridingintheimpala

EDIT (JULY, 2025): WE DID IT! 🥳 THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DONATION AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW! 🌈

Fam! This year's Ride With Pride 🏳️‍🌈 campaign ends on June 30th at 11:59pm PDT (timezone check). That means you've only got like 38 hours left to get your hands on this exclusive, limited edition artwork by Supernatural fandom's beloved @quickreaver! 😱🤩😱

And the only place you can buy it (and other cool stuff) is through the @idlingintheimpalapodcast merch store, which is right here:

Want to see some of the real life goodies you could be getting your hands on? Then look no further (well, I mean, look a little further, because, you know, the pictures...they're...they're down...further...👇) just a tiny bit further:

(Thanks to @talltalesandbedtimestories herself for sharing all but that first photo, which is mine. Excellent modelling work, Sandra! 📸)

If you'd like more info on the campaign, including where the profits will go, check out this previous post, which also has links to Sandra and Kasey's official posts and media about the campaign. 💖

If you've already got your Ride With Pride 🏳️‍🌈 merch, that's awesome! I hope you love it as much as I love mine (the t-shirt is so soft, new fave). 🥰 Also, share using the tag #pridingintheimpala, maybe, please? I wanna see. 🥹

If you don't already have any, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GO GO GO! Time's almost up! ⌛😱

Either way, if you've got a couple of seconds to spare, I know K&S would be super grateful for a reblog to help spread the word in these final hours of the campaign. 🙏😁

Apart from that, it's been a heck of a month, peeps. Let's get loose!

Massive thank you to everyone that has ordered merch this week. We're so grateful & can't wait for you to get your swag!!

And for those of you that are still on the fence, can I tempt you in with the art?

Look at it tho. So bright & colourful & prettyyyyyyyyy!!! You should totally go to https://idlingintheimpala.com/en-gbp/collections/ride-with-pride-2025 and grab something!

Products are starting to ship now so it's a good time to ask you to share pics of your stuff with us when you get it. You can tag us in your post or use the tag #PridingInTheImpala so other people can find it.

Thank you again everyone. You're all the best <3

EDIT (JULY, 2025): WE DID IT! 🥳 THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DONATION AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW! 🌈

Y'all! There's only one week left of Pride Month this year! 🥳🏳️‍🌈💖 I hope you've had a chance, in whatever way was safe and meaningful for you, to celebrate what makes the LGBTQIA2S+ community so great, recognised what makes it so strong, remembered the challenges it has faced and overcome, and prepared for those that are still ahead.

One way we can all do that last bit is to support charities like @thetrevorproject, which supports queer youth in times of crisis. 🫶

Coincidentally (not coincidentally. 😄), it's the charity to which the @idlingintheimpalapodcast is donating 50% of the profits from their Priding In the Impala campaign. 🥳 The other 50% goes right back in to the running costs of the podcast (there are more than you might think).

This year's campaign design (the fabulous, rainbow-splashed artwork at the start of the post. 🌈) was brought to life by the incredibly talented and even more lovely @quickreaver. I was already a hopeless fangirl of hers from way back, so you can imagine how weak-kneed and starry-eyed I am about her now.

Soooo, do you want that exclusive, limited edition design on a t-shirt? A hoodie? A holographic sticker? What about a huge tote bag or a mug the size of your head (disclaimer: not the size of your head [unless your head is the size of a very large mug])? Maybe a notebook's more your speed, or a whole-ass flag? A desk mat and/or a mouse pad? Or maybe you just want to admire a print of that stunning artwork on your wall?

All of that and more, including the everyday Idling In the Impala merch line, is available through their store this Pride! But it's only there for one more week (until June 30th, 2025)! 😱😰

So click below to visit the website and look at all of the amazing items you can pick up! Don't delay! This is the only place you can get it and when it's gone, it's gone! 👇‼️👇

Want to see the goodies I got? OKAY!

