Interlibrary Loan - Tumblr Posts

And if your library does not have what you want, ask a librarian if they can get it! Or check their website for pages marked "inter-library loan," "ILL," or "suggest a title."

Often they can get things from a different library (e.g. all public libraries in the state of Maryland borrow from each other via Marina, and colleges might borrow from other college libraries).

Libraries may also purchase specific titles if you ask them to (and if they can't get them through ILL). If you're trying to avoid giving money to the author, this may not be preferable, though it could reduce the total number of purchases of the thing - because now others can get it from the library too. But this is a good resource in general.

If you can't get it through libraries or piracy, you can also try secondhand sales (garage sales, ebay) or sharing with a friend.

I believe in separating the art from the artist. Publically and loudly condemning the terrible actions of an artist is helpful for holding them accountable and discouraging the terrible behavior. Financially boycotting them may help too. But depriving myself of the art doesn't help the cause. It doesn't generally help me, either - it usually hurts like the dickens. It's just misplaced energy.

But also, make your own decisions.

And support your libraries.

I saw some people struggle with this, so just putting this out there:

For those of us wanting to separate the art from the artist by pirating shows/movies/books, but are unfamiliar with pirating: Let me know what piece of media you want and I'll find a link for you and help out on how to do it. Don't know if Tumblr has any rules about sharing links like that, so to be safe I'll send them via DM