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Katha Pollitt: “Why does it seem like a reasonable policy suggestion to tell Jessica she needs a husband, and pie in the sky to say she needs a union? Or a national day care system like the one in France, where teachers are well-paid, with benefits?”
Massive overgeneralizations, pro writer edition: “encouragement, professional or otherwise, is never enough. Students are glad to hear you think they can write, but they need, as I did, the confirmation of a publishing contract, which involves money.” My law review contracts evidently missed a clause. In fairness to that objection (though it doesn’t really help the overall dismissal of nonpaid writers), the author does point out that the money is basically symbolic most of the time: a symbol of being deemed worthy in a hierarchy of value.
I'm joining the EFF in asking Congress to defend bloggers against bogus lawsuits designed to silence them.
The Black Widow imagined on pulp covers.
( Ready Player One )
Massive overgeneralizations, pro writer edition: “encouragement, professional or otherwise, is never enough. Students are glad to hear you think they can write, but they need, as I did, the confirmation of a publishing contract, which involves money.” My law review contracts evidently missed a clause. In fairness to that objection (though it doesn’t really help the overall dismissal of nonpaid writers), the author does point out that the money is basically symbolic most of the time: a symbol of being deemed worthy in a hierarchy of value.
I'm joining the EFF in asking Congress to defend bloggers against bogus lawsuits designed to silence them.
The Black Widow imagined on pulp covers.
( Ready Player One )