yerbamansa

[yerbamansa]

rural southern queer and trans nonprofit in need!

sending up the bat signal on this transgender day of visibility because the org i'm involved with desperately needs aid. the unfortunate and hard truth about nonprofits is that they still have to exist under capitalism, which forces funding to always be a primary concern. especially right now, access to funding opportunities for organizations like mine are becoming increasingly scarce and inaccessible. this is even more true if, like us, you're just a scrappy lil' guy trying to support rural queer and trans folks.

it was really moving to see the rallying behind the @ofmdcraftfair for campaign for southern equality - another beautiful nonprofit providing much needed support for LGBTQ+ southerns, and one my org has partnered with a few times in the past. so i thought, why not tell y'all a little more about who we are too? if you're unable to offer monetary support, consider at least boosting this post to spread the the word. more eyes on it means a higher likelihood that anyone who is in a position to help might find out about us.

that said, if you're into things like accessible and affirming mental health support for marginalized people (especially LGBTQ+), neurodiversity rights and advocacy, building strong communities, and making sure as many people as possible stay fed: let me introduce you to cornbread & roses.

Our mission is to foster community, celebrate diversity, and provide holistic therapeutic support to empower personal growth, resilience, and healing. We exist to fill vital gaps in services and to create community in the tradition of our Appalachian heritage, with love, joy, pride, solidarity, and good food.

we approach this mission in a number of different ways:

we prioritize working with mental health clinicians who share identities and lived experiences with our marginalized client populations in order to offer affirming, informed therapy. as marginalized folks ourselves, it's important to us that clients don't have to expend the emotional labor of educating yet another professional on their identities and challenges. our clinical interns offer sliding-scale or donation-based spots and the rest of our clinicians are paneled with all major insurances, including all medicaid plans.

we operate a low-barrier food pantry that's open three days a week and, with the help of our partnership with MANNA food bank, feeds dozens of food-insecure families and individuals in rural western NC. no form of identification, proof of residence, or any sort of paperwork is required to access our pantry - nor do we restrict or police how much food someone takes. the pantry itself is also set up like a little grocery shop to make the experience as dignified and client-choice centered as possible.

we offer trainings and education courses on a number of different topics related to ways to better support and be an active ally to marginalized folks.

most importantly, we build community. our name comes from a quote that's attributed to helen todd, a worker's rights activist from the early 1900s labor rights movements: "bread for all and roses too." at cbr, we're always asking ourselves how to feed the hearts as well as the bodies of the folks who come to us. we believe everyone deserves the things that make life beautiful in addition to just basic necessities: things such as connection, love, joy, and a place to belong. we offer monthly support groups and seasonal clinical groups. we also do drag story hours, friendsgiving potlucks during the holidays, an annual juneteenth pride picnic, a monthly outdoor movie night, and more.

if you're thinking cool, so how can i support or let others know how to support, here you go:

a monthly or one-time donation to our givebutter page

or buying some cool merch (shirts, sweaters, mugs, or totes) from our bonfire page

or follow our instagram to stay updated about what we're up to and other ways to support.

and if you're in the WNC area, come see us! you can join us at an event, stop by the adorable little farmhouse we operate out of to chat, or even volunteer at our pantry.

[yerbamansa]

03/09-12/2025 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte; Andy Rydzewski & Andrew Deyoung; Rachel House; Tiny Crew Big Raffle; OFMD Craft Fair Creator Feed; Fandom Spotlight; Love Notes;

= David Jenkins =

David agreed, it's time to bask in moonglow!

Source: Davids bsky

= Rhys Darby =

There's just so much Rhys Darby news now a day it's hard to keep track! If you're in AoNZ between March 27 and April 4th he'll be in town! Check out his site for tickets!

Just some adorable improv he did recently!

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Also they're doing new merch for the AoNZ tour!

Source: Rhys’ Bsky

= Taika Waititi =

If you're out in AoNZ, you can now watch 6 Disney films re-versioned into Te Reo Māori! While this isn't directly related to Taika, he did write the first draft of the Moana screenplay-- and he's spreading the love of Reo Māori!

Source: Taika Waititi’s IG

In direct Taika news, he'll be joining Ellen Burstyn for the Drama 'Place To Be'! Check out the article here!

Source: Disney Australia IG

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico was out at the Queerties with the Today In Gay Team!

Today in Gay was also featured in Teen Vogue! Article Here.

Source: Vico's IG Stories

= Samba Schutte =

The date and dish has been updated fo Samba's upcoming class!

