The way I’ve already seen uncountable “Netflix is hiring!” Ads. They’re really just gonna hire scabs and pretend the WGA strike isn’t happening….
This is a reminder to anyone who wants to go into screenwriting. This is not an opportunity to get your foot in the door. Do not take any writing jobs during the strike. This includes freelance or “script editing” jobs.
You will be a scab. Scabs are barred from union membership. By crossing the picket line to get your foot in the door you’ll be burning one of the most important bridges in your life. You will actively be harming your future job prospects.
This strike will end one day. Those writers who are out picketing will reenter the writers room and start producing work with the legal and financial protections and guarantees they’re fighting for, and you will not be among their ranks. You will be a scab. A traitor.
A lack of union membership will harm your prospects job wise. Do not scab. Knowledge of your scabbing, traitorous ways will cost you your ability to make friends in the industry. Do not scab. Support the WGA as they fight for your rights. Do. Not. Scab.
June 14 2020 - Students at Jefferson High School in Portland tore down the Thomas Jefferson statue in front of their school. Thomas Jefferson wrote “All men are created equal“ in the US declaration of Independence, but he was a life-long slave owner
who enslaved over 600 people throughout his lifetime. [video]
another pregnant woman died in poland because the doctors waited for the fetus to die on its own while ignoring her sepsis symptoms (there was NO CHANCE of the fetus surviving, but they didn’t want to get charged with performing an illegal abortion). but yeah women around here don’t have many kids cause they just… uuuh *checks notes* party all the time
it is so infuriating, because she had a husband and she wanted this baby, so it would be all fine even according to the most ardent conservatives. and yet oh shit guys the law you made just killed her
her name was Dorota, she was 33 and lived in Nowy Targ. we will not forget
support Aborcyjny Dream Team providing abortion access to those in need!
it’s legit, they’ve been doing it for years, even though they regularly get dragged through courts, threatened with death, etc. if you’re worried whether it’s legal - yes, terminating your own pregnancy isn’t against the law in Poland. Aborcyjny Dream Team give out pills or help organize travel to different countries, they don’t perform abortions themselves
I’ve seen a fair amount of fat liberation activists explain that they have always been fat, they’re not about to stop, and that’s natural and beautiful and fine. That’s an incredibly important message.
What I’ve seen less - and what I want to remind people of - is this: if you’ve become fat, that’s also natural and beautiful and fine.
When you’re a fat person who has been thin in the past, that comes with its own brand of shaming. People take your history of thinness as proof that you don’t have to be fat. You often fear the look of disappointed surprise in the eyes of someone you haven’t met since you were thin. People try to determine “what happened”. They don’t see your fat body as just you, but as a sort of symptom that isn’t part of you.
Becoming fat is not a tragedy, it’s not a sign of failure, it’s not a bad or shameful thing. The thin you is not the Real you. You are always real and always worthy of freedom, respect and peace. You are allowed to be fat no matter how or when you became fat.
Hey, if anyone could: I have a 2 hour long allergist appointment today. If anyone could spare a few dollars so I could get something to eat afterwards, I’d really appreciate it!!
“My grandmother had this big, antique mirror that she let me keep in my room. I’d stand in front of it for hours, pretending to be my favorite artists: Dionne Warwick, Barbra Streisand. I’d listen to their records over and over and mimic them. I wasn’t thinking if my voice was good or bad. I was just enjoying myself. That was my escape. It was dark in that house. There were times I’d be sitting in a sunny spot, and a giant shadow would crawl across the floor. I’d watch it closely. I didn’t understand the meaning exactly back then. But somehow I knew: whenever there’s darkness, there’s light too. Behind the house there was a garden. It was a lush garden; my grandmother was a beautiful green thumb. I’d look at all the flowers. I’d study the shape of their leaves. I’d spend hours watching bugs. The house backed up to the Van Wyck Expressway. So I’d climb up in a tree, and watch all the people go by. I was just going through so much, you know. Horrible things were being done to me. Horrible, terrible things. So I’d use whatever I could. I’d pay attention to anything that made me happy. That’s one thing I can do: pay attention. It comes from something within me. We all have it. But you know, I tap into it. I still do. I just took a picture of a flower this morning. I’m so grateful. I’m telling you, I’m so grateful that I came out of the darkness. Maybe my journey wasn’t to make money or to be successful or anything. It was just to recover. I have children now. I have grandchildren. I love to bake. I’m an educated woman. I read, I write. I went to college in my fifties and graduated with a 5.0. My kids are proud of me. And I’m a great singer, too. In college the students would all beg me to sing. They’d say: ‘Torria, Torria. Sing to us, please.’ Just one song. That’s how much they loved my voice.”
If a person can’t get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isn’t writing papers, there’s some aspect of the assignment that they can’t do without help. If an employee misses deadlines constantly, something is making organization and deadline-meeting difficult. Even if a person is actively choosing to self-sabotage, there’s a reason for it — some fear they’re working through, some need not being met, a lack of self-esteem being expressed.
People do not choose to fail or disappoint. No one wants to feel incapable, apathetic, or ineffective. If you look at a person’s action (or inaction) and see only laziness, you are missing key details. There is always an explanation. There are always barriers. Just because you can’t see them, or don’t view them as legitimate, doesn’t mean they’re not there. Look harder.
So everybody at work knows we’re trans. They’ve started using she instead of He, the project manager has put us on standby/off and is giving all the jobs to other workers, he won’t respond to any texts asking about work.
The HR is run by the owners wife who is a far right christian.
We’re so scared we’re gonna throw up.
Well, Pride Month is coming up. If anyone wants to help a bipoc trans person keep a roof over their head here’s our paypal
I’m terminally ill, help possibly one of my last wishes come true
Hey guys, it’s Jay. As many of you know from my previous post, I’m no longer eligible for my kidney transplant. Without it, I’ll eventually die. They are going to do the bare minimum to extend my life. Please see my previous post, I’ve called out the hospital for what I believe is negligence.
Anyways, one of my last is to get my grandma here from Johannesburg in South Africa for at least a couple of months. We are all poor. Her flight was paid for by someone I know but we desperately need monthly pledges on Patreon and shop sales to cover expenses. I don’t want to use p*yp*l too much because they limited our last account after an influx of donations
We need help to cover the following things
A medical bed rental that relieves pressure sores (hospital is only renting it for us for 2 weeks & then we need to find our own funding)
