Girls Gone Canon Cast - Announcement - June 4, 2020

Episode Date: June 4, 2020

Please click and expand the description for this episode. #BlackLivesMatter This is by no means an exhaustive list, and if you have other creators, resources, articles, actions or organizations that you would like for us to add, please feel free to reach out.  Support Black creators in our communities.  Cast & Content Creators The Hype's Watch - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbMRMaprM4O5WzAIQJnvz9g  A Don of Ice & Fire aka Don Willi  - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC507i_iipyO50QZFk4s8brA  Alicia Kingston - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFINw6LLA-4NiycBCAhxxvQ  Chrissy of Oldstones - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SPSiaoyBsXF0bG4Jq8veg  Quinn - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ & https://obsidiannightspodcast.podbean.com/ Tadhya, Quinn’s upcoming graphic novel: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tadhya-graphic-novel/coming_soon I'ma Need More Wine Pod - http://morewinepod.buzzsprout.com/  Tee Baby - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOlQn5fok-SSyschqNbjRA  Christina/the Sphinx - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuy1eNsQx0BIqLFWKhM2cw || https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLhsjfgjyvkjly8iHgrAWQ  Teflon TV - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7FuRHvd0CpH8vwKqU9Ruw  The Amber Spycast - https://www.theamberspycast.com/  Critical Hit Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/CriticalHitShop  Drafturgy - https://www.drafturgy.com/about  ManaroGeek - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lo_HzhE8_5Q6gxn7h4cUA  Podcast Winterfell - https://podcastwinterfell.com/ Misty aka AquaVenatus - https://mistyaquavenatus.com/ A Thousand Eyes and One Podcast - https://thousandeyespodcast.com/ Lady Diligence - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbuPUn7_XyRdQd6VoUnEBg Ser Hunts Reviews - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDdSjDnWwcJp-DJUUBlIOFw Support Black storytellers. Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors Tomi Adeyemi Nalo Hopkinson Samuel R. Delaney N.K. Jemisin Nnedi Okorafor Tananarive Due Airea D. Matthews Walter Mosley Geoffrey Thorne Minister Faust Sheree R. Thomas Ta-Nehisi Coates Tochi Onyebuchi Karen Lord Steven Barnes Sofia Samatar David Anthony Durham Octavia Butler Maurice Broaddus Barry Nugent  FURTHER LIST OF BOOKS TO READ, THANKS RACHELGOMES: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eT3U74lNb9KPLKA3mUmNauSPwbcK5LQv70KmBW7EwdA/edit#gid=0 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE: CHECK OUT THIS LIST OF ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES COMPILED BY SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER AND ALYSSA KLEIN https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcqDhrCs*godMQCSHOqftXrgq3I8DGA Sooooo many good resources already listed on here. You’ll see some overlap in the later sections but this is a great compilation that people have put a lot of great work into.    SIMILARLY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE also check out PLUS1.ORG’S ANTI-RACISM TOOLKIT.  Again, people who are more knowledgeable than us have done this great work so that we can do more to actively dismantle white supremacy. Check it out. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vMlmL9TCZJW9bDNfr_nBu8FZEc8LZQd2fi4hbD1s7dg/edit?fbclid=IwAR1GSNbcbw-KRtvhM-7OQmTt2HtuBUTcPbOMtAb-DDnXe3dBIapMpHWUmto    Books About Anti-Racism, Racist Systems, Criminalization in America, etc.    Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Forman, Jr.    Me and White Supremacy - Layla Saad How to be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism - Robin DiAngelo   Reproductive Justice - Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger   So you want to talk about race  - Ijeoma Oluo   How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective - edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor   The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander   GO CHECK OUT THOSE LISTS WE LINKED ABOVE Organizations You Can Donate To or Financially Support George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd?fbclid=IwAR342hEyNUlpvaJbtbm0qgLiXUmURvaq845KXTlvIjQtgm5207WIjwimsf0  Black Owned Bookstores in the United States - https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php  Black Visions Collective - https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/  Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home  Mobile Outreach and Outdoor Drop-In (MOODI) - https://www.givemn.org/story/Mxmjeg  Pimento Relief Fund - https://abepmpls.org/pimento-relief-fund  SANCTUARY Philadelphia - Sanctuaryphiladelphia.org  Philly for REAL Justice - http://phillyrealjustice.com/  Philadelphia Resource Guide from REAL JUSTICE: - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c69EhaddDpb5X684S8Bk7B-XwsKg3EuYowbEoN39SRg/edit#gid=0  