EVENT DATE: May 10th EVENT TIME: 10AM PT/1PM ET EVENT LOCATION: ONLINE

Tickets for Samba's May 10th class go on sale in April!

Source: Stands Website

Samba's short, 'Best Life' premieres at the LA Film Festival on March 27! Check out the trailer below!

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Source: Samba's IG

= Andy Rydzewski & Andrew Deyoung =

Some of our cinematographer's and director's new work, "Friendship" was featured as a Festival Favorite at the South By South West 2025 Film Festival!

Source: Andy and Andrew's IG

= Rachel House =

Our Mary Reed, Rachel House was featured at the "All About Women" festival about gender, justice and equality on March 8-9! More info here!

Source: Rachel's IG

Rachel was also out at a Tinā screening, supporting our dear Auntie, Anapela Polata'ivao!

Source: Rachel's IG

== Tiny Crew Big Raffle ==

Great news! Tiny Crew Big Raffle is back! This time with a super amazing prize made by the props team of OFMD! The baby monkey was behind the bar at Spanish Jackiez and helped to really build the ambiance of the place! The monkey was donated by our fabulous S2 Set Decorator Megan Vertelle! The Raffle begins March 29th! To learn more and keep up to date, remember to check out their socials! Linktr.ee / Instagram / Tumblr : @ofmd-buys-boats

Source: Tiny Crew Big Raffle's IG

== Craft Fair Creator Feed ==

Our friend Archem aka @yerbamansa over on BSKY is one of the OFMD craft fair team members, and they have put together a feed for creators that participated in the craft fair and have shops or do commissions! This feed is pretty great because it has all the creators info so you can easily check out what they have up for sale! Check the feed out here! (Right now it's open in general but may go back to bsky logged in only, just fyi)! I also wanted to share some of the gorgeous graphics Archem made for our dear creators-- and the first up is the one, the only Pogo!

Source: Archem's Bsky

= Pogo NR =

As it shows above, Pogo does a lot of fabulous work (one of my fave Vianton artists!) and for the craft fair she not only donated multiple sets of smoochie stickers, painting, and fanfiction tags, but an amazingly stunning Mermaid Skeletons Tufted Rug! As ArchEm mentioned above, you can check more of her work out on these socials! Bsky / Etsy / Ko-Fi

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

= Pirate Pam =

Another one of our fabulous crewmates, Pirate Pam, donated a Custom Book Binding! Talk about gorgeous! I'm so impressed by all the talent on this ship!

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

Wanna check out some of her book binding work? This is only one of so many awesome ones you can check out in her thread on bluesky!

Source: Pirate Pam's Bluesky

= Dimply Owl =

Another of our wonderful crewmates, Ally, aka Dimply Owl donated these insanely cute Crochet Dumbo Octopuses! She donated multiple of them and if you missed them and you'd like to, you can order some on her Ko-fi! Wanna follow Ally on her socials / check out her fics? Visit AO3 / Bluesky / Ko-fi !

Source: Dimplyowl

= Deanbird =

Another of our magnificent crewmates @deanbird, donated several different items to the OFMD Craft Fair! Seriously check out how many! Wanna check out more of her fabulous work? Visit: Bluesky / Instagram / Ko-fi

So many people have already received their Invitations to High Tea and 1/2 of a Pyramid! Even David's impressed!

Source: David's Bsky

== Love Notes ==

Hey there crew. It's been a while. I'm sorry this edition is so small after such a huge amount of time. Trying to keep them to 2-4 days, but we'll see how that goes with how behind I am. It's been a lot lately. Home, work, the world, the fandom, just a lot's been happening all at once. I've been trying to focus on a few things that I've had to work on outside the fandom as well as taking some mental health breaks and that's been keeping me busy.

So tonight, for the love notes, I just wanted to take a second to say thank you. So many of you have been so kind to me and so many others over this past year + that I've been here. Even if I just get to see your name pop up on my notifications for a like or a reblog, or if we chat, or I just get to catch glimpses of your works across the various platforms, it brings me a lot of joy.

Some of you, I only really know through tags. Others I know from discord, or bsky, or instagram. Some of you I've never spoken to outside of tumblr-- but I can honestly tell you, you have improved my life by being here.

Others of you, I consider you some of my closest friends. Friends I've never met, miles away around the world, and your influence on me is so incredibly profound -- and even if we never meet each other in person, I will never be the same because of you.

I'm so very blessed and lucky to have found this place-- to have found you all. I know a lot of you feel the same way about the people you interact with here on the day to day.

