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As part of our plans to get more involved in our civic future, Boredwalk has selected a special Valentine for February, and our sweetheart is going to be She Should Run. She Should Run is a non-profit that helps women run for public office, and as a woman-owned small business, we can't think of a better way to spread the love this February than empowering other women in leadership. That's why starting now (we know it's not quite February, but we're feeling the V-Day spirit) through February 28th, we're going to send $1 to She Should Run for every Feminist/Progressive shirt we sell.

We'd love to be able to raise at least $1,000 for She Should Run, so if you'd like to help, spread the word to your progressive/feminist friends and family. It's also great if you just want to send a few bucks to She Should Run or volunteer with your local Swing Left or Indivisible Chapter. Team Boredwalk will be in Palmdale next weekend trying to help flip CA 25. Join us if you're a SoCal area fan and you'd like to get involved! You can also share your civic engagement pics on our new Facebook group for Boredwalk fans who are passionate about creating change on the local and national level. It's invite-only, so just request access and we'll welcome you right on in!

Now on to the fun...here are a few of our favorite protest signs from the 2018 Women's Marches last weekend.

That's it for this week! Until next time,

Peace, love, and tacos,

Meredith & Matt

It's Edgar Allan Poe's birthday today! So let's take a moment to share a few fun facts about this famed literary giant and OG goth.

Why was Edgar Allan Poe so goth? Maybe his early life had something to do with it; his dad left the family not long after Edgar was born and then his mom dropped dead of tuberculosis when he was 3.

Would Morrissey and Poe get along famously? If they existed at the same time, probably. They're both moody creatives who love the macabre and Lord Byron.

Was Poe lucky in love? Not really. After a failed stint at University of Virginia, Poe returned to his hometown of Richmond, VA to find his fiancée, Elmira Royster, engaged to another man in his absence.

On the rebound, Poe eventually got involved with and then married his teenage niece, Virginia Clemm. Eeew! I guess marrying teenage nieces was more of a thing in the mid-nineteenth century. The marriage lasted less than 10 years — tuberculosis strikes again! — taking out Poe's then-24 year old wife.

After his wife's death, Poe eventually reconnected with Elmira Royster (will he ever learn?) and those two became engaged again, but the marriage never came to fruition (guess not!), as Poe died not long after the engagement.

Did Poe get into public feuds with his contemporaries? You betcha! Poe got into quite the squabble with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow back in the day. Longfellow became critical of Poe's work after Poe accused the popular author of plagiarism. If only they'd had Twitter back in the day — we'd have loved to experience that flame war!

Was Poe a defender of working creatives? Heck yeah! He was a vocal advocate of higher wages for writers and an international copyright law. A man after our own hearts!

Love Poe or other gothy literary greats? Here are a few of our favorite shirts inspired by Poe and other goth AF literary giants:

 

 That's it for this week! We hope you've enjoyed learning about these little Poe factoids as much as we did researching them! Till next time...

Peace, love, and morose reading,

Matt

 

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