Monthly Reminder (Al Gore Rhythm dodging version on ig because otherwise no one sees it there, but here we can actually use the damn words).

So, if you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the terrible news, the SINGLE BEST WAY TO FEEL BETTER is to take action. Not scroll. Not watch another video on instagram or tiktok, not listen to a podcast. Actually Take A Concrete Action.

I want you to learn a little more, do a little more, or help a little more. Or all three if you can!

• To learn a little more, read the zine How To Do It Anyway: A Guide to Self-Managing An Abortion At Home by Hazel Acacia and Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Download it, save it, read it. Print it if you can and keep it with the abortion pills that should already be in your medicine cabinet. Maybe print an extra copy or two and share them around.
• To do a little more, go order a bunch of free ‘need to be un-pregnant?’ stickers from Plan C Pills, keep them in your purse or pocket, put one on every bathroom door and every bathroom mirror you encounter, and ask if you can leave a stack of them by the check out in your favorite cool bookshop or bakery or coffee shop or library. Spread the word, be a vandal.
• To help a little more, if you can afford it, find your local abortion support fund (nnaf.org will help you find your local fund) and send them or Aid Access a regular donation every month. Even if it’s just five bucks, it helps!

Or find something of your own to do! It doesn’t have to be what I said here. But just find SOMETHING (scrolling on your phone doesn’t count) that you can actually do, and spend fifteen minutes actually doing. Then tell me about it.

I desperately want to hear about Actual Things You Actually Did!

• Did you call your reps and demand they protect our bodily autonomy?
• Did you go to your school board meeting and speak up for good sex ed curriculum?
• Did you sneak plan c stickers into all the health text books in your school?
• Did you pick up an extra package of emergency contraception the last time you were at the pharmacy?
• Did you stock up on abortion pills and let your friends know you have them if anyone needs them?

Tell me what you’re doing! Because DOING THINGS IS HOW YOU FEEL BETTER, and we all want to feel better!