That being said, the world is a complicated place. Sometimes things don't go the way we planned, whether on a personal, fandom, or global level. Sometimes people disappoint us, and spaces we thought fit us shift in shape. No matter what changes for you in this world, I want you to know that your kindness, and your interactions with me and everyone else have made a positive difference. Thousands and millions of tiny interactions continue to happen within our fandom every day. Some of them don't go the way we hope they will-- but the majority of them, are beautiful. Sometimes we have to learn from them, and they help us grow, and sometimes they nourish us in hard times. We are a community of wonderfully kind people who were brought together by chance. Thank you for being here. Thank you for making my life better, and this world a better place.

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IMG Source: Beth Evan's IG

[yerbamansa]

Lovely letter for yerbamansa for being a gem in the fandom and writing all sorts of wonderful stories, and for killing it helping with the craft fair!!!

Hi @yerbamansa! You've received a lovely letter. 💌

Crew, you can read their fic here.

[yerbamansa]

It’s been 19 thrilling days, but the OFMD Craft Fair is officially CLOSED! 

What started off as a simple idea (“what if we did something crafty to raise money for trans kids?”) blossomed into something greater than any of our wildest expectations. 

For those who like numbers, here are some fun ones for you:

1: the number of auctions we planned to hold

2: the number of flash auctions we ended up holding in addition to that

156: the number of people who donated crafts

214: the number of listings at the start of the fair

503: the number of listings at the end

842: the number of people who placed bids or made donations

$5,000: our original fundraising goal

$95,021: the amount we ultimately through auctions alone, all to benefit the Campaign for Southern Equality’s Trans Youth Emergency Project

At least $105,000: the amount we’ve raised so far through our donation form

Those numbers are all phenomenal, mind-blowing, even. But this auction’s success is about more than just numbers. It’s about a group of people who saw an opportunity to help and grabbed it. It’s about people stepping in to help any way they could. It’s about people sharing the excitement, boosting each other up, spreading the word of the event so that more and more people could join in. 

It’s about people coming together as a collective, because while individually we may be capable of small change, together, we can do something truly incredible. 

Thank you to every single person who was a part of the craft fair, whether it was through crafting, bidding, or spreading the hype. None of this would have been possible without you.

So… now what? The craft fair team is in fulfillment mode, working to make sure everyone is paid up and receives their items. We very much appreciate your patience through this process; as a reminder, it’s still just six of us, and we promise we’re working as fast as we can!

Additional donations We know some fans are keeping the generosity going and offering commissions to raise even more money, to which we say, FAB! You can continue to make donations through this link: https://bit.ly/OFMDcraft We will get a final count of the amount we raised through additional donations next week, but the form will stay open for now.

More crafts, please! While there will NOT be another craft fair, we’re gathering information from our crafters so you know where to go to continue to shop their wares or seek them out for commissions. More to come! 

Questions? As always, reach out to us at ofmdcraftfair@gmail.com if you have any questions along the way.

Thanks again, crew. Our family, our fight! 

[yerbamansa]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

This event surpassed our wildest imaginations, with 493 listings, 150+ donors, over a thousand participants, and -- in the end, $85,417 pledged!!!

If you want to donate to the Campaign for Southern Equality's Trans Youth Emergency Fund, use our link: bit.ly/OFMDcraft

[yerbamansa]

i'm sure i'm not the first to send this kind of thing in but a MASSIVE lovely letter to everyone who has taken part in organising the ofmd craft fair (i don't want to name drop bc i don't know everyone who is involved so i will miss people out and then i'll feel bad forever but i love you all)

it's been incredible to watch the donations going up and the whole fandom has felt like a really fun positive place to be during the past week and we're all just having a silly time and buying little items and raising a fuckton of money for charity and i think that's neat

(also as someone who has worked for charities irl i need you to understand how fucking insane the staff at the trans youth emergency fund must be going right now. i'd be vibrating through the wall)

To the organizing crew behind @ofmdcraftfair — @adhduck, @veeagainsttheday, @xoxoemynn, @yerbamansa, @zombee, and, of course, their tireless captain @ghostalservice — this lovely letter is for you. 💌

Crew, there's still a few more days left in the auction, so be sure to check it out here.

[yerbamansa]

In one week, this fandom has already raised $50K for the Campaign for Southern Equality’s Trans Youth Emergency project. That’s one hundred families we will be able to help thanks to your incredible generosity. THANK YOU!

