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Imagine standing on a box in the middle of a busy city, dressed as a white-faced bride, and silently using your eyes to ask people for money. Or touring Europe in a punk cabaret band, and finding a place to sleep each night by reaching out to strangers on Twitter. For Amanda Palmer, actions like these have gone beyond satisfying her basic needs for food and shelter - they've taught her how to turn strangers into friends, build communities, and discover her own giving impulses.

Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to...

"Amanda Palmer visar lustfyllt en generation hur de kan förändra sina liv." /Caitlin Moran "I en musikindustri där det saknas egensinniga tänkare har Amanda Palmer en given plats." /The Guardian En bok som borde läsas av varenda person som pysslar med musik, teater, text eller konst i...

Vampires Gone Wild brings together four paranormal romance novellas by Kerrelyn Sparks, Pamela Palmer, Amanda Arista, and Kim Falconer, authors and bloggers at Supernatural Underground. Kerrelyn Sparks’s demure Pamela and sexy vampire sidekick battle the Malcontents in “V is for Vampwoman...

Após desligar-se de sua gravadora, Amanda recorreu ao então recém-lançado Kickstarter, site de financiamento coletivo, para conclamar os fãs a colaborar financeiramente para a produção do próximo álbum de sua banda. O projeto arrecadou mais de 1 milhão de dólares, recorde que chamou atenção tanto da imprensa como da indústria fonográfica. Desse episódio surgiu o convite para uma celebrada palestra nos TED Talks. O tema: saber pedir.

Foster care is truly an unparalleled experience. This is our journey as a foster and adoptive family that has seen and experienced a lot! We want to share our joy and heartbreak with the world to inspire others to join in our mission of providing strength to the weakest among us. We are sharing our personal experiences as a foster and adoptive family and the stories that other brave souls are willing to generously share with us. Our goal is to help potential foster families take that next step in the process and to encourage bio families to work with us towards the best possible resolution for...

Amanda Palmer is a rock star, best-selling author, TED speaker and community leader who does everything on her own terms simply by asking. Now, she turns the tables on her colleagues and heroes to find out how they create art, love difficult people, work for change, and survive the worst moments of their lives. From porn stars to empathy researchers, and cartoonists to climate scientists, no topic is out of bounds.

Lights On is a podcast by NeuroMoms Collective, hosted by two mothers who know firsthand the journey of supporting a brain injury survivor. Amanda and Erin create a warm, honest space to talk about caregiving—the heavy, the hopeful, and the human. We chose the name Lights On because when a medical crisis hits, it can feel like someone has suddenly turned the lights off in your life. Joy feels distant, routines disappear, and the world becomes unfamiliar. But the light was never truly gone—we're here to help caregivers find it again and gently turn the lights back on. Guests include ...