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What Makes Life Interesting Is Not the Things That You Own, but the Shit That You Do.
This has always been the guiding principle behind all the things I've accomplished from selling zines, to making TV, to running BrokeAssStuart.com.
In the past decade it's been amazing to see how much that concept has resonated with people and what BrokeAssStuart.com has come to represent. The whole brand has evolved from just writing funny, snarky bar reviews, to being both a champion of underground culture and a voice for artists and working class people in the Bay Area, New York, and beyond.
What we're doing now is raising funds to make all of this more sustainable.
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Every month it's a scramble to make enough money to pay for all our costs. Raising this money will allow me to:
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Finally start paying my staff
- Publish my best writing instead of selling it to other publications
- Keep finding and shining light on weird and wonderful things
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Start using more original imagery
- Focus on breaking news
- Fund deeper think pieces
- Take care of site costs
- Make needed adjustments on the site
- Most importantly: Get things set up so that the site can start generating meaningful income by itself.
Now More Than Ever It's Important That SF Have independent Media Voices.
The reason I'm asking for YOUR help is so that we don't have to be beholden to investors who care more about making their money back than creating and sustaining dope and meaningful art. As we saw recently with shuttering of The Bold Italic, it's important that Broke-Ass Stuart remains independent. That way we don't have to worry about corporate overlords pulling the plug at any moment. This is why it is so important that you donate.
I Love You, So Can I Have Some of Your Money?
All I'm asking for $30,000. If 1200 of you kick in $25 then boom! We make our goal! Plus we are giving out really amazing perks like stickers, zines, t-shirts, pub crawls, and even fancy stuff like hot air balloon rides and dead body disposal...you'll have to read the perks to learn about those.
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I Wanna Keep Making Dope Shit!
As a creative person, I've been very successful. I've written
3 books, been
translated into 4 languages, created and hosted a nationally
televised travel series, been paid to travel the world and
write about it, and penned tons of
viral articles. Those things have almost always been on someone else's imprint though. Raising this money will allow me to publish my best work on BrokeAssStuart.com instead of selling it to other publications.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you're too broke to support the campaign it's ok. You can help by spreading the word to everyone you know as well as follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Thank You. Let's Keep SF Weird. Together.
