Hey all!
With Thanksgiving almost upon us I am taking a mini-break from the daily grind of this newsletter, and I wanted to use that use this moment to reflect on the past two months (!!!) of The B+ Squad, and where we might go from here. I’m definitely enjoying writing a (mostly) daily newsletter, and fully plan to keep up with that, but I’m interested in exploring other ways to make this project feel more dynamic, more community-oriented, than just me downloading my brain to you all every day.
So, to that end:
I’m exploring the possibility of occasionally publishing guest posts here, in order to expand the point of view beyond that of a contrarian white cis lady. If you are intrigued by the idea of having a piece of yours sent out to the B+ Squad list, please feel free to contact me with a pitch. Please note that because this is a project I make no money from, all submissions would be UNPAID, that said, you’d retain full rights to anything you wrote!
I’m also thinking about maybe launching a B+ Squad book club? The idea here would be that I’d assign one piece of writing per month (perhaps a book, though I’m also toying with the idea of doing an issue of the amazing bi zine Anything That Moves every month), and members would have the opportunity to join in chats/respond to prompts about the assigned reading, read my own thoughts on it, and maybe even join in Zoom chats with me where we talk about it. Is that something people would be interested in? More to the point, since that would be something that would mean extra work for me, is that something people would be interested in paying to access? I would most likely set it up through Patreon since I don’t really want to give Substack money, FYI. Let me know if this is something you want to see happen (either in the comments or by emailing me directly), maybe I’ll get it in the works for 2023!
Okay, I think that’s it for today. Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate, a solemn National Day of Mourning if that’s more your speed, and if none of the above is relevant to you, well, I hope you have a pleasant Thursday.
Back with more soon!
Lux
Hey there! Into both of these ideas though not sure I'd pay for a book club. Also not sure you need another white cis lady as a guest, but I'll shoot you an email if it inspiration strikes me.
Hey Lux, it's Minnie (of Knee's Weak, Dad's Machete twitter fame)! I love the idea of guest posts as well as the book club, although, admittedly, I am a slow reader so who knows if i'll finish a whole book in time! This newsletter has been great - I didn't realize how much I liked getting updates in my inbox (yknow, when they're not trying to actively sell me something)! I'll keep this in mind as I work on my own blog - if I have an idea worth pitching, it might be nice to find common ground with your readers. Perhaps something will strike a chord with them too. No matter in which direction this goes, I am excited to see the results.