Patreon's fee changes (Patreon)

hey everyone, Patreon sent you a feel-good message about the updates to their fee structure, but as far as I can tell that's just corporate garbage. They sent me a like "this is so good for you, the creator! now you get 95% of the money!" but it's the most transparent lie ever told. They're just charging y'all more instead. It intentionally hurts the small pledges the most, too, which is awful.

I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to handle this. I'm probably going to keep using Patreon for now, but I'm already mad at them for kicking itsgoingdown.org off the site at the behest of rightwing trolls. I just haven't found another good alternative yet, and the money I get from you all, and the chance to do this monthly zine, has been really meaningful and made a major impact on my life. But I understand if you are frustrated by paying more on your end and drop off. If you want to make other arrangements, please email me anytime at magpie@birdsbeforethestorm.net.

Anyway, y'all are great. December zine will come out as soon as I get home to North Carolina (I'm in New Orleans as I type this), and I think there's a good chance I'll have a fun original story for y'all in January, too.