Resources

One of Glitterjaw’s goals is to engage in meaningful conversations and social justice within our entertainment podcasts. Here are some recommendations we’ve discovered along the way to help you learn about current issues and enact change.

Taking Action Right Now

  • Find Your Representatives - Find US reps on all levels, along with their contact info, bills they introduce, and committees they serve on.

  • Find Your Local Library - Get a library card through your library’s website or in-person, and start using their resources to stay knowledgeable, have access to a public space, and support them by simply using them.

  • AFL-CIO: How to Form a Union - Resources for individuals interested in unionizing their workplace.

  • Surveillance Self-Defense: Attending a Protest - A guide to protecting electronic devices and digital assets when attending a protest. Includes printable PDF that can be carried with you.

LGBTQIA+

  • Trans Lifeline - Offers direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis.

  • Trevor Project - Crisis services, peer support, research, and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ people.

  • Rainbow Railroad - Global organization that helps at-risk queer people get to safety worldwide.

  • The Okra Project - A mutual aid collective focused on supporting Black Trans people across the US.

  • Sylvia Rivera Law Project - Seeks to improve access to social, health, and legal services for low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming.

  • He She Ze and We - Supports Transgender and Nonbinary people by empowering their families, communities, and allies to create life-saving, inclusive environments through education, support, and advocacy programs.

Supporting Palestine

  • The Sameer Project - A rapid-response, donations-based initiative, led by Palestinians in the diaspora and supported by ground teams, that is facilitating the sourcing and distribution of aid to displaced families all over the Gaza Strip. They provide support in the form of shelter, medication and treatment, food, water, diapers, formula, and more.

  • Stop Gaza Genocide Toolkit - A collection of actions you can take right now recommended by the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.

  • Palestinian Children's Relief Fund - A non-profit with the mission of providing free medical care to thousands of injured and ill children in Palestine.

  • Palestine Red Crescent Society - Provides humanitarian assistance as well as health and social services to Palestinians.

  • Donate eSims to Gaza - Help Palestinians stay connected to the internet so they can continue to share their stories.

  • Gift of the Givers - Disaster response that is currently visiting hospitals in the Gaza Strip to deliver essential medical assistance to individuals injured in the ongoing genocide.

Fighting Fascism

Education

Organizations

  • Haymarket Books - A radical and independent book publisher focused on social and economic justice.

  • OR Books - An alternative publishing company that embraces progressive change in politics and culture.

  • Arsenal Pulp Press - Book publisher with over 400 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction, nonfiction and poetry; books on social issues; gender studies; LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC literature; graphic novels and non-fiction; children's and young adult literature; regional history; cookbooks; alternative crafts; and books in translation.

Twitter/X

Glitterjaw ceased activity on the Twitter/X platform because of owner Elon Musk’s direct involvement with the Trump Administration, and the platform’s increasing support of fascism and the proliferation of Nazi and right-wing accounts.

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Topics Discussed on Podcast Episodes

Our podcasts strive to leave space for conversations around social justice and recommendations to make change, especially in relation to the media we’re covering.

Here is a catalogue of episodes we’re proud of — not a comprehensive list, but examples where these topics surface or resources are provided.