sassy witchy kitten mom • daisy johnson stan • sexual violence survivor advocate • editor: 
April 23, I pitch a pretty time-sensitive story that's very close and personal to me:pic.twitter.com/UTcgtjN5D9
When you get strung along trying to write for an allegedly woke and progressive teen magazine, a thread:
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Wow, that was quick! April 24, an editor gets back to me. I'm fucking stoked!pic.twitter.com/ZZvPtOzZVj
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Naturally, I reply immediately and she confirms we're good to go!pic.twitter.com/x2D1guMS4L
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2 days later, she asks me if I can get it to her sooner. I was on a red eye flight to Illinois and hadn't slept — I'd certainly try tho.pic.twitter.com/ScCotbtaUP
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April 27, the day after, I get it to her. I didn't get a reply, so I followed up on May 1 to confirm I had sent it. No response. Ok.pic.twitter.com/mbkTyroPwc
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May 9: Hello, anybody out there? I know you're busy but a "brb" or "ttyl" would've been cool.pic.twitter.com/SvwbpCPVn3
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May 15: Oh wow, a response! Bad news: re-work the piece unless you have documentation. I have documentation out my ass. No problem.pic.twitter.com/T0iDwwMY8k
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May 15: Confirms that she'll run it by legal. May 18: She'll let me know by EOD next day what happens.pic.twitter.com/iKQO4hub7E
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May 25: A week has gone by so I follow up. Nothing. May 30: Still nothing. June 1: I pull the story.pic.twitter.com/TSbRYSbK0h
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Look, editors are fucking busy and I'm just a freelance writer. My writing is based on my activism and it's not my primary source of income.
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So many people DO rely on freelance money to survive. To be strung along and ghosted like this would be nerve wracking for some folks.
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If you don't wanna run my piece, just say so. If there's something else in the process, let me know. But don't ghost me for a month.
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I KNOW editors are busy. But what about freelancers who don't have that steady, reliable income? Do them a favour and value their time too.
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If you're exploiting people whose lives rely on that income and are wasting their time, you aren't woke or progressive, you're just shit.
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Yeah, no offence, but fuck this shit.https://twitter.com/gabrielabarkho/status/870331944093011968 …
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Wait W H A T
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BTW I would love more tea on how shitty this pub has treated other freelancers.
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How the fuck does Conde Naste only pay $50 for 1,200 words LOL https://theestablishment.co/why-isnt-ebony-paying-its-black-writers-b6195bd1054e …pic.twitter.com/lYrQ67eoHQ
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The tea keeps being spilled y'all...https://twitter.com/rolyatetak/status/870350779395186689 …
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I just find it funny how it's mostly been PoC who have had bad experiences writing with Teen Vogue.pic.twitter.com/mwmfBbtXqh
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It's great that
@TeenVogue editors waste freelancers' time by having us write emotionally draining drafts and then ghosting us.pic.twitter.com/9qtG5QYXNd
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