redinkpress

disabled, queer, small press artist and writer looking to make a difference. —> shop link www.redinkpress.bigcartel.com

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Would you also be able to make medication boxes with fun but functional labels? Like ones labelled "migraines" but in your usual fun writing? :)

this is something id definitely be able to do!im going to try setting up commissions on my kofi page so people can ask for more personalization on these sorts of items

[sadhoc]

the thing about ME/CFS is that the limitations are negotiable -- until suddenly they aren't.

sure you'll crash if you accept that invitation to the beach, but you *can* go. you *can* put together a bag with towels and your swim trunks and snacks, ride in the car, and sit on the beach in the sun for three hours and chat with your friends and splash in the water a little. but then you spend the next week in bed in agony feeling like you're dying, feverish and shakey and nauseous and unable to sit up.

and the next time, you really can't go to the beach. just putting the towel and swim trunks in the bag makes you shake and black out from fatigue. you don't make it out the door the next morning, because packing the night before means spending the day in bed and your SpO2 is in the low 90s, and anything more than water makes you puke.

but hey you can still do stuff at home! you can take a shower and dress yourself, even if it makes you feel like you have the flu for the rest of the day. so you do, even though you have to get right back into bed afterwards. but you're doing it! you're doing self care! and slowly the full shampoo bottle becomes too heavy to lift, so you stop washing your hair. and you start cheating at getting dressed: just changing your shirt and not bothering with the pants. and you still have to lie down afterwards. and then there comes a day where getting out of bed is too much.

so yeah. maybe the limits are negotiable, in the short term. and in the short term, you might not have much of a choice. but in the long term, pushing those boundaries makes pushing through more and more impossible

[sadhoc]

this specifically is why rhetoric around "it's only a real disability if it's non negotiable" irks me. if you treat ME/CFS's negotiable limitations as somehow fake or don't respect them, you're going to wind up much much sicker

[redinkpress]

now available as a print in my shop for £3!!

link in bio if you want to see more of my work or want to buy any of my disability-related products

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two gouache painting i did today!

the first will become an art print and the second will be availble as a print and a sticker in a few days time!

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update on the summer edition of the spoonie supplement!

we have started working on it but we are still looking for a charity highlight and a creator highlight. so... if you have a chronic illness charity you want to see spoken about, or a creator you want to see uplifted, let us know!!

i expect the magazine to be finished mid to end of june but i'll obviously keep you all posted.

if you want to purchase the spring edition while it's still available, check out my Ko-Fi (see previous posts) or my website (link in bio)

thank you all so much for all your support. it really helps, even just the reblogs get my work out to a wider audience and it means everything to me.

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wanted to give you guys some more info on our ko-fi subscriptions

theyre mostly based around my chronic illnesses magazine, the spoonie supplement, and are geared towards disabled people in the sense that a lot of the goodies/zines/extras will be disability based products like the other stuff you see on my page.

so.. if theres a spoonie you love, this subscription might be good for them.

we have three tiers to accomodate a wider budget and audience

the link for my ko-fi is below if you want to sign up.

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first copies of my FND zine about my journey with fnd have been made!!! its a 16 page zibe and its available at my shop

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just finished this collage style zine about my journey with FND leading up to my diagnosis. it'll be up on my shop later today (after i've made the first few copies) for £5, with £1 from every zine sold going towards the charity FND action. hope you all appreciete this first look.

also reminding you guys that I now have a ko-fi page for anyone who wishes to support my work or wants to sign up for subscription goodies every month!

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How reliable would you say the platform you use to sell your stuff is?

Just asking as I'm a disabled uni student in the UK and I'm planning on selling bead jewellery (mainly bracelets and keyrings as that's what I already make for myself and my friends) online as a way to get a little extra income (even if it's only a fiver every couple of months or something) while I'm there (that's if it doesn't mess up loans and stuff. I'll check first) as I don't think I can do a part time job and uni at the same time and maintenance loan won't cover everything.

If this is too weird of a question, feel free not to answer. Anyway, have a good day :)

i use bigcartel for my website set up with stripe payments. all in all theyre both very reliable, and ive never had any problems with invoicing someone or making a refund. its pretty simple to set up and bigcartel uses a tiered system so you can start for free and then depending on how much youre willing to pay a month you can upgrade and get mire features. ive used both the free version and the £11 a month version and both have been easy and had great customer service if you need it.

hope this helps!

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Ko-Fi and mutual aid update

wanted to let you all know that I'm now offically on Ko-Fi with subscription tiers available to recieve chronic illness zines and/or care package. I also have the ol' regular tip options.

i decided to make this move because as a disabled person who cannot commit to regular, full-time or part-time work, my income is drastically reduced and I struggle to keep myself fed at times, so giving people safe options to support me financially is really important.

I'm also estranged from both my parents due to prolonged abuse which really limits my options and I'm currently trying to build up emergency savings, and savings so I'll be able to move to a safer area.

i hate having to ask for aid/support but here goes:

if you are able to support i'll put the ko-fi link below:

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if you can't support but would like to buy some of my work here is my shop link- I make stickers, zines, pin badges, and various chronic illness tools as well as merch

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and if you can't support this way i'd love a reblog, or check me out on any of my other socials if you like my work:

tiktok: @redinkpress

insta: @redinkpresszines

and if you're still reading then thank you very much for your time.

it means everything to me.

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lots of my zines are now available for US shipping! i’ve been super tentative to do this because tarriffs have been high and shipping rated are always difficult when you’re sending things halfway around the world but we persist!!

hopefully this means those of you that have seen my zines but not been able to purchase them can do so now!!

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new zine about disability policies and political action!!

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more orders ive packed recently!

genuinely cannot express enough how grateful i am for you guys and the support thats been given to my business. especially as making orders has been made so much more difficult with a broken wrist on top of my usually nonfunctional body.

i cant hold a traditional job due to the variability in my conditions and disabilities, so this is my only form of income. all the support you guys give stops me from falling into deeper poverty so it really means the world to me.

[starlitparadox]

active stand test is a torture method it's been four hours and i still feel like ass oh my god <- needed to get some data for my cardiologist

[oleandrsstudio]

This week’s #zine #review is “Guide to DVD-R Preservation” by Jackie Forsyth for Teaching Archiving Preserving Exhibiting analog media!

I try to be a person who's good at letting things go. If I'm honest, part of it is because I don't like to think about the troubles of preservation. Tech marches on; does anyone really have the power to save anything?

This zine says yes. TAPE gives information on how to bring data from one medium to another. The info is presented in a simple, easy-to-read format, which I appreciated. It felt good to have this knowledge presented to me, so I'm glad I read it.

#minizine #infozine #howtozine

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new zine on disability justice and ableism.. link in bio if you want a copy for yourself

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new stickers that i released for my shop