Shel For The Public @shel@cybre.space

ok new #introductions

i'm shel i'm 24, non-binary/de facto a trans woman. i'm a "significant figure in mastodon history" and former big deal dev. i appreciate marx and do DSA/Refoundation stuff. i write poetry. i'm a queer shitposting furry. i'm working full-time while doing grad school for library science on the side. I made http://sailingroughwaters.com which is a mental health resource targeting marginalization/microaggression-induced stress. find my shit at https://datapup.info also twitter is @datapup_@twitter.com

#introductions addendum: also check out me and @masklayer's band https://fuckcore.bandcamp.com

Not everything you see is directed at you personally

NEW PATREON POST

"Behind the Scenes: Structuring (E)stranged Earth + Cover"

https://www.patreon.com/posts/behind-scenes-e-29722237

New patron-only poem is up! (With audio recording!)

"Emma" is about living a long time, seeing a lot, wondering, and knowing what you can and need to do. It is from the perspective an inspiring martyr

https://www.patreon.com/posts/emma-29435282

Hi!! I just posted audio recordings to Patron of every poem I've published to Patreon so far. Patrons can now use their podcast app to subscribe to a feed of my recorded poems!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/29436919

NEW EARLY-ACCESS POEM FOR PATRONS: "Why, Yes, We Must Go On" A poem for all the pessimists and the hopeless helpless-feeling people looking for a future https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-yes-we-must-29098192

We did it!! My poetry patreon has hit a new milestone and so patrons are going to start getting early access to poems from my forthcoming chapbook on alienated labor! As well as audio editions of all poems published on patreon

Read more here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/milestone-more-29021089

Y'all I'm at $99/month of my $100/month Patreon Goal. If someone new pledges any amount then patrons will, in addition to the patron exclusive poems, get early access to poems from my forthcoming chapbook on alienated labor; and all poems will have audio

Https://patreon.com/shelraphen

Right now I'm earning ~$80/month in patreon and when I get to $100/month I'm going to start doing early access for patrons to poems from my forthcoming chapbook

https://patreon.com/shelraphen

Tentative title of a long prose poem I just wrote for my forthcoming chapbook. It's about a speedrunner who works writing stock trading algorithms. It's also about ritually summoning Mario with blood.

Anyway fund my chapbook at https://patreon.com/shelraphen

This month's patron-exclusive poem is up for patrons at the $5 level and up. This month's poem is titled "Paradise City (In the Midst of the River)" and it's a historical poem about the Connecticut River Valley.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/28113724

New Patreon Post: "1st Round of Chapbooks Mailed Out To Patrons + Minor Tier Adjustment " tl;dr made it cheaper for people to get chapbooks outside US https://www.patreon.com/posts/1st-round-of-out-28573548?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare

ATTN WESTERN MASS PEOPLE: Just heard from verified sources that three black ICE SUVs with armed ICE agents have been spotted on Rt. 9 in Hadley heading toward Amherst. If you see them, film them and call the SiS hotline (if you don't have it already, DM me)

New Patreon post about my process for deciding how to cut and bind my print chapbooks

https://www.patreon.com/posts/28408679