Optimistic by brand, realist by nature — I won’t lie to make you feel better.

But today I feel more optimism than I have since this administration began. Cracks are widening.

Keep the momentum: No Kings, March 28. Find yours: nokings.org
Find my other No Kings reels on my profile.

👶 childcare • 🚗 ride/carpool • 🎟️ transit/gas/parking
📲 check-in buddy (“text me when you get home”)
📣 share posts / flyers • 💌 DM 3 friends (direct invites work)
🪧 sign-making party or lend supplies • 💧 water/snacks
📸 share pics/posts

Full list: www.instagram.com/reel/DVq5u8H...

No Kings is March 28 — show up.
First rally? It feels GOOD to stand in solidarity and say: we do not accept what’s happening.

Basics: know where you’re going, comfy shoes, water + snack, phone charged. Full checklist here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DVoWNN-...

Hard things are easier with friends — whether you’re attempting unnatural bendiness or protecting democracy.

A few people can’t hold the line forever. But thousands of us stepping up? That’s power.

Thank you!

Beauty isn’t a narrow template (age/size/race/shape/face) we’re supposed to fit.

A friend once posted: “I decided to be beautiful today.” And she was—no debate, just will.

So I’m doing that too. As-is. Right now.

It’s my birthday, so I’m asking for one act of resistance. 😅🎂

Pick one: download 5Calls, call Congress (no blank check for DHS/ICE), check voter registration, donate, boycott Amazon, shop local, join Indivisible, strengthen community.

Fuller list in this caption: www.instagram.com/reel/DVTbgRN...

It’s my birthday, so I’m asking for one act of resistance. 😅🎂

Pick one: download 5Calls, call Congress (no blank check for DHS/ICE), check voter registration, donate, boycott Amazon, shop local, join Indivisible, strengthen community.

Fuller list in this caption: www.instagram.com/reel/DVTbgRN...

Not everyone has “enough,” and they deserve more than platitudes.

But many of us have more than we actively notice. Noticing it, letting yourself feel joy,isn’t just self-help. It’s resistance.

Capitalism manufactures discontent to keep us spending. Practicing “enough” stops feeding the machine.

Took a few days off after the order surge from Friday’s reel (the idea of a Big Mac bouncing off Kristi Noem’s forehead… apparently a crowd favorite 😅).
I used the time to catch up on the invisible work: mopping, inventory, molds, receipts/spreadsheets.

Today: master batching (IYKYK).

Thank you!

Hundreds of orders this weekend. Amazing. Also… a lot. 😅

I’m a one-woman soap circus. When the sales ping causes anxiety instead of joy, it’s time to pause.

Shop is temporarily closed while I catch up & restock. Sustainable pace > burnout.

Schadenfreude. Delicious in the shower!

Billionaire Tears is replenished when you buy small, support unions, vote smart, call out donors, avoid billionaire media — and boycott Tesla, Target, Home Depot, Apple & Amazon.

Back in stock now:
www.optimisticsoap.com/product-page...

I don’t push soap much because activism feels urgent — and because I’d always rather inspire action than sales.

I’m grateful for the support, truly. But what really makes my day is hearing what people are doing to push back.

So… make my day: Tell me what you’re doing to resist this administration!

EXACTLY! It doesn’t mean that you love your country any less. You can 100% be much more effective in pushing back for much longer if you allow yourself to simply live in between your activism!

This is the moment when calls matter most.

📞 Call your U.S. Senators and say:
“Please oppose ICE funding without real guardrails and accountability — including oversight, warrants, and limits on harmful tactics.”

☎️ 202-224-3121
📱 5Calls (app or site)
✉️ Democracy.io

I don’t work for @citizenruthpdx — I just admire how they show up for the community.

Prepping for ICE:
📲 Take ICE watch training from PIRC pircoregon.org
📣 Get whistle kits + learn signals
📞 Save key numbers
🏘️ Talk with neighbors
📹 Know your rights

Community makes people safer.

I really believe the tide is turning — but momentum matters.

The next No Kings rally is March 28.

I’m not asking you to commit — just save the date.
Put it on your calendar. Set reminders. That’s it.

Tell me when you’ve done it.

I’m so proud of the people stepping up right now — first-time callers, creators speaking out.

If you need proof pressure works: leadership is being sidelined, accountability calls are growing, tactics are being questioned, protests are spreading.

Small actions add up. Keep going.

📞 Call your Senators: 202-224-3121
“Please oppose DHS/ICE funding without oversight, warrants, and limits on harmful tactics.”

Abolishing ICE is the real goal, but we need to regain congress for that. This is what we can do right now.

Ways to help folks in Minnesota now:
mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...

A throwback from May with a current message: collective action works.

• Show up to rallies (peaceful & sustained) — Indivisible / 50501 Movement
• Call Congress — 5Calls
• Boycott complicit corporations
• Write voters — Vote Forward
• Donate where it matters

Together is how we win.
#belikesandy

Right now, Congress is negotiating the FY2026 DHS appropriations bill

Calls right now have real leverage. If you’re horrified by what’s happening in Minnesota after the ICE shooting and protests, this is a real chance to do something that helps. 

☎️ 5calls.org
💻 democracy.io

Right now, Congress is negotiating the FY2026 DHS appropriations bill

Calls right now have real leverage. If you’re horrified by what’s happening in Minnesota after the ICE shooting and protests, this is a real chance to do something that helps. 

☎️ 5calls.org
💻 democracy.io

My first political post followed anti-choice legislation — I pledged 20% of that month’s soap sales to abortion access.

I lost some followers, gained ~18k more (I only had 6k then), and had my biggest sales weekend up til then.

Consider being “political.” Courage inspires courage!

Lawmakers are debating whether to pass DHS funding without guardrails — or require real accountability. Think it doesn’t matter? Staffers say otherwise, especially now.

Use 5calls.org (or the 5Calls app) to call your Rep + Senators. You can call daily. Even voicemails count.

I’m honestly gobsmacked by the response to that reel about when “it” happens (more than 6,000 comments on Instagram alone).

Joy is why we fight, and it’s also what gives us strength. Let it happen.

(Also: the piñata head may need to become real.)

I don’t, sorry! I’m honestly not a great business person, but I sell as much soap as I like, so my pace is fine for me!
I will reopen my shop next week, likely Wednesday or Thursday. I won’t announce it though.

Even if you don’t know for sure, I bet you know exactly what I’m talking about.

I usually focus on optimism and action, but today I’m indulging a small fantasy — imagining an end to harm and a collective exhale.

So humor me. In this hypothetical… what would you do?

Recent events have hit hard.

When something this horrific happens, it can knock the wind out of you.

If today is a day to step back, breathe and do that. Grief means you care.

Come back when you can.

For analysis, follow:
@heathercoxrichardson, @aaronparnas, @joycewhitevance, @iampoliticsgirl, @robertreich

How to stay effective:
🔥 Don’t disengage
✊ Show up (No Kings rally)
📞 Call Congress (@5calls)
💸 Support legal fights
🗳️ Prep now for the midterms

What we’re doing is working. Stay the course.