Hi, everyone. It's Sarah, and I'm just going to take a quick minute before we start the

Gorilla Twins episode, which is going to be an absolute delight. To remind everyone that we

are still raising money just in the last week or two of the election cycle for state legislative

seats in Virginia, this is the first statewide legislative elections since last year. It is our

opportunity to send a strong and unwavering message to the world that we will not stand for

everything that's going on in the United States right now. If you have time and inclination

to be a part of this, we would love to have

you. Any amount of money helps build the giving circle. Community is how we do democracy.

So whatever you can give is welcome. And between now and the end of the month, we are running a

little bit of a giveaway, a little bit of a

incentive system. If you would like to give to the giving circle, head to fadedmates.net

slash giving circle and 25 people who've given over the course of October, even if you've

already given in October, you'll be entered to win one of 25 copies of Ladies in Waiting, which is the Austin

anthology that I'm a part of with Diana Quincy and Eloise James and Nikki Payne.

I will sign that book for you.

We will mail it out in November.

If that incentivizes you at all, just click on the chapter

title. If your podcasting app supports it, that'll take you to faded mates.net slash giving circle.

If not, you can head on over and give what you can. $5, $10, $25, whatever you can give helps fund

door knocking, fund phone banking from get out the vote in these last crucial weeks. And all eyes on Virginia. We believe in you, everyone. Thank you so much for being with us for faded mates and for faded states. And on with the show.

Yay.

How have we not ever done this before?

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