Broke-Ass Stuart

<h3 style="">I Love You and this Community We've Built Together.</h3>&nbsp;I've been doing Broke-Ass Stuart since 2004, and my favorite aspect has always been getting to&nbsp;<a href="http://brokeassstuart.com/blog/2016/01/26/locals-vs-gentrifiers-east-bay-fight-party/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">champion underground culture</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://brokeassstuart.com/blog/2017/09/07/new-affordable-housing-resources-for-sf-artists/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">advocate for artists</a> and&nbsp;<a href="http://brokeassstuart.com/blog/2017/09/12/the-rise-of-san-franciscos-extreme-commuters/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">working class people</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://brokeassstuart.com/blog/2016/01/06/my-dating-life-as-a-transwoman/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">amplify voices that don't always get heard</a>. In this time of disappearing independent media it's vitally important that BrokeAssStuart.com is there to stir shit up, but I need your help to be able to continue doing it. The goal of this Patreon page is to make BrokeAssStuart.com&nbsp;sustainable so we can focus on making the amazing content that you love instead of scrambling every month to pay all our costs.Many people don't realize how expensive it is to run BrokeAssStuart.com.&nbsp;It costs thousands of dollars a month. Here’s a breakdown of what my average monthly costs are just to give you an idea: <ul><li>Writers and Editors: $3200 a month </li><li>Website&nbsp;Maintenance: $500 a month</li><li>Legal and Accounting: $350 a month </li><li>Technology (Mailchimp, web hosting etc): $1000 a month </li></ul>That’s over $5000 a month! That's And all that is before Alex and I get paid $2500 a month each. Yup, we both work full time doing BAS and can only afford to pay ourselves&nbsp;$2500 a month. And I don’t even pay my writers and editors as well as they deserve, because I simply can’t afford to. By hitting our goal of $10,000 a month you'll be allowing us to continue what we already do as well as focus on the following:<ul><li>Paying our writers and editors more</li><li>Report on more breaking news</li><li>Continuing to support progressive causes and activism in the Bay Area &amp; beyond</li><li>Continuing to produce our voter guides&nbsp;</li><li>Publishing my best writing on BAS instead of selling it to other publications</li><li>Keep finding and shining light on weird and wonderful things</li><li>Continuing to raise money for Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, SPLC and more</li><li>Ultimately expand to more cities</li></ul><h3 style="">BAS is a Community Resource and You are Part of this Community.&nbsp;</h3>Think of all the rad events, cool artists, important protests, delicious food, and ridiculous fuckery you've learned about from BrokeAssStuart.com. This is YOUR community! &nbsp; If only 450 of you kicked in $10 a month then we make our goal! Plus we are giving out really cool perks to make it even more worth your while!&nbsp;<h3 style="">I Wanna Keep Making Dope Shit!</h3>As a creative person, I've been very successful. I've written <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=broke-ass%20stuart&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=brokeacom-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;linkId=F3TDOGZKVE3QFGXC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">3 books</a>, been <a href="http://www.abolhaeditora.com.br/index.php/destaque/guia-broke-ass-para-viver-com-pouco-dinheiro-em-nova-york.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">translated</a> into 4 languages, created and hosted a nationally <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951034/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">televised travel series</a>, been paid to travel the world and <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/japan/tokyo/travel-tips-and-articles/a-broke-ass-guide-to-drinking-in-tokyo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">write about it</a>, and penned tons of <a href="http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/6487-living-in-san-francisco-means-redux-for-2015-" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">viral articles</a>. 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. Thank You for Coming with Me This&nbsp;Far. I Love You!&nbsp;

Free

No this has nothing to do with 17th century maritime warfare, (although that would be pretty cool). For $6 a month you get: <ul><li>Weird and cheeky postcards snail mailed to your house a few times a year (see the 4th of July one above)</li></ul><ul><li>A heartfelt thank you email.</li><li>Your name on my Wall of Thanks</li><li>The satisfaction of knowing you're helping keep BrokeAssStuart.com up and running.</li><li>Access to exclusive content and video created specifically for Patrons</li></ul><ul>
<li>Exclusive emails with freebies for tickets and tees, sweet deals, and early access to awesome things like Beer Passport. </li>
</ul>

The Privateer 

Get awesome discounts at some of your favorite restaurants in San Francisco!<ul><li>We'll mail you The Delicious Card which makes you a member of the coolest club in San Francisco! It gets you discounts to 30+ local eateries all over town. See the full list right here: <a href="http://bit.ly/TheDeliciousCard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/TheDeliciousCard</a></li><li>Plus all previous rewards</li></ul>

The Delicious Card

Why is this all so nautical? I have no idea, I just wanted to pick something with "Merch" in it because for $15 a month you'll get:   <ul><li>An exclusive member code for 20% off of all merchandise in our store! Use as often as you like!</li><li>Plus all previous rewards</li></ul>

The Merchant Marine

New shirt, new life! <ul><li>Choose anything you want from the store and we'll ship it to you.</li><li>Also, you get a free shirt every three months. Just let me know which one you want.</li><li>I’ll highlight you or your business as the “Patron of the Week” on the BAS social media channels. Just let me know when you want to do it.</li><li>Plus all previous rewards</li></ul>

The Super Model

For $50 a month:<ul><li>Every three months you have the option to include an ad in our weekly newsletter (reaching 40k readers), or have us write an article about any event, organization or issue* close to your heart. *As long as it is not something that goes against the values and integrity of the Broke-Ass ethos. </li><li>Plus all previous rewards</li></ul>

The Propagandist 

If you're donating $100 a month you are fucking legend and you will be treated legendarily. You get: <ul><li>Free admission to all events I'm involved with putting on (not ones that promoting for other people). If there is a VIP option, you get that for free as well.</li><li>Every three months you get free tickets to any event that we are helping promote.</li><li>Plus all previous rewards</li></ul>

The Entourage Member 

Let's get weird!  <ul><li>I'll fly us someplace amazing like New Orleans and we'll party for the weekend. I'll use my network of weirdos to have arrange the most insane time ever.</li><li>Plus all previous rewards. </li></ul>

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