The auction goes until March 1, so there’s still time to join in! Go here to peruse the wares — in addition to items available for bidding, there are a number of “buy now” items as well as raffle tickets, so there is something for every budget.

OUR FAMILY, OUR FIGHT.

[yerbamansa]

GUESS WHAT? The Craft Fair is LIVE!

Who's ready to wander the craft fair?

The OFMD Craft Fair for Trans Kids, a fundraiser to support the Trans Youth Emergency Project, opens for bidding tomorrow... but you can head over to our site and peek at all the wonders we have available!

CHECK IT OUT!

The auction opens for bidding at 9pm Boston time on February 19th and runs through 11:45pm on March 1.

Follow us here to get info about the project as well as peeks at featured items all day long!

in the tradition of @davidjenks... OUR FAMILY, OUR FIGHT. Let's show the world just how amazing this fandom (and our honorary fandom members who've joined in, too!) is!

[yerbamansa]

Coming soon to a screen near you....

Welcome to the OFMD Craft Fair!

Item previews open February 18. Bidding and buying starts February 20 and runs through March 1. One hundred crafters, three hundred items, all to benefit the incredible Trans Youth Emergency Project!

Items include OFMD crafts and generally amazing queer stuff—some for bidding, some ready to buy now, all fantastic!

We have... Jackets! Scarves! Quilts! Mittens! Paintings! Soaps! Blankets! Needlework! Toys! Bags! Bracelets! Dolls! Earrings! Dog Bandanas! Wristwarmers! Prints! Yarn! Wall hangings! Lace! Bowls! and more???

Follow this blog to get updates on the fair, on our fundraising, and on our amazing items!

(Want to get notified when the auction opens and closes? Pop your email in here!)

<3 Lis/ @ghostalservice

[yerbamansa]

The Craft Fair is coming soon to a screen near you!!

We've got about 200 items—some OFMD, some not, all generally queer and awesome—that'll be up for bidding and buying on Feb. 20, and we're still taking crafty item donations for the next couple days!!

We have mittens, bowls, embroidery, jewelry, wall hangings, toys, fic binding, blankets, and so much more!!

Check out the website and sign up for the email list if you want us to remind you to come bid!!

All to benefit the wonderful Trans Youth Emergency Project!

[yerbamansa]

Signups open through February 10 for the OFMD Craft Fair to raise money for the Campaign for Southern Equality's Trans Youth Emergency Fund!

Fan artists, crafters, and creators, help raise money to support trans youth with your work! Check out the carrd for signup links, schedule, and more information.

Organized by @ghostalservice (but follow them on bsky for more)

[yerbamansa]

also today is my birthday????????? i partied at gcc instead of today because who in their 40s manages a "proper" birthday celebration especially if they have no one in their [local] life :')

who's got two thumbs and decided two weeks before christmas would be a great period of time to pack up their life and move to portland

[yerbamansa]

who's got two thumbs and decided two weeks before christmas would be a great period of time to pack up their life and move to portland

[yerbamansa]

ask me anything about ask me anything (or anything else) haha

OFMD Sequel Week Day 4: Sequel AMA!

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Creators: let readers send you asks about what happened after your fics ended!

[yerbamansa]

OFMD Sequel Week Day 1: Post a Sequel

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Share a headcanon/WIP snip for your own sequel fic!

We’ll hype any new/updated sequels all week!

[yerbamansa]

Coming up this weekend!

OFMD Sequel Week 2024 Prompts!

Announcing prompts for #OFMDSequelWeek, a celebration of More Cake (in the form of fic sequels). We know there's already so much to read and enjoy and discover, so this is at least as much about sharing what you love as it is about posting new works!

Get ready to share November 17-23, 2024!

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OFMD Sequel Week: November 17-23, 2024

Every Day: Post or update a sequel & tag us for extra hype!

Day 1: Post a Sequel - Share a headcanon/WIP snip for your own sequel fic!

Day 2: Share a Sequel - Which sequels do you already love? Hype it up here!

Day 3: Post a Sequel - Share a headcanon/WIP snip for somebody else's fic!

Day 4: Sequel AMA - Let readers ask you about what happened next!

Day 5: Transform a Sequel - Make or share art, podfics, fic-of-a-fic, or other transformative work related to a favorite series/AU!

Day 6: Slice of Life (Short Prompt) - Share a drabble, make a drawing, post a twitfic?

Day 7: Share a Sequel - Any new faves? What did you add to your reading list?

We'll be at the same handle on Bluesky and Twitter.