How You Can Help Support Foreign Bodies

Fiza Pirani
Foreign Bodies
Published in
3 min readNov 7, 2019

--

Look, I’ll be honest. I could really use your help.

Since I chose to become a full-time freelancer and writer, my every waking hour feels exorbitantly more precious (and expensive). But I made the choice to leave behind a stable income for this world of excitement and chaos, and that’s on me.

The truth is, as uncomfortable as it is to ask for money — and it truly is so uncomfortable — I’ve got to heed my own advice and ask to be paid for my time whether or not I have a reliable salary.

This newsletter isn’t going anywhere, and that’s because it’s become an extension of who I am, my love of storytelling and my hope for a de-stigmatized world for all of us.

In fact, I want to do more. I want to handle these subjects with even more care, set aside more time to research the best and latest resources available, pay the volunteers who’ve been helping and the many who’ve been wanting to help. I want to continue fostering this as a safe digital space for anyone feeling alienated in their battle with mental illness or discrimination, especially immigrants and refugees.

But again, I need your support.

While our paywall won’t go up until 2020, you can become a paying subscriber today.

--

--

Fiza Pirani
Foreign Bodies

Atlanta-based writer/editor and bibliophile. Founder of immigrant and refugee mental health newsletter, Foreign Bodies. Join: foreignbodies.net 💌