For years, many generous supporters have made it possible to pay our writers and our site editor through Another World subscriptions at ABeautifulResistance.org.
We’ve made the decision to change this system and to offer these subscriptions through Substack instead. There are two significant reasons for this change:
Notifications about our essays were not always reaching supporters, meaning they often missed essays they paid for.
The cost to collect subscriptions through our website and to email supporters about them increased several times since we began.
We’re very excited by this change, and we think you will be, too. By offering supporters essays through substack, everything we publish will now be delivered also to your inbox.
Also, this means the cost of subscriptions has gone down!
I’m already a supporter: what do I do?
We sent an email to all existing supporters to help them migrate their subscriptions and benefits. If you haven’t seen this email, please check your spam folders. If you still cannot find it, email Rhyd at Rhyd@abeautifulresistance.com and he’ll help you with the switch.
I’m not yet a supporter: what do I get?
Every month, we’ll publish three or four works available in full to paid subscribers (free subscribers will get to read a preview of most of these). These are often in-depth essays, early looks at upcoming books, and our recurring music review series, the Pagan Music List. Also, works published elsewhere behind a paywall (advance podcast episodes or essays) are sometimes included by permission of the creators.
There are two tiers of support: monthly (paid monthly or annually) and permanent. There are also extra benefits that come with each:
Monthly (paid monthly or annually): Discounts on purchases of our books, occasional free digital book downloads, and a free course enrollment each year.
Permanent: This is our “founding supporter” level. For a one-time payment, you get forever access to all of our paywalled works, free shipping on all purchases, free course access, and also our entire digital book catalog (currently 35 books and growing)
I cannot support yet: can I still read your works?
We’ll continue to publish free-to-access essays, just as we always have!
Is AbeautifulResistance.org going away?
Nope! That’s where our books are available, and we’ll continue to mirror our essays there. Supporter essays, however, can only be read in full here.
How to I become a subscriber?
You can do that below! And thank you!