AniFem Fundraiser Drive: Podcast Transcripts, Round 2 - Fight! (Patreon)

In the next few weeks, we’ll be publishing the remainder of the transcripts paid for by our Indiegogo fundraiser. This is very exciting, because it means all the fundraiser goals have been achieved! Huzzah!

But it’s also a little intimidating, because it means we now have to address something we’ve been putting off for the last six months: We still have a 50-episode podcast backlog that needs transcripts in addition to future podcasts that will need transcripts, and we currently have no way to afford them.

Is now the best time for a fundraising drive? Frankly, no. As a progressive website, we’re all too aware that asking our audience for money in 2020 comes across as a bit insensitive. It’s why we held off on this post for as long as we did (we’d initially planned to have a big transcript push over the summer, and decided against it). However, as a progressive website, it’s also our responsibility to make our content accessible to as many readers as possible - and that means we can’t put podcast transcripts on the backburner anymore.

So! With those dueling concerns in mind, we’ve decided to launch an Extremely Chill Fundraiser to help meet the needs of our AniFam in 2020. This drive comes in two parts: one to cover future transcripts, and another to cover the transcript backlog (episodes 76-125).

Here on Patreon, we're looking to increase our monthly intake to $2,220 - an extra $220 to pay transcribers and quality checkers for all future biweekly podcasts. 

To cover the costs and give ourselves a buffer for additional expenses, we're shooting for 50 more patrons to subscribe at $5 a month, so please spread the word and consider becoming a patron or boosting your monthly subscription if you can afford to do so!

If you're interested in helping fund the transcript backlog, please also consider supporting us through our new Ko-fi page.

You can check out the site update on our website for more details. And, as always, please do reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks, AniFam!