A Feminist Deck
A project in by Kiva Smith-Pearson000days
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These are cards celebrating and promoting feminists I admire for a project designed to support feminist creators with a focus on women.
Backers: 912
Average Pledge Per Backer: $34
Funded: $31,147 of $22,500
Dates: May 5th -> Jun 4th (30 days)
Project By: Kiva Smith-Pearson
Backers: 912
Average Pledge Per Backer: $34
Funded: $31,147 of $22,500
Dates: May 5th -> Jun 4th (30 days)
Project By: Kiva Smith-Pearson
$31,147
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 4 @ 13:30 -0400 GMT
138%
of goal
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Latest News
omg 
June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
we're funded we're funded we're fUNDED THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU (Read More)
Video update!
May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to @EvvyKube for editing and @guysmiley22 for music! You both are awesome! (Read More)
THIS IS THE CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD
May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
From an amazing mother:"Alena is also very excited that you liked her drawing! She is an excellent artist and a burgeoning feminist. She is obsessed with science and drawing. She wants to be a paleontologist and owns an art studio where she sells... (Read More)
Profit Sharing
May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Since we've already reached our goal and there's so many days left, I had an idea! Yes! Since we are blowing up so much and have had so much positive attention, I want to profit share even more with our models and artists. After fees, publishing,... (Read More)
More artists
May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
I'm so excited to announce that Emily Madly and Rotem Shuval will be drawing cards for the deck!!Emily is one of the wonderful hosts of Castle to Castle, a podcast about diversity and Disney! You can listen to me chat with her and Mike about Disney's... (Read More)
Comic Companies Take Note
May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Because we've smashed that goal, I was able to put out a call for some talented artists, and what we have is thirteen women and one agender person who have jumped on the chance to share their fabulous art skills with us and the project. I am so... (Read More)
Some Podcasts and Media Attention!
May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Ginny McQueen Kind shoutouts on Rocket and Isometric podcasts this week! Give them a listen!The Mary Sue also did a wonderful update on their article about the harassment, asking people to support my moxie, which is a word I didn't know we still... (Read More)
Card Fronts
May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Got the fabulous @RhiannonRen to help me with a border. This is a mock-up. It doesn't have a background yet, and I'm building a font specifically for the cards right now. Buuuuut, I wanted people to get an idea of the front of the cards, what I meant... (Read More)
You May Have Noticed A Small Change
May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, we got written up in the Ralph Retort, so I know we must be doing something right.But immediately I was filled with anger. I hate that feeling. It makes me so uncomfortable and unhappy. I struggled with the feeling, and how to best show them... (Read More)
WE DID IT
May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
WE DID IT! YOU DID IT! YOU FUNDED THE WHOLE PROJECT!!!We are currently under GG attack again as they are reporting the project as a violation of the rules. I want to get in touch with Kickstarter and double-check with them that everything is a go,... (Read More)
We're Doing Really Well
May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
So many amazing RT's this week, including Wil Wheaton sharing The Mary Sue article, Neil Gaiman sharing the project, the DoubleClicks supporting us... wow. Big five days.And FIVE DAYS! That's the wackiest part to me! It's been five days.So!... (Read More)
Today
May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
That time Neil Gaiman tweeted about us.That time 8chan was a bunch of jerks and it really backfired and we were in the Mary Sue again.That time we were featured as a Kickstarter staff pick.Y'all, that was all TODAY. You're all amazing. Christine Love... (Read More)
Trolls
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Our wonderful project is currently being targeted... by 8chan trolls. They made a fake $10k donation that they plan to rescind, clearly. This was meant, I suppose, to drive down interest.Instead, they put the project on the Kickstarter front... (Read More)
Holy Moly
May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
This was a really big first day. So! Stuff.You may notice the Twitter-name list is growing, which means that the variant deck may also become another 50 cards. There's also a tier for a short comic book featuring some of the women from the deck... (Read More)
The Mary Sue Interview: Kiva Bay On The Feminist Deck Kickstarter
May 5th - via: themarysue.com
By now you’ve probably noticed that a lot of prominent feminists on Twitter have new hand-drawn avatars on their accounts. It’s no accident that they all have a similar style. All the art has been created by the hand of one talented artist: Kiva Bay. The Mary Sue recently had a chance to chat with her to talk about where she gets her inspiration and what she plans to do with the art in the future. (Read More)
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