CW: Depression, Mental Illness, Police Violence, Murder, Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Coercion of Minors

[Episode 85.5 Pt 1] In part 1 of our annual update episode, Arlill talks about the COVID-19 pandemic, the on-going Black Lives Matter protests, and the second wave of #MeToo stories from the summer.
-Sadly, we did not reference Breonna Taylor during this episode but we can't ignore the outrage that's been caused by the grand jury's decision to not charge the 3 officers involved in her death. If you can, please donate to the Bail Project as numerous protesters who will be arrested in today's protests will need their bail paid.
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/louisville/

Please consider donating to the following organizations/communities if you can:
Homeless Black Trans Women fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/p6q5sm-homeless-black-trans-women-fund
Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund: https://www.artsbusinesscollaborative.org/asp-products/black-trans-protestors-emergency-fund/
The Okra Project: https://linktr.ee/theokraproject
Music for Relief: https://musicforrelief.org/?form=FireReliefFund
Mask Oakland: http://maskoakland.org/give/
Brave Space Alliance: https://mobile.twitter.com/BSAllianceChi
Ground Game LA: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ggla

-Album Art created by Julian Taylor

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