DONATE TO DOZENS OF BAIL PLACES AT ONCE - https://t.co/uscstATQLB?amp=1  Philly Bail Fund - OVERFLOWING - fund BLMPhilly.com - BLMPhilly.com  Youth Art and Self-Empowerment Project - http://www.yasproject.com/  Reclaim Philadelphia / Judicial Accountability Table - reclaimphiladelphia.org  Movement Alliance Project - https://movementalliance.org/  Black Lives Matter DC - https://www.blacklivesmatterdmv.org/fund-the-movement/ Black Lives Matter DC Legal Support Fund ($800k goal, currently at $500k) - https://www.gofundme.com/f/defendblmdc?utm_source=fb_copy_link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR00qGS94DeimUwk_zrcWCIwhLfM_UUVqUeL4I84xq-exdOJL3PDMahcRg4 Please note: DC does not have cash bail (though money may be used for legal funds or post-and-forfeit, so do your research if someone is requesting funds for DC bail!) DC Black-Owned Restaurants Open During Covid-19 - https://www.feedthemalik.com/post/dc-black-owned-open-covid-19 Black Mamas Bail Out - nationalbailout.org/black-mamas-bail-out/  Brooklyn Community Bail Fund - brooklynbailfund.org North Star Health Collective - northstarhealthcollective.org  The Marsha P. Johnson Institute - https://marshap.org/donate/ Compiled list of bail funds and legal help - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/preview?pru=AAABcorfceg*78tcFXW3vT50KJh-VthBGA&fbclid=IwAR1pEfBcMbEiGLiVtP3hLlf-6sWQiTdG61PY-qBQV3-pdWluVNrqao5HTyc Femme Empowerment Project - https://www.instagram.com/femmeempowermentproject/  Life After Release - https://lifeafterrelease.org/ Disability Justice Mutual Aid Fund - Venmo: @sheabutterfemme || Cashapp: $HSHA24   Direct Actions You Can Take Click this link with a fully written email and placeholders with your name and city to demand the Minneapolis Police Department take all four of George Floyd’s killers and take them into custody - www.tinyurl.com/emailforfloyd/ Click this link to write an email demanding justice for Breonna Taylor - www.tinyurl.com/ycha6nuu If you are in the DC area:  More resources and guidance: instagram.com/avahmann If you want to call your DC council member and don’t know how, send us a DM! Submit a testimony to urge the DC council to divest from the DC Metropolitan Police Department - read this document about the issue, why this is important, and what actually works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V2l7bdg6QeqtqVWDr5HFzVzieiT0vg6jZASN6syBNyY/preview?link_id=2&can_id=77140cfd7b3097e48a6e6fdd19b2f451&source=email-make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&email_referrer=email_819293&email_subject=make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&pru=AAABcpn9JGM*i99REKSEQVFf7imV8Riqog Email/call the DC Council Committee on the judiciary and public affairs and demand they redirect the money into programs that help Black communities! (Dept of Health, Dept of Health Care Finance, Dept of Behavioral Health) - [e-mail]  -  202-350-1362 For everyone: Write your state representative! (Don't know your state delegate/representative or senator? Use this website or let us know, and I will help you!)  Here’s a scripted email about no-knock warrants if you don’t know what to write:  Hi [State Rep], My name is [YOUR NAME], and I live in your district. I’ve been moved by the protests against police brutality across the nation. One situation that breaks my heart is the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville. She was killed in her own home when officers executed a no-knock warrant at the wrong home. Nothing can make up for her tragic loss of life. But no-knock warrants aren’t just a problem in Louisville. Police use no-knock warrants in our district! I’m writing to you in hopes that you will file legislation to ban no-knock warrants. Please see this 2014 ACLU report on police execution of warrants for more info: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/jus14-warcomeshome-report-web-rel1.pdf    [Please note that this email may not apply to your district if you live in Oregon or Florida.]     Some other articles and resources for non-black people of color regarding anti-blackness in non-white communities:  20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now - https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e Letters for Black lives - on talking to your family about why #BlackLivesMatter (with Tagalog translation) - https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5vzQopEiU/?igshid=qo3lluto6ncj    This list was only possible because of the countless efforts and hours of many people paving the way. Credit to: @trishalvaro (IG), @Stanfordfraser (Twitter), @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y (IG), @ericachidi (IG), @mireillecharper (IG), @dciwoc (IG), @law4blacklivesdc (IG), @brige0x (IG), @soft_masc_shawty (IG) (I lost the account that drafted the instant email link demanding justice for Breonna Taylor in direct actions, and am working on recovering that)  

