I have like 37 pregnant-on-purpose friends right now & the majority of our conversations are about how they're smushing together different leave time (paid, unpaid, partly-paid) for postpartum recovery. I can't get over the cruelty that this is the backdrop of the post-Roe world.

life is about finally embracing the Weirdness that your formative years bullied out of you

Ticketmaster Ticketmaster is destroying live music. Their scam fees now cost as much as 78% of a ticket. They control the events, the venues, even the artists. There’s a movement pushing the Justice Department to break up their monopoly.

How do you tell in the moment if change is growth?

Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

Michael J Fox has recently stated that living with Parkinson’s disease is ‘getting harder’: “I'm not gonna be 80,” he said. Fox is an inspiration to so many. A truly great man fighting a horrible disease. Here are some facts about Parkinson’s: - Parkinson's typically develops

Well Spirit Airlines just canceled my flight home 2 hours before takeoff, so I’ve taken a $60 Uber to the airport and now have to take two more because the next available flight is 15 hours from now. What a day 😅

When you are support staff in TV you barely make enough to pay rent In winter work stops for two weeks Which means you don't get paid for two weeks Which means you can't make rent Except for the holiday bonus Which is paid by the studio? NO It's paid by the WRITERS! 1/7

WHY HAVE A TV WRITER ON SET? Since they already wrote the script (and rewrote it 8 times, and tweaked it after the table read)? Glad you asked, here's a thread.

I think often about an enlightening call with HBOMax execs where they tried to explain (part of) the reason why the Warner/Discovery merger happened. Apparently there is a common issue where non-entertainment companies (like AT&T) buy entertainment companies (like Warner),

Being in a union, and going on strike with it, is the type of thing that’s become unfashionable in society. It means you are sacrificing for others; committing to something bigger than yourself; putting in effort because those in the past did it for you, & now it’s your turn. 1/

This, ladies & gents, is the power of collective action. The WGA won. And it won big. wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign/s…

a lot of people are mental health advocates until someone’s mental health inconveniences them

I’ll live inside my rainbow Furby on Mardi Gras day forever