Hollywood Writer Explains WGA Strike (w/ Demi Adejuyigbe) 

Yeah, its a bit surreal to see how conversations are framed based on who stands to benefit. If its an issue that the poor and middle class stands to benefit from it's all about the potential cost, the danger or 'How can we possibly afford...' The power of labor has slowly been dying from a thousand cuts over the last few decades, glad to see at least a few unions are still strong enough to put up a fight.

it’s not racism to make fun of france…french people aren’t a race lmao

@@catthulhu553 you're right, it's bigotry! (also there absolutely is racism, beginning with the Chinese woman being cast for a Korean character or vice versa, I don't remember)

@@brkh96 yeah…true. i’ve just seen so many videos of people calling french stereotypes racism and it drives me crazy.

@@catthulhu553 but my comment is about the portrayal of Ukrainian women as being shoplifters. Also white men writing racist Asian people jokes then casting a Korean actress to portray a Chinese character and have her spout the racist jokes is racist.

@@catthulhu553 I’m not talking about the French, read my comment again.

not a screenwriter, but same. i’ve been really struggling to figure out what the hell i can do with this degree, it’s hard to stay hopeful but like you said we can’t give up. best of luck to you with finding something that works 💚

It may not sound too helpful, but a benefit of today's landscape is that you can write your own stuff and try to get it out there. My partner and I started off making RU-vid videos that no one watched. But now after a couple years and some formula changes we've started getting a foothold on Tiktok. To the point where we've actually started making some money off of it. It's a crazy slow process but we're hoping it'll pay off in the long run. The key is finding someone to work with who can either help you film your stuff, animate it, or at least do readings. Self-publishing has gotten a lot easier than it ever was before. My dream is to someday work on big-budget films as a writer or director. That's going to be a long road, and with how Hollywood feels about internet creators it may be impossible until attitudes change. But in the meantime I'm working to hone my craft and find a living in it, even a non-traditional one. That's kind of all we can do as creators. Good luck to both of you!

Yeah being anti union to me has always been a sign of low intelligence if you’re an everyday worker in terms of your work place, cause you literally have no reason to not be pro union. Like in the least offensive way, I hide people must just not be able to think as deep and get manipulated to be anti union somewhat easily, much like how racists were found to have lower iq. (Large comp ik but it’s cause any behaviour like that imo just shows a behaviour that when actually thought about w logic for more than a second becomes completely transparent to why it doesn’t make sense)

It sucks because you have to be careful not to sugar-coat too much when unionizing. I'm working with a group to add a company to our union, and they told us we'd have to innoculate against anti-union BS. Let people know that thing like retaliations from the company will happen, and that yes, we do pay dues but they're more than worth it. And that we may not get everything in the union contract that we want. A wild thing I've learned are less the negative ways that companies will try to break unions (i.e. "You won't have a job if the union goes through"), but instead the positive gentle things they try to do. "We're a family here." "We're not as bad as other places." "Why would you want to unionize if you like working on these projects?" "Office party so show how much we appreciate you all!" It's super friggin' sinister. I don't blame folks for giving in. Sometimes solidarity is scary, and it's always tougher than just sticking it out for yourself. But in the long run it's the best way!

Nailed it cause it kept them in. You might sign up for one thing but what you stick around for is just as important.

Stop. They're adorable ☹️

​​ stahp it, it's charming

i think the second and third? posts are cute too lol. i think we should normalize corny things lol were all just silly humans

yeas i say this teasingly :) i think it’s funny how things are always changing but some things about us never do

U win

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