many, many permalancers at my media job too. It’s more a norm than an anomaly. 

LOL “job description”

I heard it whispered about and hoped it wasn’t true.

this one really bums me out because I’ve read/owned many of Mr Taibbi’s books and found ‘Griftopia’ in particular to be both engaging and invaluable. I even subscribed to his podcast, I’m such a fan. But I find I can’t return to it now, nor the books, without taking this misogyny into account. As in so many other…

I look forward to the day when I’m not seen as a mere ‘container’

More than one man has commented to me that he couldn’t stand to watch HMT because he didn’t like seeing the mistreatment of women. Huh!

um, I work in a newsroom, and basically every employee has every one of those ‘potential indicators’.

really thoughtful, thank you

she did NOT remove her shoes

point of order - not a ‘scream’ mask

I’m no defender of Trump, but this isn’t really that unusual

file under: DUH

I have been reading a lot of this sort, maybe especially since I am an artist and many of my fellow artists are desperate to find a silver lining of some kind. But I think this is a fiction, easily weakened by even a cursory browse through art history. This myth belongs on a shelf next to ‘tortured artists make great…

if nothing you do matters, then do what you like (if it harms noone)

The only folks I know who have told me they are voting for Gary Johnson are middle aged white guys with otherwise liberal politics. It’s not a good look, fellas.

I’m not a professional, but Rob sounds clinically depressed. It doesn’t seem like being on television would do much to alleviate the symptoms.

I am in that same boat. And they make us track our hours, saying we would get paid overtime, but in 8 months of working 50 hour weeks, I've not been paid it once.

Or! Hire some more workers because clearly there's a lot of work to be done.

If employees are eligible for overtime, the employer is required to keep track of employee hours.

“There’s a larger lesson here, especially for people who have found a career and vocation that feels fulfilling. Even a socially good vocation can swallow you up and make you lose a sense of your own voice.”