AniFem Fundraiser Update and Site Announcement: August 2019
It’s been a busy month all across the AniFem board. We’ve got fundraiser updates and a September Site Announcement, so please read on so you’re up to speed on things!
It’s been a busy month all across the AniFem board. We’ve got fundraiser updates and a September Site Announcement, so please read on so you’re up to speed on things!
This month: Concept art, color palettes, and early podcast transcripts!
This update has been a long time coming. Thanks so much to all our supporters for being so patient with us, and our sincerest apologies for not providing this sooner. The good news is there is no bad news: We’re still pursuing all of our fundraiser goals and making steady progress on our promises! The rest of the news is… well, realistic, mostly.
Earlier today our crowdfunding campaign closed – a success, by any measure.
Many of you have had fair and thoughtful questions about how we’re going to make more money in an ethical way. To answer you, here is our complete and transparent three-year vision and strategy.
Our niche feminist website made history last weekend.
Over one intense weekend, we met our $19,900 crowdfunding goal just 38 hrs after launching the campaign. We met our first stretch goal just two hours later.
The countdown is over! Our crowdfunding campaign just went live on Indiegogo, and you can finally read our campaign, see our list of perks, watch our video, and contribute.
I’ve written three posts setting the scene. Now, it’s finally time to give you hard numbers, and walk you through the story they’ll tell.
Who will your money actually go to? And how will we make sure we pay them properly?
Crowdfunding is a risk, but one that should pay off. If it doesn’t though, there will be some fallout for AniFem – not all of which may be visible to you.
AniFem CEO Amelia here, with an exciting announcement…
We knew our community would step up… but response to this post has blown us away.
I’ll cut to the chase: in just one week, we’re facing up to $880 worth of premiere reviews with only $500 in the bank. We need your help, or we’re going to have to reconsider whether we even do premiere reviews in the future.
12 Days of Anime is a great example of a project where you can learn more from failure than success.
Anime Feminist is two months old today! This month we have exceeded $750 in Patreon pledges, committed to pay all our writers from January 1st, set up a new contributor process to make submissions easier and run more smoothly and launched our first collaboration.
On our 50th day AniFem made it to over $700 in pledges! To do so on a platform like Patreon, known as a beer money tip jar rather than a business model, is a pretty staggering achievement. As a result, I am committing here and now to paying every single one of our writers in 2017, starting January 1st.