Calendaring Bette — July Dates <3
We have a very busy and fruitful month ahead
Very excited to meet new members, and to get everyone acclimated, I am offering a calendar of upcoming events for easy reference. The following events are for paid members and if you would like to join us, I have extended the Independence week special another day to offer a 25% discount for the first year:
Okay, mark your calendars:
Tuesday, 7/11, 5 pm PT Bette’s Happy Hour
Our weekly wellness Happy Hour checkin is tomorrow at 5 pm PT. New members — we alternate each week — either noon or 5 pm PT, and here is the registration link for tomorrow. It’s becoming a favorite hour of the week for many members of this community. The next two upcoming dates are Tuesday, 7/18, noon PT; 7/25, 5 pm PT. I launched these weekly checkins to get happy, and we do
Sunday, 7/16, 4 pm PT Bette’s ‘Speakeasy’ with Dr. Michael MacKay
Our Sunday ‘Speakeasy’ zoom salons are a spectacular way to meet some of the greatest minds of our times and ask questions to take answers back to your communities. Previous guests have included David Pepper, Martin Sheil, Dr. Mia Bloom, Jeff Sharlet, Craig Unger, Monique Camarra, Dr. Ian Garner, Jen Senko, and so many other experts in navigating global threats to democracy. MacKay is an analyst who has been documenting the war in Ukraine for 9 years and is a wealth of information when it comes to understanding both hybrid and kinetic warfare, and how to find the words to make people care and understand why we must support Ukraine in its fight against tyranny. Look for a registration link on or before Saturday
Sunday, 7/30, 4 pm PT Bette’s Speakeasy with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
The nation’s foremost scholar on Italian fascism and a dear friend to many in this community will be our featured guest and what fun that will be. If you are not already a member of her Lucid substack, I recommend you join. In addition, please read her book Strongmen in advance if you haven’t already done so, as her work is proving to be quite prophetic. Registration link will be sent on or before 7/29
Looking forward to meeting new faces, and seeing returning members. We are building beautiful communities through our various Substacks during these trouble times and navigating them together.
Onward and upward.
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Bette Dangerous is a reader-funded magazine. Thank you to all monthly, annual, and founding members. Thank you as well to all those who support my work with your generous coffee tips and who buy my ebooks. Some of you prefer making subsidizing donations via venmo, and it’s always greatly appreciated. Thanks to a generous donor, we gave away six annual memberships! We have three new gifted memberships to offer, so please send a note to the email address below if you would like to join the next membership lottery — tell us who you are and what concerns you most. If you wish to gift a membership, you can do so by donating to the ko-fi or venmo accounts, and indicate it’s for a gift, or do so here:
Also, a private link to an annual membership discount for older adults, those on fixed incomes or drawing disability, as well as activists and members of the media is available upon request at bettedangerous@gmail.com. 🥹
The registration link to our weekly Bette’s Happy Hour wellness checkin Tuesday, July 11, at 5 pm PT can be found here.
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We just have to see that the battle for democracy is broader. It's deeper.—David Pepper
I need people to see they're on the frontline. Wherever you live, if you’re doing this work, you are the frontline.—David Pepper
The message should be a fair deal… fairness everywhere.—Martin Sheil
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“I say a silent prayer of thanksgiving as I walk upon the earth.”-Audrey Peterman.
“May the viral hope for truth and humanity wash away the chaos of these years.”-S.C., Bette community member
“Something Sacred never dies in almost all of us, who can hear the invitation of Truth…”-words from a Bette Dangerous community member
“Nothing but blue skies from now on…”-Irving Berlin
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(Below, two-time ‘Speakeasy’ guest Martin Sheil’s dog Quincy, calendaring the dates)
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