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Some of you might remember a couple of years ago when Scarlett Johansson sued Disney because she was making significantly less money for Black Widow than was guaranteed in her contract because so many more people watched it on streaming than in theaters, how there was a massive misinformation campaign from Disney that a ton of people on this website (and Twitter and other social media) bought into: That she was a greedy bitch who didn’t respect people who needed to stay at home during the pandemic (I believe the word “ableist” was thrown around with aplomb) as opposed to someone who just wanted to be paid what she was owed. What was literally in her contract!!! And where everyone who took more than a couple minutes to actually look into and think about the situation could figure out that her issue wasn’t with streaming itself, but with how little streaming was allowed to get away with paying her and other actors. But of course, a lot of people just saw the chance to dunk on a rich woman, and didn’t think about it beyond readying some snarky tags and hit reblog. And in doing so, threw their support behind a much wealthier, greedier studio head who is already using similar language to describe the current strike.
Anyway we’re going to see a lot of that from studios now, especially now that actors have joined the WGA and it’s easier to sell them as rich and greedy than writers, because of this cultural stereotype we have of all Hollywood actors as celebrities. Don’t fall for it. SAG-AFTRA represents people like Tom Cruise and ScarJo but it also represents the kind of people who played a Borg in two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager in 1997 or who had one line in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as an enthusiastic audience member. Most actors are not crazy wealthy, and in fact, if you’re a big TV fan (especially older TV and genre TV) that likely includes some actor names that you know, who played supporting roles in your fav shows, or who were even a star in something decades ago but haven’t done anything major since. The AFTRA side also represents people like radio broadcasters. But even beside that, all workers deserve to be fairly compensated for the work they do, and the threat of replacing them with AI, or real actors being required to sign contracts to allow their likenesses to be used by AI forever without paying them, is an existential threat to acting as a profession in general. The actors are in the right. The writers are in the right. The studios are in the wrong. The studios have exploited new technology to get away with horrifying labor practices for years and their feet need to be put to the fire. Circulate the articles about how poorly the Orange is the New Black cast was compensated for making one of the defining shows of the early streaming boom, and of the studios saying they want to force writers to starve and lose their homes. Don’t get distracted by propaganda aping progressive-sounding language about wealthy celebrities. Focus on the real enemy, the truly greedy fat cats who care more about money than people and art: the studios.
here at the sandwich shop, we’ve started to notice some people who are new to sandwiches aren’t used to meat and cheese between two slices of bread. they find this practice strange and confusing. that’s why we’ve decided to cut the bread out all together. from now on, we’ll just serve slices of meat and cheese on a plate.
we know that many of our loyal sandwich shop customers have been coming here for years to buy our delicious sandwiches. but some people don’t “get” sandwiches, and we need to try and appeal to them with an easier-to-understand meal format. we will no longer be serving sandwiches. all of our food will just be cold cuts on a paper plate. we love our customers and appreciate your understanding <3
Yes we know Craig’s Cold Cuts down the street does cold cuts better than we do and has millions of customers. That’s why we need to switch to cold cuts, to get their customers. We hope that our long-time sandwich loving customer base will be patient in this transition to cold cuts and welcome the certain influx of Craig’s Cold Cut customers who will surely come here to enjoy our worse cold cuts with you, our sandwich-deprived customer base, whom we value so much.
[id: an edited poster featuring Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, Ms. Piggy, and Animal from The Muppets walking in a triangle formation. Above them, it reads ‘The Muppets’ in a block font, then reads ‘Fucking Kill Bob Over’ in smeary red letters.
you’ve all heard of “it’s rotten work.” “not to me. not if it’s you.”
on unconditional love.
(sources either on pictures or unknown)
“It’d take hours to explain,” I said. “I’d listen to you for hours,” he said. (Alice Oseman, from Radio Silence)
“You kiss the back of my legs and I want cry. Only / the sun has come this close, only the sun.” (Shauna Barbosa, from “GPS,”)
I’ve a lot of feeling for you. You’re kind./ We’ll kiss, grow old, walk around./ Light months will fly over us/ Like snowy stars.
Because I don’t care where I am, - as long as you’re somewhere brighter. (know that I love you the greatest parts of me always will, p.d)
In this space right here that we have made for each other, you can say anything and I will not abandon you. Unwrap the worst things you have done. Watch me hold them up to the light and not even flinch.
I always think of you before fall asleep. The words you said, the way you looked. The things we laughed about, the silent moments we shared. And l when I dream, I’ll dream of you. Because it’s about you, it’s always about you. (Unknown)
i’m jealous of your pillows and of your sheets i want to hear the sound of your heartbeat
I don’t care, I love you anyhow. It is too late to turn you out of my heart. Part of you lives here. (Anne Sexton, from A Self-portrait in Letters)
H of H: I cannot rise. Too heavy with filth and sin. Th: Give me your hand. H of H: I’ll stain you. Th: I’ll take it.
“I love you. I feel as though we were never strangers, you and I, not even for a moment.” (Friedrich Nietzsche, from a letter to Mathilde Trampedach)
An Oblong Woolcarder Bee “carding wool,” or gathering plant fibers to line her nest. She pulls fibers from the plant and holds them in a ball against her abdomen, and then, with some calisthenics, tightens up the ball before flying off with it in her mandibles.
“Most people have heard of open source software, maybe also of open source beer (Free beer for all!) or open source pharmaceutical research. The principle is the same: Someone developed the seeds — for cowpeas, corn, rye and more — and now offers the resource for everybody to share. ”
White // Agender // Ace/Pan // Chronically I
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