I've been advised to keep politics out of my business for fear of chasing sales away.
The artists on my shop make beauty. Beauty does not belong around the necks of those so ugly as to oppress our truths.
In short:
Fuck that. We don't want you wearing our stuff. I refuse to bedazzle a turd.
The joy I have in my community, with these amazing artists--amazing HUMANS--I have the privilege of working alongside of, is in direct defiance of all the ill will directed at us and our extended LGBTQIA+ family.
Today, tomorrow, and forever, fuck bigotry.
-H
May 7, 2025 04:39Queer existence will remain political until the oppression force-fed into our society by organized religion is eradicated.
My business, as an 11 person LGBTQIA+ artist collective, is therefore political.
I'm fine not being for everyone.
Fix your hearts.
This is a great unofficial motto.
The Pecularity Shop: Refusing To Bedazzle Turds Since XXXX (I don't know what year)
2016!
This.
I had a small business and was also advised to keep politics out of it. But issues of social and climate justice kept popping up, so I made the business’s position clear.
We lost, I dunno, a handful of grumpy customers. But the right thing to do is the right thing to do.
Now I’m just picturing a plastic replica turd coated with tiny brown rhinestones
I still have that word skill sometimes.
“I refuse to bedazzle a turd” is peak literature.
10/10
If people want to make my existence political, then every breath I take is a political statement. Why not make it loud?
