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On behalf of the AniFem team, I would like to thank every single one of you for helping us to reach our second Patreon milestone of $600 of pledges in just 35 days! You know already that we will use this money to pay writers, editors and tech support for their time and expertise, as well as to cover running costs. What you may not have considered are the other benefits this gives us. 

To smash our second goal in little over a month is a phenomenal performance for a service that started with zero community or name recognition and very limited content. In our earliest days our kneejerk detractors would tell us that the project we were pouring blood, sweat and tears into (just noticed how disgusting that visual is, leaving it in anyway) was unnecessary, unwanted, unhelpful. Every single one of you has proven, by putting your money where your heart is, that this is not the case. You've proven it to our detractors, who will never be able to use this argument against us again, and you've proven it to us. 

There have been days when it's been hard to have faith in our own project. We knew that we wanted it and believed in it, but some days it's hard to be sure what the outside world thinks. Well, thank you for telling us exactly what you think, and giving us support in these earliest days when we rely upon it the most. 

Now for the exciting part. $600 guarantees four posts a week. We've showcased some examples of different types of content on AniFem, but what do you most want to see from us? What kinds of content do you come to AniFem for, and what kinds of content do you want us to branch out into in the future? 

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Adam Gurri

For my part, I would love to see more detailed work like the Black Lagoon vs Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann one. I recognize this is by far the most time consuming sort, so I wouldn't expect it even every month! But I greatly appreciated the attention to detail and the way a lot of evidence was marshaled to flesh out the argument.

animefeminist

Peter will be thrilled to hear this - he has another couple of ideas up his sleeve already and has been keen to get to work on them! We'll ask him to get started on another as soon as possible.

Megan D

That's easy: more manga content! Reviews, essays, anything really on books both new and old. There's all sorts of good material and creators worth discussing and not just in the obviously relevant genres of shoujo and josei. Plus, the manga blogging community has ALWAYS been receptive and encouraging of good analytical material.

Rime Pendragon

I love Dee's stuff, her articles are always insightful, so more of that please :-)

animefeminist

Your last point makes this even more tempting than it already was! Thank you, you're completely right; this is an area we've neglected and we need to address that balance. We've done a less than stellar job of this so far, but please keep us accountable! This was never supposed to be just about anime, and it sure would be lovely to get in on that "receptive and encouraging of good analytical material" action you mention...

animefeminist

Done! Dee will definitely write more for us once we can pay her, which, thanks to you and all our patrons, should be very soon.

Anonymous

I think I've already floated this somewhere, but I'd love to see some discussion of games with heavy anime elements/influences, whether that's things like visual novels or franchises like Star Ocean and Persona.

Krakken Unleashed

Clarification: I believe its 4 posts a week, not 4 posts a month. (Your latest post on AniFem Talk says so and thats how i read the goal on patreon...) just FYI. Keep up the great work!

animefeminist

I think you have mentioned it, but now you've mentioned it officially on a patron thread it gets properly recorded and prioritised. :) Thank you for the steer!