Solarpunk Presents Podcast<p>The holidays (regardless of what you celebrate) draw near, and with their advent comes all of the gross capitalist advertising of consumerism for the sake of maintaining and strengthening relationships. </p><p>Probably not the best preamble for me to write on a post that is ostensibly about trying to promote a gift option for membership to our Patreon, but hey. The last few times I signed in as a creator, I was met with a little popup encouraging me to share this page (<a href="https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents/gift" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/solarpunkpresents/</span><span class="invisible">gift</span></a>) with others, in the spirit of the season.</p><p>I mean, it's a neat thing, to be able to gift someone membership to something they like (or might like), and want (or might want) to be part of, but either didn't know about it or couldn't afford to spend the cash. I just kinda wish it weren't part of the gigantic deluge of messaging that comes at this time of year with the imperative to CONSUME, with relationships as the justification.</p><p>I resent having my friends and loved ones and the corollary desire to see them happy to be used to manipulate me into participating in a seasonal spending frenzy. I also like ... think honestly that this is something people might like to know about, so I should make a little post about it?</p><p>If I were better at this, I'm sure I would have made some sort of snappy witticism about late capitalism with a promo attached. But I'm not. I like taking time to think through issues, though sometimes I do miss things. We're all, at the end of the day, only human.</p><p>Anyway, if you're looking for a gift that won't contribute to plastic pollution in order to celebrate the season and make your intended giftee feel good, consider gifting them a membership subscription to our Patreon: <a href="https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents/gift" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/solarpunkpresents/</span><span class="invisible">gift</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/gift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gift</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/gifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gifting</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/promotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>promotion</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/patreon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patreon</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Emotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emotion</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relationships</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>holidays</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solstice</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PatreonMembership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatreonMembership</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/patreon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patreon</span></a></p>