So I see you all are exhausted by streaming services effectively recreating cable. I see you’re all tired of ads. Pirating is a great alternative, but I have another fantastic option for you all!
I live in Seattle. And in Seattle we have America’s largest physical media store, Scarecrow Video. They are a non-profit that has pretty much any film or tv show you can imagine. Like, everything. So much so that one of our local cinemas does a program with them called “Unstreamable” where they show a film from Scarecrow’a archive that you can’t access anywhere online. It’s a bit overwhelming to go to their store, which is two levels of every program under the sun.
ANYWAY, I bring this up because they recently started a Rent-by-Mail program. It’s pretty similar to what Netflix used to do. You can rent up to six titles (barring their super rare stuff and pornos) and they will ship it to you, then you return it in the included pre-paid envelope.
Why does this rock? Sure, you still have to pay money, BUT you are supporting a non-profit that is dedicated to preserving media instead of some corporation looking for endless profit. They can also expand your palette with their vast selection. And if you have a favorite piece of media, you never have to worry about it disappearing! All their stuff is there in perpetuity.
So this is all to say, now that Scarecrow has expanded their reach beyond the Greater Seattle Area, I implore you to check them out. If you don’t want to rent right now, the could always use donations to keep them afloat.
You can check out their catalogue HERE!
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The Amazon Rainforest is under a massive threat. I know you've heard this a million times, but this is different. There is a piece of legislation that will decimate the rights of Indigenous people of Brazil, who have been protecting the rainforest. It's unfathomably bad. It has majority support. And they're voting tomorrow. As reported here, the Bill allows "the Brazilian government to find energy resources, set up military bases, develop strategic roads, and implement commercial agriculture on protected Indigenous tribal lands, without any prior discussion with the affected peoples."
The thing you can do—and I know this sounds overly simple—is sign this petition—and tell your friends to do the same: SIGN HERE.
As reported here, the Bill allows "the Brazilian government to find energy resources, set up military bases, develop strategic roads, and implement commercial agriculture on protected Indigenous tribal lands, without any prior discussion with the affected peoples."
Again, this bill has majority support. You may be wondering, why will a petition signed by people who don't live in Brazil make any difference? Because it will give those opposing it political air cover. It will show the world is with them.
But we need a LOT of signatures.
Please do this simple act and spread the word.
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Because activism is more than BLM in your bios and black posts on your instagrams, here is a list of Black people and Black owned businesses’ to support. I’m doing some research as best as I can, so if I I do add someone on my list who has said/been bigoted in the past and hasn’t made any changes to be better, let me know so I can edit the post!!
MacDoesIt: Queer comedian with GREAT content of all different types.
https://www.youtube.com/user/MachaizelliDoesIt
JayYoung’s ASMR: Great ASMR youtuber with lots of variety
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB0HnS2Ksu9bdK3w9KME-lg
Swan Creates: Not that well known Black artist who uses a variety of different mediums and makes amazing art!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpemq_ZLdX4ml0EOMZ1WrWw
Hotea: Another small yet amazing Black artist on youtube with AMAZING art. I absolutely love her art style and her Tea Time series is amazing. She has really nice short videos if you just want to watch something real quick, and her voice is so relaxing.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHyL9pJnIl4aVCtW0PxaIAQ
EllieMayClay: Artist who makes all sorts of earrings out of clay! Studs and dangles, with cute different aesthetics and all sorts of colors!!!(Plus, every item has free shipping!)
https://www.etsy.com/shop/EllieMayClay?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=827799061§ion_id=32120828
MuddyIndigo: Spiritual jewlery made with crystals and/or resin
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MuddyIndigo?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=839413320
BlackEpiphany619: Black owned clothing store with a wide variety of options with sizes S-2X. They have hoodies, leggings, dresses, crop tops, and many different kinds of t-shirts! Many of these clothes are meant to be worn by black people, so please keep that in mind when shopping! (Or buy them for your friend instead!) But definitely give this shop a follow!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackEpiphany619?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=947294085
UniquelyBathCo: a lovely shop filled to the brim with different bath items like soaps and scrubs! A variety of scents too!!! They have and Etsy store and their own shop!! (Please note that would probably prefer to make sales through their own website, but they only offer GooglePay and ShopPay
InkandCottonShop: Another Black owned clothing store with tons of options! This store has some more options for non-black people to wear, along with sizing running from S-3X (the sizes are also in different categories, like Hoodie, Sweatshirt, Adult shirt, Ladies, Gents, etc) There are also different color options for certain items!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/InkandCottonShop?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=986961518
This is just a small taste of the tons of black creators out there that you can follow and support!! Please add anyone that I didn’t mentions that you feel needs to be mentioned!! Activism is going far beyond just saying we support Black people and the Black community, now we actually have to show support to them.
Hey! If anyone has a couple extra bucks/ a love for old animation please check out this awesome project I’m working on with some cool people!
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