@romancingthevote.com
Romancing the Vote, coming to save a democracy near you in July 2026. (We run an auction to raise money for voting access, because voter suppression is BAD.) Run by Courtney Milan & Kit Rocha email: romancingrunoff @ gmail
LIMBER UP, BETTING FOOLS!!!!
You can head over to the OFMD Craft Market and start favoriting the beautiful things you intend to fight for!
If you're an RTV participant who donated something, link us to it so we can boost you! 💓
I think that will be INCREDIBLY popular!
Cheap plug for a color by number or two thrown in there.
100000% yes!!!!
Yes! We like all types of artwork!!!
As we head into March, putting out our first HEADS UP to potential artists:
In 2024, we had amazing success offering PDF coloring sheets for $1. Since we know we have so many amazing artists out there, please consider designing something that would be fun to color in! Cheerful profanity welcome!
(and of course, yes!!!!!)
We haven't even started accepting donations yet! That will probably open in June!
a throw quilt of mint green and purple striped diamonds in end to end columns against a light grey background.
Anyway, pretty much everything I'm doing this first half of the year is going to @ourfamilyourfight.bsky.social or @romancingthevote.com except cat toys and other random stuff up on Ko-fi. I've got this throw quilt still looking for a home and I may just put it up on RtV.
Fantastic article about the amazing work being done by the authors behind @romancingthevote.com. Sharing this with family and friends who are dealing with ICE in Washington state and might need whistles.
RTV will have strict no generative AI rules. I don't know what they they will be yet, and the fact that I'm saying that tells you it is not @courtneymilan.com posting, but we will have them and they will be explicit.
I can not imagine a world in which they are not
We are not open for donations yet, but you can sign up and you'll find out when we are!
it's fine, we'll have duplicate entries for you but our mailing software deals with that!
I have done a first pass and put 32 things on my watchlist.
👀 Looks like there are a lot of great things up at Publishing for Minnesota!
Seems like a perfect chance to stretch and get those bidding reflexes back in fighting shape!
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Purple cardstock earring backing card that says be gay do non-election crimes. Has a line art drawing of a possum screaming on it.
Pic of 13 sets of earrings and three pendant and earring sets on cards and in plastic bags. They’re styled to look like rainbow layered drinks and trans flag ice cream cups
Blue tiny resin bottle earrings with labels that say De-icer, concentrated. They’re on a yellow backing card that says be gay do non-election crimes with a drawing of a screaming possum.
Two small wooden boxes holding bagged sets of carded earrings. One set is on yellow cards and styled to look like tiny bottles of de-icer. The other box holds purple carded sets that look like tiny rainbow desserts in cups and bowls.
Find ways to funnel your anger into things that help, whatever that looks like for you. I’ve been spite-crafting things for the @romancingthevote.com auction coming up in July, which will be the only way to get your hands on these particular shinies. Democracy possum screm! #art #miniatures #jewelry
Two pride flags for democracy completed! Want one? Follow @romancingthevote.com for auction news and updates. These and many amazing items will be available as we try to shore up voting rights in the US.
Ten pairs of tiny bottles filled with deep blue slightly sparkly resin and labeled De-Icer, ready to be made into earrings.
Finished packing up all the parfait and drink earrings for @romancingthevote.com aaaand an idea for a different set hit me. Dug through my stash and found some more wires so I could make tiny de-icer bottle earrings. Because ice is incompatible with democracy. #art #miniature #jewelry
A wire display hung with an absolute mess of earrings in trans parfait colors and layered rainbow drink glasses an bottles. Three pendant necklaces with more rainbow confections lay on a lower shelf.
I make stuff when I need my brain to chill out. I’ve needed that a lot lately. All of these shinies are destined for @romancingthevote.com auction in July! And I might make more. #art #miniature #jewelry
banish that imposter syndrome!!! we want you!
Ohhh yeah. Also the butterfly embroidery is so cute, but THE DICE ARE AMAZING!!!!
An imagine of a pair of hands making a heart around pink and purple fireworks in the background
It's time to start making your plans!
Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026!
* authors, start annotating those books
* artists, start making that art
* experts, start plotting your consultations
Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com
if there's one thing that is on brand for us, it's getting sidetracked from the one runaway idea we started without realizing what we were getting into by another runaway idea we started without realizing what we were getting into.
here at RTV we believe in moderation in no things.
If you or someone you know needs whistles, please check out linktr.ee/3Dwhistles Click on the email address at the top and submit a request, we'll send out between 100 and 1000 whistles to you for free.
If you want to support us, there is a GFM & wishlists to buy our printers filament! 💓
Hey folks! We were planning to have the new site launched, but we got distracted by switching over our attention to 3D printing whistles to send across the country.
Please block out early July in your calendars, however, and start your evil planning. We'll be announcing more details soon! 💓
these are so violently cute, also next week I will hopefully be launching the new @romancingthevote.com website & sending out our first email with our official dates for 2026 and the warning for crafters to start their engines! <3
(obviously Zan is on our discord so engines start early there LOL)
You should be able to!!!!
I’ve loudly talked about how making stuff for @romancingthevote.com and other charitable auctions fills a lot of my time and it really really helps. Money for important orgs and I get to make wild things for appreciative people. Like this bag set I just finished!
In which I knit miniskeins, but really mostly only for @romancingthevote.com
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