These soaps are harder to make and don’t sell as well — but the love I get back? Floods my heart.

Allyship shouldn’t be quiet. Let’s all be louder!

🏳️‍🌈 Nonbinary’s back:
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Love Wins isn’t weakness. It’s resistance.

We don’t become what we’re fighting.
We don’t stoop to cruelty.
We hold the line without losing ourselves.

Love gives us something to fight for — and it’s how we win.

🧼 Now in classic & vegan:
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RESISTANCE THERAPY > RETAIL THERAPY

📞 Call Congress with @5calls
🪧 Join @IndivisibleTeam (I’ll be at a letter-writing meeting this weekend!)
💸 Donate to orgs like @DemocracyForward
✍️ Write postcards with a friend
🗣️ Speak out—online, in person, wherever you can

Pick one. Start there.

Uline = shipping supplies + far-right funding.
Anti-LGBTQ+. Anti-abortion. Pro-Trump.

If you run or work for a business, ask to switch suppliers.

Try: @ecoenclose @papermart @swalterpackaging

We have power if we use it. We have to stop funding our own oppression!

Trump promised transparency—but his name reportedly appears repeatedly in the Epstein files.

Some Republicans are starting to split. Let’s flood their offices and demand a vote to release the files.

Use the @5Calls app. It’s fast.

The soap is Rebel Girls. Available 8/18.

You don’t need to believe in pointy hats to believe in energy or intention.
Stir clockwise and say:
“Karma come quickly. Let justice be done.”
🪄 Spell from my friend @theshabbycreekcottage — a real-life witch & activist.
Find your people. Share the spell.

We can affect the bottom line — just ask Target, who lost $9B after ditching DEI.

🚫 Amazon
🚫 Target
🚫 Tesla
🚫 X (Twitter)
🚫 Hobby Lobby
🚫 Chick-fil-A

Boycotts work best when they’re big, visible, and shared.
Let’s join arms and flex some collective power.

I’m still so proud of DTNA, even though we parted ways in February.

No company is perfect, but I watched them put real dollars behind their DEI work — including EQUAL, the ERG for LGBTQIA+ employees.

After 25 years together, I’ll keep cheering them on from the sidelines. 🏳️‍🌈💙

The humble Oatmeal Milk & Honey soap is back.

No swirls. No flash. Just comfort in bar form — and yeah, I feel a little weird promoting soap in the middle of… gestures at everything.

But folks have asked, and it’s here if you’ve been waiting.

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I literally have to run out the door in 20 minutes and still haven’t ironed my dress yet, so no time for a thoughtful caption!

But this one has been on my to-do list for MONTHS and finally getting to it on the day of Portland’s Pride Parade seems appropriate.

It will available in 4-6 weeks!

Follow-up to this reel:
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Joy isn’t selfish — it keeps us going.
Despair helps only the oppressor.
Small acts + daily joy = survival + resistance.

What brought you joy this week? Share!

Smashing the patriarchy should be more than a slogan. Here’s how to take action:
📱 Use the @5calls app to call your reps
✉️ Write letters w/ @votefwd
🗳️ Be a poll worker (esp if you’re young + cranky about democracy being on fire)
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In my 20s, I made Peace You Motherfucker stickers and stuck them all over Portland with my gay club crew.

Now they’re back —
Resist You Motherfucker.
New era. New fight. Same spirit.

Available now:
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Stick one somewhere that needs a little resistance energy.

lol, thanks!!! I haven’t been super active here. The interaction is encouraging!

Hahaha! Thank you!

I called the president a Cheeto politician.
Was it immature? Sure.
But mockery breaks the illusion of power.
Authoritarians rely on fear. We get to use laughter.
Got a favorite nickname? Drop it below. Let’s roast him until he’s out of here!

💥 Surviving this soul-crushing administration?
This has helped me:

📱 Call your reps (use @5calls)
🪧 Attend rallies (@50501movement has local lists)
🗳️ Vote
💵 Donate to groups like @democracyforward & @aclu
🚫 Boycott Amazon, Target, Walmart
🏳️‍🌈 Support vulnerable communities

Some of my dearest friends came from organizing work — bonding over shared purpose is powerful.

Want that too? Find your local @IndivisibleTeam group at indivisible.org → Menu → “Find Your Group” → enter your city (not zip code). It works even in red states!

💛🤍💜🖤 Today is International Nonbinary People’s Day — a day to celebrate those who live beyond the gender binary.

Nonbinary is an umbrella term for genders outside “male” or “female” — including agender, genderfluid, bigender, and more.

This soap will be available early Aug

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🧼 This month, a portion of every soap sale goes to @democracyforward — a legal powerhouse suing this administration and winning.
These lawsuits are tantrum-inducing — how delightful is that?

Please consider donating to them directly!

www.optimisticsoap.com

No lesbians were harmed in the making of this soap (we’re not monsters).
We use a painless extraction process at a repurposed U-Haul facility — the lesbians are fine.
Satsuma-scented and back in stock:
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It sounds beautiful! I am so sorry it will be going away…

That act of creation, whether it’s art, or baking, or growing things is incredibly restorative!

Thank you!!!

100%!!!

Hi! Thank you! Honestly? I’ve been mostly on Instagram (I know, I know) and have hesitated adding another platform, but someone gave me a nudge, so I’m giving this a try!

Optimistic Soap: Handcrafted Body Products Optimistic Soap is a small, Asian woman-owned business that makes and sells artisanal handcrafted soap with natural ingredients.

Oh, thank you! You can purchase from my site: www.optimisticsoap.com

Thank YOU for saying this! I really appreciate hearing this… and I hope tomorrow is even better!

Thank you!

Someone recently said, “Wait… you make soap??”
Which is fair — but also, it’s in my name. 😂

I know this account bounces between soap, activism, and occasional sock prancing… but that’s the mix. That’s me.

Curious if it’s working or if it feels like chaos. (No promises to change, but I am curious!)