{"postID":135758996,"cachedAt":719886021.70529103,"updatedAt":719886021.70528495,"content":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"captionedImage","content":[{"type":"image2","attrs":{"topImage":false,"srcNoWatermark":null,"bytes":1255599,"href":null,"width":1456,"fullscreen":null,"src":"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/ab6ccd67-0964-4b53-8f7a-215e39415a75_2048x2048.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg","title":null,"belowTheFold":false,"internalRedirect":null,"height":1456,"imageSize":null,"resizeWidth":null,"alt":null}}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Patreon has been famously "},{"type":"text","text":"having some issues","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"target":"_blank","href":"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/8\/3\/23818598\/patreon-payment-blocked-processing-declined-subscription-canceled","class":"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor"}}]},{"type":"text","text":" with declined patron payments, which is frustratingly showing up as a loss of $1,266 for me this month."}]},{"type":"captionedImage","content":[{"type":"image2","attrs":{"topImage":false,"srcNoWatermark":null,"bytes":91610,"href":null,"width":556,"fullscreen":null,"src":"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/a46ef18c-44ab-4fa2-bb86-00bafb5e6fd9_556x538.png","belowTheFold":false,"title":null,"internalRedirect":null,"type":"image\/png","height":538,"imageSize":null,"resizeWidth":null,"alt":null}},{"type":"caption","content":[{"type":"text","text":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verge\/status\/1687118649713451008","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"target":"_blank","href":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verge\/status\/1687118649713451008","class":null}}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"If your Patreon payments aren’t going through, or if you’d like to become a patron of my "},{"type":"text","text":"weird little crowd-funded operation","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor","href":"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/my-experiments-with-hacking-capitalism","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"text","text":" here, I’ve put together a list of the different routes through which people can support me besides Patreon, along with the various advantages and disadvantages of each."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"(Also if you can’t support my work financially, sharing my stuff around and bringing energy and enthusiasm to things I publish goes a long long way to help here too.)"}]},{"type":"heading","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Send to PayPal "},{"type":"text","text":"here","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"target":"_blank","href":"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/caitlinjohnstone","class":"markup--anchor markup--h3-anchor"}}]}],"attrs":{"level":3}},{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pros — It’s an easy way to send a one-off payment. "},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Cons — Although they are not as eye-watering as Patreon, the fees are quite high. PayPal also sometimes likes to pull the plug on people for committing wrongthink."}]}]},{"type":"heading","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Subscribe to Substack "},{"type":"text","text":"here","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"target":"_blank","href":"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/","class":"markup--anchor markup--h3-anchor"}}]}],"attrs":{"level":3}},{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pros — The fees are about the same as PayPal and offers us some stability in paying bills, as it is a consistent monthly sum that we can count on. "},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Cons — We can’t set it to pay-as-you-feel pricing; there are only a few different price points to choose from."}]}]},{"type":"heading","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Direct bank deposit"}],"attrs":{"level":3}},{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pros — The fees are very low. You can set up a scheduled payment in your bank app that you are completely in control of."},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Cons — For anyone outside Australia it can be a bit fiddly to work out how to send money overseas."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Caitlin Johnstone","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"BSB 193–879","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Acc 416 618 218","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"International: SWIFT code\/SWIFT BIC Address: SGBLAU2S","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Routing Number: 021 000 021","marks":[{"type":"em"}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Cryptocurrency"}],"attrs":{"level":3}},{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Bitcoin address: bc1qymgnd40jpx5wj6492gnqgdjkyr2gcpkvfgefla","marks":[{"type":"em"}]}]},{"type":"captionedImage","content":[{"type":"image2","attrs":{"topImage":false,"srcNoWatermark":null,"bytes":null,"href":null,"internalRedirect":null,"fullscreen":null,"width":417,"src":"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/f4003d8c-597e-42ff-8820-648ed7a15b78_417x194.jpeg","title":null,"belowTheFold":false,"type":null,"height":194,"imageSize":null,"resizeWidth":null,"alt":null}}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pros — The fees are very low, lower even than a direct deposit."},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Cons — It can be a steep learning curve if you don’t already use crypto."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Other Cryptos Accepted","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Ethereum address: 0xC0D085df9c21B775932A022AeCf5f8d2AeB029F3","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Bitcoin Cash address: qraw0zyvk5pd9nyfcrctz7fxmtpfds5n8gc9jr2hu9","marks":[{"type":"em"}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Checks"}],"attrs":{"level":3}},{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Send to: ","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Caitlin Johnstone","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"PO Box 378","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Mentone, VIC 3194","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"text","text":"Australia","marks":[{"type":"em"}]}]}]},{"type":"bullet_list","content":[{"type":"list_item","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"To purchase ebooks and PDFs go to "},{"type":"text","text":"Gumroad","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor","href":"https:\/\/caitoz.gumroad.com\/","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"text","text":" for whatever-you-reckon’s-a-fair-thing pricing; if you don’t like the other payment methods you can just order a PDF for however much you like."}]}]},{"type":"list_item","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"For our print books, "},{"type":"text","text":"start here","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor","href":"https:\/\/caityjohnstone.medium.com\/books-by-caitlin-johnstone-a5a5e6f71772","target":"_blank"}}]}]}]},{"type":"list_item","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"For paintings, "},{"type":"text","text":"go here","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor","href":"https:\/\/www.dailypaintworks.com\/artists\/caitlin-johnstone","target":"_blank"}}]}]}]},{"type":"list_item","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"For merch and painting prints, "},{"type":"text","text":"go here","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor","href":"https:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/caitoz\/shop","target":"_blank"}}]}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","content":[{"type":"text","text":"If you prefer to try Patreon, the link is "},{"type":"text","text":"here","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":"markup--anchor markup--h3-anchor","href":"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/caitlinjohnstone","target":"_blank"}}]}],"attrs":{"level":3}},{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pros — Patreon is a monthly subscription that we can budget our lives around. 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