Hello and welcome to a special announcement from Girls Gone Canon. I'm Chloe. And I'm Eliana. This week, our episode, we will not be talking about His Dark Materials or A Song of Ice and Fire like you expect, but this will be our only episode this week. Right now is a time of anger, pain, and grieving, not just here in the United States, but heard around the world. And now is not the time for our voices to be heard. We'll return with our programming in the future,

but we are standing in solidarity with Black people and in their fight for basic civil human rights. This week around the country and around the world, we have seen protests in response to the recent murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police. George Floyd is not the only one in recent times. There's also Breonna Taylor killed in an act of police brutality while in her own home. Ahmaud Arbery, who was lynched while jogging while Black in his neighborhood. Most recently,

his neighborhood. Most recently, during the protests, local Black business owner David McAddy died in the protests in Louisville, much of what is in response to Breonna Taylor. These names are not an exhaustive list of the countless Black lives that have been lost to brutality, to violence in this country, not only at the hands of police, but the oppressive system of systemic racism that happens and that kills Black people constantly. We could not make a list. We could not read aloud a list of all of the names. It is unconscionable how long that list is. Black Lives Matter, as part of that, we are committing ourselves to be better at amplifying the voices in our community and out. And we urge you to support Black people during this time. To help you get started, in the body text of this episode, when you click through on whatever platform you are using

or on Podbean, it will direct you to Black creators in our fandom communities and that we encourage you to introduce into your life and to support, as well as resources and books so that you can learn more about understanding racism in this country and around the world, as well as how you can be actively anti-racist and also a way for you to take action by donating to organizations that support Black people and protesters. Yes, but we would love to introduce you to some of our creators that we have listened to in the fandom, such as Don Willie. You may know him from The Hypes Watch, where they do epic rereads of A Song of Ice and Fire, or from his own channel, A Don of Ice and Fire.

He also has theories, recaps of Game of Thrones episodes and Ice and Fire opinions, especially on Fire and Blood. episodes and ice and fire opinions especially on fire and blood we'd also like you to check out alicia kingston who's a wonderful creator and just a light in this fandom and does full coverage of the hbo tv show that the books are based on as well as other fantasy and sci-fi like lock and key and even stranger things currently alicia doing Quarren streams as well. Chrissy of Oldstones narrates her favorite sci-fi horror and fantasy stories on YouTube and also posts many live streams. There's

Quinn, who has recently changed his channel name to be Quinn's Ideas, formerly known as Ideas of Ice and Fire. And Quinn is a brilliant mind when it comes to A Song of Ice and Fire, has a lot of great coverage of Dune and Foundation, and has an upcoming graphic novel, Tadia, which is the first in a series. Yes. Take a listen to I'm a Need More Wine Pod over at

morewinepod.buzzsprout.com. Christine and Jocelyn talk about everything from Game of Thrones, wine, other pop culture, and movies and books. They actually just put out an episode on trading places just days ago. We also encourage you to check out T-Baby, who streams her ideas and theories about Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire

and also hosts live streams with other creators in the community. Yes. You may have seen or heard of Christina or The Sphinx on YouTube. There are two channel links, one to her old channel, one to her newer one. She is a little more collaborative now, but

does have some Game of Thrones content that's great. And I actually have seen her recently with Tony Teflon from Teflon TV. Yeah. He's been doing all things Thrones forever, and he's also doing really fun Jackbox quarantine streams

with a lot of the other creators in the community. Yeah. And there are also creators in the His Dark Materials community. There's the Amber Spy cast, and they've gone through 35 episodes now on His Dark Materials so far,

and they are actually quite near the finish line of the Amber Spyglass and Looming in Sight. Critical Hitshop is actually able to ship from Etsy. They make handmade video game and nerd decor, lots of A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones decor. They came to Ice and Fire

Con one year. And close to my heart is Drafter G, who is an incredible artist in in general right but also in the song of ice and fire community who many of you might know as the illustrator of one of the greatest strong balwas uh depictions ever and but also also he has a lot of other great art as well and he's always coming up with really awesome new concepts yes, I know that Belwas

painting is your that Belwas print is like your life though if you haven't checked out Minaro Geek on YouTube, they are doing an A Dance with Dragons reread, they also cover The Expanse, Altered Carbon. Yes, and finally, Podcast Winterfell. Previously, Tracy,

who was on there, had amazing coverage during 2015 through 2017 about Game of Thrones with Podcast Winterfell. So check out those episodes. Yes, and if you are a Black creator in the community and you'd like to share your podcast, please send it over. We would love to support it and have others support it as well.

Yeah, your podcast, your channel. If you're an artist, we would love to share your work. So please let us know. This is by no means an exhaustive list of our community. And so thank you so much for listening this week. We'll be back. But this week, please reach out, support your Black friends who are hurting and listen.

Thank you very much, everyone. Black Lives Matter. We'll speak soon.