April 23, I pitch a pretty time-sensitive story that's very close and personal to me:pic.twitter.com/UTcgtjN5D9
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April 23, I pitch a pretty time-sensitive story that's very close and personal to me:pic.twitter.com/UTcgtjN5D9
Wow, that was quick! April 24, an editor gets back to me. I'm fucking stoked!pic.twitter.com/ZZvPtOzZVj
Naturally, I reply immediately and she confirms we're good to go!pic.twitter.com/x2D1guMS4L
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
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
May 9: Hello, anybody out there? I know you're busy but a "brb" or "ttyl" would've been cool.pic.twitter.com/SvwbpCPVn3
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yeah, no offence, but fuck this shit.https://twitter.com/gabrielabarkho/status/870331944093011968 …
Wait W H A T
BTW I would love more tea on how shitty this pub has treated other freelancers.
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
The tea keeps being spilled y'all...https://twitter.com/rolyatetak/status/870350779395186689 …
I just find it funny how it's mostly been PoC who have had bad experiences writing with Teen Vogue.pic.twitter.com/mwmfBbtXqh
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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