My TED piece "What it feels like to get divorced..." on Substack (and live for-patrons video reading). (Patreon)

Hello my loves.

Here's the piece I promised you from TED. 

It's called "What it feels like to get divorced—and possibly remarried—at TED 2023: An offering from your emotional-reporter-at-large."

 The piece itself is published here on Substack:

https://amandapalmer.substack.com/p/what-it-feels-like-to-get-divorcedand

It was copyedited by Rina Bander (very, very deep thanks to her, she rushe din and killed it, as usual).

I wanted to pause, breathe, and personally thank all of you - especially in this moment - for being patrons. Yes, you all afforded me the opportunity to go to TED, but now you're all also part of this fucking piece (as you'll read, when you read).

You are all now such an integral part of my life now.

The piece is over six thousand words, the video is almost an hour, and I didn't brush my hair or put on make-up or nice clothes before recording it (because I can't be fucked), I cry a

If you enjoy it, hell, if you even manage to get to the end....PLEASE, share it. As usual, I'm self-published. You are my media. And if you wanna, subscribe to the Substack itself. It's free, and I'm using it as a more focused channel/platform for my writing offerings and advice column, which the patreon here fules.

I am really proud of this one.

I didn't mean for it to go the way it did, but I never do.

I'm here for comments, discussion, and all that.

If you have thoughts about the piece itself, do me a favor and post them over on substack. (This post is patron-only).

Either way, I'm reading comments on both posts. 

Off to play the piano and rehearse for this weekend's shows. 

See a lot of you soon.

XX

AFP

2023 Tour Dates:

***AFP SOLO***

Friday, April 28th - Poughkeepsie, NY - Bardavon *ALMOST SOLD OUT*

Saturday, April 29th - Boston, MA - The Wilbur Theater *ALMOST SOLD OUT*

***THE DRESDEN DOLLS***

May 19th, 20th, & 21st - Denver, CO - Ophelia's Electric Soapbox *SOLD OUT*

May 26th, 27th, & 28th - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf *SOLD OUT*

June 16th, 17th, & 18th - Orlando, FL - The Social *SOLD OUT*

June 23rd, 24th, & 25th - New Orleans, LA - Toulouse Theatre *SOLD OUT*

All tickets at: https://amandapalmer.net/events/

———THE STUFF I PASTE AT THE END OF THE POST———

1. if you are a patron and new to my work, don’t forget your patronage allows you access to ALL of my patreon releases to date. HERE is the link to download my latest big solo record, “There Will Be No Intermission”, and HERE is a link to download the PDF of the art/essay book that goes with it.

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http://amandapalmer.net/things

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