As you can see, I got the Holo Sticker (Circle, 5.5"), Magnet, Color Mug (Black, not the biggest one because I'm a doofus and wasn't paying attention and got distracted by colours like a dumb bird or something), and Tee (Black). I did also get the Poster (Unframed, 12x12"), but it's still in its special box waiting for me to get a frame for it because I am executive dysfunction personified. 😌

I honestly didn't realise how fulfilling it would be to have physical items of fandom in my house and on my clothes to wear outside until I bought these items, and I've been going a bit nuts buying fan merch since then. Maybe you know the feeling, maybe you don't. If you don't, I strongly recommend it. Either way, come join the fun!

🏳️‍🌈 Ride With Pride in 2025 with Sandra @talltalesandbedtimestories and Kasey @sam-is-my-safe-word and the @idlingintheimpalapodcast! 🏳️‍🌈

Friends. FRIENDS. I require your attention. ‼️FRIENDS‼️ You require your attention on me. It's for your own good, trust me, because @idlingintheimpalapodcast just released an interview with FRICKEN @nyxocity, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. NYXOCITY.

NYXOCITYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

You may remember that name from, oh, only a treasure trove of fandom classics in the Wincest and J2 pairings. Think: Homework 'verse, Like Staring Into the Sun, Stranger Than Fiction, It's Not Living (If It's Not With You), Like a Fish Out of Water, Who Watches Over Me?, Beautiful Disaster, ugh, just so freaking many, peeps! We're talking formative fandom reading!

And the absolute best part? She's still writing! 🙏🤩 She's currently 43 chapters into her latest J2 epic, and she was kind enough to talk about that as well as her fandom and fanfiction history with K&S. Ohh, we're all in for a treat!

Listen: ❤️ YouTube 💚 Spotify (+ more)

Episode chapters at the official post if you'd like a preview of the goodies:

But wait, there's more!

Oh, yes. She also makes AN INCREDIBLE ANNOUNCEMENT that you do NOT want to miss if you're a fan of her J2 work, believe me. I nearly peed myself with excitement when I heard! [Reenactment below. 👇 ... Not...not of the peeing. The excitement. Sorry. Did I make it weird? My bad. I'M STILL EXCITED, OKAY? I CAN'T THINK.]

Psst! Hey! Did you miss the release of 🏳️‍🌈 PRIDING IN THE IMPALA 2025 🏳️‍🌈? Then check out the details 👇 and get your hands on some limited edition merch with exclusive artwork by @quickreaver, all while supporting a great cause! 🤩

Y'all! The @idlingintheimpalapodcast has an interview with one of my favourite fandom folks for you this week! 🥳 That's right, it's @jinkieswouldyoulookatthis!

It's no wonder this ep is a beefy one—Jackie always has something interesting to chat about or a great point to contribute to a discussion. I'm impressed K&S didn't have a whole new series on their hands! 🤭

Listen: ❤️ YouTube 💚 Spotify

Or check out the Tumblr post for episode chapters to browse all the good stuff you're in for:

I've chatted with Jackie a lot in the IITI and @wincestbookclub discords, but she never stops being a delight. Make sure you all check out her new project (along with co-conspirators @oh-whenyouloveit and TeacupUnicorn), the Wincest-focused rewatch podcast, The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean, which you can find here: @telsosadpod 🫶

(Weird about each other? Whatever do you mean... 😌)

Psst! Hey! Did you miss the release of 🏳️‍🌈 PRIDING IN THE IMPALA 2025 🏳️‍🌈? Go check out the beautiful new merch featuring exclusive, limited edition artwork by the mega-talented @quickreaver! Every purchase contributes to an important and worthy cause. More details here! 👇🤩

"Who hasn't jerked off while they're looking at themselves in a mirror?" — @sam-is-my-safe-word, May 6, 2025

And who doesn't love a good quote without context? I know Kasey does! 😌

Fortunately, you only need to have a listen to last week's @idlingintheimpalapodcast episode (I know, I know, I'm behind again) to get some of that delicious source. Sandra and Kasey have always got stories on the go, those mad writing fiends, and you can hear all about their recent, current, and upcoming fics, bangs, bingos, and quests by tuning in below. 👂

Listen: ❤️ YouTube 💚 Spotify (+ more)

