It’s been a week, and I had no idea that this would be as insane as it has been. I’m not going to address reaction to the work in a critical way, because people are allowed to like/dislike it for whatever reasons they might possess. And I am not arguing with them. It does have legit flaws, but every work does, and in the end, it is what it is.
But some people have asked for a few things:
1. Are going to put this up for sale anywhere? Probably not. I released it into the wild, and it has been free for a week, and it should be free. I feel skeevy making money on it now.
That said, I am going to include it in a book of short stories available later this year, probably from Lulu, just for giggles.
2. Are you going to expand it? Probably not.
3. Can I e-book it? I guess you can, but please don’t pass it about too much? I mean, I can’t stop you, but I kind of I dunno, prefer to be able to see the pdf and approve it. I dunno. It just seems strange. But like I said, I can’t stop you.
4. ARE THERE SHIRTS?
Y YES THERE ARE! You can now buy the shirt! All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood. Thanks to the awesome S. Evelyn Vincent over at Octopus Gallery for the design and running the shop. She’s good people, and while you’re at zazzle, stop by her real shop.
5. Are there armbands?
Dear god I hope never.
6. DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE RETWEETED BY FAKE RICK SANTORUM? Yes, yes I did, and it is beautiful.
Lastly. Thank you for all the links and facebook posts and tweets and retweets. Every day I feel heartened that I’m not the only one who feels this way, and that there are a lot of us.
Would you mind if I adapt it? It would make a VERY good short.
(You should register it with the WGA, just in case things happen to make your story all the more relevant)
You have my total permission to adapt it! Your other thing was very awesome!
And I can’t join either the Writer’s Guild or author’s Guild. the WGA doesn’t apply to me, and the AGA will only take me if I have more pubbing credits. But someday.
You don’t need to be a member of the WGA to register it. This is a service the WGA offers to other writers, union or no. It will help you lay claim to it if a REAL skeevy person tries to profit from your work…like selling digital copies on Amazon or something.
Do you have a link to that, then? because I didn’t see that.
Very bottom Right hand corner of wga.org is a button: “Register your script”. On the next page from that link there is a FAQ and details about what registration gets you.
Seriously, I had been thinking about how to make it all week. Anyone wants it on another of the bizillion products Zazzle offers, let me know. I’m probably definitely going to do stickers but I haven’t thought much further than that.
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I am getting one, but I will never wear it. I AM SHY.
Thus, stickers. Easier for vandalism spreading the message!
I think the stickers should just be the last line, though. Nice for a bumper sticker. And possibly slapping on women’s bathroom stalls. Not that I would ever advocate that at all. Ever. Never.
http://www.zazzle.com/every_part_of_you_belongs_to_you_sticker-217930386994400429
Thus, the strike through.
my god that is awesome.
There was supposed to be a strike through on vandalism. Silly WP, not letting me html.
YES! The stickers are wonderful!!! (guess it would be too much to have a link to the story at the bottom).
Will be ordering soon as I can, like in three days.
Not too much at all! And that’s probably a really great idea. Let me do up a version with that. Probably have to tinyurl it to make it look nice.
How does this work for you? http://www.zazzle.com/every_part_of_you_belongs_to_you_with_url_sticker-217150859632532383?gl=ILU486 I’m a little worried the URL might be too small once it’s printed, but I also didn’t wasn’t sure I wanted it a lot bigger.
Also, what is your fascination with violence and ball-peen hammers?
“Ball peen” is fun to say.
Coffee cup, too, please?
Two versions! Full slogan. Just “Every Part”, on their fancy mugs. I’ll do up some more variations, but it’s dinner time.
Happy dance! Thank you.
Oops, comment with links in moderation. There are two mugs now, but they may be slow to show up on the main store.
Good stuff! Perhaps you might want to consider releasing it via a Creative Commons license of some kind, if you end up feeling more comfortable with the idea in general. It’s a great story.
Thank you! I’ll probably release it with the rest of the short stories.
I say this with every ounce of love: I would love to have a shirt that says what the current shirt says, but maybe is a little better designed. Have you put out a call for graphic designers, to see if any of them would take this on?
Uhm, not really. The person doing this is doing it out of love, and I like her design. I’m not making a big production out of it. It’s a nice little fundraiser. I am sorry you don’t like the designs, but to each his own.
i <3 this.
Thanks!
Love the story! Fantastic work!
And there was a women’s rights protest in Virginia on March 3rd, where riot police and SWAT team members were called in. I saw the picture at an article about the arrests and thought of you and your story. http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/mar/04/tdmain07-hundreds-demonstrate-for-womens-rights-at-ar-1738569/ I wonder how many armbands were there.
There were red armbands! I saw them!
Could there be a bumper sticker with just the last line and story link?
Which line? Color preferences?
Oh, sorry.
Every part of you belongs to you.
Pink with black writing is good.
Here’s one made with the same image I used on the shirts. I’ll also do a couple of text versions that are easy for people to customize if they want to.
Great! Thanks!
Customizable text version.
You are indeed a goddess.
Heh, tell that to the dayjob work I can’t concentrate on. Database updates, bah.