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if you want some poorly-filmed but heavily-felt joy. here’s a few minutes of the sinterklaas parade in rhinebeck, NY, last night 💫🎉🎪🌈

Posted by @amandapalmer on Dec 4, 2022 09:54AM

WE’RE HAVING A MERCH CONTEST!!! In case you missed it, both the AFP and Dolls stores are both having HUGE SALES right now, since we have tons of leftover stuff from the past few years and we are drowning in merch - AND WE WANT YOU TO SHOW US YER MERCH to help get the word out about the sale. Merch Old! Merch New! Merch Worn! Merch Torn! So: take a creative photo of your merch (really, impress us. Use your goldfish. Use your local mountains. Use your brains!) post it with the hashtag #DrowningInMerch and we’ll pick the best 3 to win a $100 gift-card. The links to the stores are in my stories, so if you haven’t got on it yet, GO WILD. Your photo can be ANYTHING AT ALL - silly, sexy, a simple mirror portrait with a poignant story. REALLY ANYTHING GOES. The more real the better :) If you wanna be super extra helpful for us, include a link to one of the stores too, so other people can find it!!! We’ll run the competition for ONE WEEK ONLY, so NEXT THURSDAY DECEMBER 8TH we’ll pick out 3 winners across facebook, twitter, and instagram. You can choose your $100 gift-card for either the AFP or Dolls store, in any of the territories (UK, US, Aus, NZ), and the gift card will be valid for 1 year. (By posting in the hashtag, we may share your pictures across social media, so don’t enter if you are not comfortable with that!)

Posted by @amandapalmer on Dec 2, 2022 07:54PM

Currently Resonating “Leap of Faith” by nikimcqueenart.

Posted by @amandapalmer on Nov 30, 2022 12:44PM

Storytime, and a serious ask of the community: please help Fridoon, an Afghan refugee and filmmaker I've met and worked with. In the course of my career, I believe I have probably been asked to share over 5,000+ crowdfunding projects, art, medical, housing, albums, you name it....this is the dark side of being The Queen of Asking. Occasionally a crowdfunding project arises that is close to my heart, and I bring it to the community and make a Big Ask. This is one of those times. Fridoon - who I've worked with - is trying to raise €10,000 to complete his film studies, and his voice in this world as an artist is important. He's already put out a few incredible short films about the being a refugee in brutal conditions, including a short film about two LGBTQ+ refugees in Athens. In 2018, his film "Moria 35" was honored by Borderline-Europe and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. He's the Real Deal. He's just....amazing. I met Fridoon when I was in Greece, on the island of Lezvos, right after Ash was born. I was doing some work at the refugee camps there with a Dutch non-profit called Because We Carry and Fridoon was introduced to me by Cookie - a friend from the UK. Fridoon was living at that time in the infamous Moria camp on Lesvos. The conditions were appalling. While I was there on the island, getting to understand the refugee situation (and god was it complicated), Fridoon grabbed a camera and some friends of his, and we worked together to take some footage. With the help of my patreon, hopefully we'll finish it up someday. BUT. Doing this art-work on Lesvos, against the landscape of new motherhood, baby Ash, the incoming boats and What's App groups around them, the people, the water, the deaths, the cutthroat and angry struggle between the locals, the local non-profits and the big charities, Fridoon's long and painful horror story about how he made it to Greece - he was one of the lucky ones - it was all life-changing for me. It peeled my eyes open-er. This is a moment when this whole community can get together and help one single artist. Please reach into your pockets - even $5 would mean a lot, symbolically, if you can. Link to donate is in stories.

Posted by @amandapalmer on Nov 29, 2022 05:25PM

OH MY GOD !! We watched “Nightmare Before Christmas” (amazing!), we watched “Amadeus” (also amazing)…now it’s the SEASON and my bid to entertain my child and friends and neighbors and support my local indie cinema at the same time continues!!! SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 @ 4pm, at the tinkerstreetcinema….come watch “Home Alone” with us. I didn’t see this film until recently. Ash saw it, age 5, and basically modeled his existence after it (and his hero, Kevin). I had always assumed it was a stupid movie, because I am stupid. Now I literally get choked up more and more every time I watch this this sucker. The church scene with Old Man Marley especially. I may mull cider!! I MAY SPIKE your cider if you slip me a dollar. Come!!! $10/$6 for kids. Come cry with me. And give me a hug. This time of year is hard and we need all the little morsels of joy we can get. 🎉🎄♥️ticket link in stories.

Posted by @amandapalmer on Nov 28, 2022 07:07PM

Posted by @amandapalmer on Nov 26, 2022 05:27PM