Weekly Round-Up, 27 May – 2 June, 2020: Protest Resources and Celebrating Black Creators

As with yesterday’s Talk post, this week’s Links round-up is slightly different. Below, we’ve listed links to AniFem articles penned by Black contributors, as well as our podcasts on Michiko & Hatchin and Learning Japanese as WOC (focused on fetishization and racism faced by Black and brown students in that space).

In addition, we’ve linked several websites staffed by Black writers in our community. Many you may recognize from previous Links posts; we hope you’ll read and support their work as you have so kindly with ours.

Finally, the end of this post includes additional ways to provide financial support to protesters and support networks for Black communities.

Black Writers on AniFem

Assad Abderemane

Aysha U. Farah

Carrie McClain

Channler Twyman

Dani M.

Devin Randall

Jacque Aye

Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell

Jervon Perkins

Latonya Pennington

Noel Rodney Jr.

Sinclair August

Podcasts

Michiko & Hatchin Watchalong with Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell and Lizzie Visitante

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

Learning Japanese as WOC with Jacqueline-Elizabeth Cottrell, Lizzie Visitante, and Minami

Websites

The Black Experience Japan

The Black Manga Critic

Black Nerd Problems

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Dub Talk

Getting Animated

Jackson P. Brown

MommaLuvsManga

The Nerds of Color

Noir Caesar

South Sonder

Wear Your Voice

Resources and Ways to Donate

THREAD: A list of mutual aid funds that provide ongoing support for affected communities beyond the protests themselves.

It's great that y'all are contributing to bail funds, but many of them have more money than they can use rn (thanks to your help) so I encourage you to ALSO donate to mutual aid funds! They help the ppl we're fighting for directly & are esp necessary during the pandemic. THREAD:

— lyd (@thegirlwithfood) June 1, 2020

THREAD: For those who cannot donate, this thread lists YouTube videos that are donating their ad revenue; please remember to watch with sound on and AdBlock paused.

Thread of YouTube vids you can watch to passive donate thru adsense ,, so DON'T SKIP ADS FOR THESE VIDEOS… you can leave it playing in the bg if u don't enjoy the vids

— TURTLE (@iDiminies) June 1, 2020

THREAD: Translations of pamphlets from the Hong Kong Protests with tips on safety, supplies, and group tactics.

Volunteer Fire Department – a #HongKong protest art thread

HKers have been dousing teargas for a few months now. Let’s look at our firefighters' gear, methods, & tips for those affected by tear gas.

All below are rough translations of existing protest pamphlets from TG.

1/15 pic.twitter.com/lrFjAyxFW5

— uwu (@uwu_uwu_mo) October 25, 2019

TWEET: A link to the Drawing While Black directory, which lists Black artists from multiple fields and how to support them.

[RT are appeciated] the #drawingwhileblack directory is now updated !✨ This is a great resource to find a black artists in fields like Illustration,Animation, Graphic Design, Comics,etc! please check it out!https://t.co/EU3H2XvamK pic.twitter.com/rO2GPquy39

— Abelle✨ (@abellehayford) May 31, 2020

Donate to the National Lawyers Guild

The National Lawyers Guild has chapters offering legal aid to protesters who have been arrested in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, and Seattle. To find out if there is a NLG Branch in your area, check here — they can also provide Legal Observers to attend the protest.