You’re happy to use the means afforded to you for being white while doing nothing meaningful for women of color.

A behind-the-scenes look at how MVC subscriptions work: how we set pricing, design our marketing, what technology we use, and how to use these tactics for your own media project.

We cover picking a price point, promoting your sponsorships, developing ethical guidelines, and how sponsors help us make MVC.

How we think about and use crowdfunding at MVC, and what social justice/feminist/community platforms can learn from us.

Building sustainable funding that supports your mission and goals, allows you to grow, and develops community connection.

We spoke to Aniyia about the wearable tech market, raising seed funding, building your founding team and where Tinsel is going.

This is a post about why and how we developed Fund Club, and what we’ve learned in the process.

In a society where equitable access to jobs, housing, and financial services is still threatened by racist discrimination, crowdfunding is a tool that has helped marginalized communities deal with the impact of economic violence.

The Black Weblog Awards looked like a big success. But harassment, a lack of funding, “allies”, and lukewarm community support made it a constant struggle to keep going.

Their story, and how they see the complications and changes in the funding landscape.