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Thank you to everyone who has been giving the gift of Bette Dangerous this season. It means so much to me. And some of you have been the recipients of Bette members’ largess, so please check your memberships because they may have been upgraded to paid in the last 24 hours.
If you would like to participate in our gifting program, please do so here:
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Lastly, the book raffle is going swimmingly, with some members entering multiple times. My book about Bradley Nowell from the band “sublime” is a collectable — I have seen it priced for as much as a $1,000 but hopefully the winner will enjoy it as a keepsake. In one of our upcoming Happy Hours, I’ll tell the story of how the project came together — purely magical and cosmic.
If you would like to enter the raffle, please go here:
I am very pleased, because I managed to get my tree up despite a heavy investigating load. To clear my head before the next round, I am off to hand-make some ornaments, because as I look at my pretty pink tree, I can see what’s not there.
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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.
Thank you to all who are contributing to the raffle to try to win a copy of my rarest book, Sublime’s Brad Nowell Crazy Fool — Portrait of a Punk. The winner will receive a signed copy.
Details on how to win here:
Members access all content and receive invites to our weekly Happy Hour, and our Speakeasy guest events. Our next Speakeasy featured Jack Bryan and John Mattes from Lawyers, Guns, and Money podcast on 12.17.
Here are reports from recent Speakeasys:
Members who support me at the premium level will be invited to our monthly Founder’s Day events — please upgrade to Founding Member if you would like to join us for these special intimate occasions to meet global experts. Founder’s should have received an invite to this Sunday’s event with Dr. Gary Slutkin.
Our most recent Founder’s Day with war photojournalist was magical. Here is a print recap:
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. 🥹
More info about Bette Dangerous - This magazine is written by Heidi Siegmund Cuda, an Emmy-award winning investigative reporter, author, and veteran music and nightlife columnist. She is the cohost of RADICALIZED Truth Survives, an investigative show about disinformation and is part of the Byline Media team. Thank you for your support of independent investigative journalism.
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