And here's the official Tumblr post if you want to peep the episode chapters to see what's being chatted about:

Maybe it's because I'm also a fic author, but I really do love listening to other authors talk about their writing. And I'm probably biased because I get to stick my grubby little fingers all up in Kasey's docs as they're being written, and Sandra sometimes lets me poke at her punctuation before she posts something, but when you've been along for the ride as well, it's especially...well, special. I pretty much just sit like this the whole time I'm listening to the podcast:

Speaking of special, did you miss the release of 🏳️‍🌈 PRIDING IN THE IMPALA 2025 🏳️‍🌈? Then check out the details 👇 and get your hands on limited edition merch with exclusive artwork by @quickreaver while you still can! It's only around until June 30th and then it's gone for good!

Y'ALL! WE DID IT! WE BEAT THE FINAL BOSS AND WE SURVI— Wait, sorry, wrong storyline.

I mean @idlingintheimpalapodcast's 🏳️‍🌈 Priding In the Impala 2025 🏳️‍🌈 campaign is over! 🥳 Sales of merch featuring @quickreaver's beautiful artwork have been tallied, profits calculated, and the final numbers for the donation to @thetrevorproject are in!

Do you want to know how much?!

💰💵💲💯 💵💰

(That's $100 if the emojis miss you. Sorry. 🤭 Plus $3.68 to cover the transaction fee!)

You can see the literal receipts (and official thanks, etc.) over here on the IITI Tumblr post:

Whaaaat! A cool hundy! You absolute champs, I'm so proud of you all! 🤩🥳👏

It may not seem like a big number to some but it's not like this is a huge community with fancy media and marketing and deep bank accounts. We're just a little pocket of fans among a whole lot of other little pockets of fans (SPN: fandom cargo shorts? 🤔). The fact that some of you are enjoying your special items, AND a charity that helps young people going through a seriously rough time right now is getting a few extra bucks in its pocket makes me really happy. 🥰

While I don't technically work for the IITI podcast, Kasey and Sandra are two of my best friends, and supporting them is something I love to do. Whether that's financially (Ko-fi or merch, I mean, not, like, a sugar daddy thing. 😂) or simply by making these posts to help spread the word about the podcast and their cool shenanigans, it means so much to me when you all get on board and reblog and listen and maybe even subscribe and purchase as well if you're motivated.

So if you did any of those things during this year's Priding campaign, please accept my most sincere and emphatic thanks. 🫶🥹

And finally, remember:

PRIDE MONTH IS EVERY MONTH

PRIDE IS FOR EVERYONE

THERE'S NO LGB WITHOUT THE T

MORE PRIDE, LESS PREJUDICE

THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT

ALWAYS KEEP FIGHTING

By which I mean the gang at the @idlingintheimpalapodcast did an episode ranking their favourite one-off characters! Get it? One-night stands...

(Jokes are funnier when you have to explain them, right? That's how that works? Okay, cool, thought so.)

(Yeesh, tough crowd.)

Listen: ❤️ YouTube 💚 Spotify

And, of course, the episode chapters are on the Tumblr post if you want to see what's going down in the episode and where:

Sooo. You know what I'm going to ask. Who's your fave one-off? I don't think I can answer this question fairly, since I haven't finished the series. 🤔 If I had to answer it up to now, though...Jesse and Cesar from 11x19 The Chitters (they count as one, okay!)? The cat from 8x08 Hunter Heroici (I'm a cat person, sorry not sorry)? Sarge from 13x06 Tombstone (BAMF 👏)? Umm... Nope. Can't pick one.

Okay, I get why K&S do ranking and don't just pick faves now...

Hey, by the way! If you missed it, IITI launched their stunning 🏳️‍🌈PRIDING IN THE IMPALA🏳️‍🌈 merch line last month, featuring incredible artwork by the one and only @quickreaver! 🙌😍 By making a purchase, you can support a charity doing vital work for LGBTQIA+ young people, as well as contributing to the ongoing costs of the podcast! Check out my post about it for more deets (sorry, too many off-site links are a bugger on visibility. 🙏):