Industry News - The Sweater Fish Society https://sweaterfish.org Promoting Diversity in the Entertainment Industry Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:09:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Deletion from X formerly Twitter https://sweaterfish.org/2024/11/06/deletion-from-x-formerly-twitter/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:56:34 +0000 https://sweaterfish.org/?p=17700 To our users, viewers, and donors. We have made the decision to cancel our social media accounts on x.com.  It is a poor environment and we will build elsewhere. Should someone use create and/or use our account later (@sweaterfish and @tcavaa) after November 5th, 2024,...

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]]> Companies that are moving backwards for Accessibility https://sweaterfish.org/2024/07/30/companies-that-are-moving-backwards-for-accessibility/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:38:33 +0000 https://sweaterfish.org/?p=17694 Today we’d like to introduce you to Capcut. A popular video editing software app used by thousands of people to edit their videos for Instagram, Tiktok and more. It has a unique amazing feature to quickly add auto-captioning and many people use it because of...

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]]> We’re here. https://sweaterfish.org/2020/06/15/were-here/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:50:51 +0000 https://sweaterfish.org/?p=17318 We’ve been vocal on social media, but I thought it was important to talk about some items on our blog to express our support for #blacklivesmatter. Because our organization is specifically aimed at a particular industry, it may not appear like we’re participating, or we’re...

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]]> A pointed finger. We have to be better. https://sweaterfish.org/2020/02/03/we-have-to-be-better/ https://sweaterfish.org/2020/02/03/we-have-to-be-better/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:20:08 +0000 https://sweaterfish.org/?p=17252 Joaquin Phoenix uses his acceptance speech to talk about the lack of inclusiveness and diversity among this year's winners at the 2020 BAFTAs.

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]]> https://sweaterfish.org/2020/02/03/we-have-to-be-better/feed/ 0 Partner News – Able Artist Foundation https://sweaterfish.org/2019/08/12/partner-news-able-artist-foundation/ https://sweaterfish.org/2019/08/12/partner-news-able-artist-foundation/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2019 02:18:41 +0000 https://sweaterfish.org/?p=17128 Our partner, Able Artist Foundation, has opened enrollment to their very first grant. If you are a musician/art located in the Minneapolis area, you should really check this grant out.

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]]> https://sweaterfish.org/2019/08/12/partner-news-able-artist-foundation/feed/ 0 Film Recommendation https://sweaterfish.org/2017/04/06/film-rec-my-transgender-life/ https://sweaterfish.org/2017/04/06/film-rec-my-transgender-life/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2017 03:23:08 +0000 http://sweaterfish.org/?p=16804 Every day we go out of our way to learn more about human beings. As there are so many of us, from different backgrounds, it’s important to enrich our lives with stories from all over the world. Today we’re recommending My Transgender Life, a short...

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