sassy witchy kitten mom • daisy johnson stan • sexual violence survivor advocate • editor: 
When you get strung along trying to write for an allegedly woke and progressive teen magazine, a thread:
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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
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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Thankfully, Atlanta Black Star Believed in the piece and ran it.
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Thank you so much for sharing. Fuck this shit.
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And holds up content that could get published somewhere else and getting you a check there. Ok, off my soapbox. You're lit!
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You too! Thank you so much for your support
End of conversation
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how incredibly frustrating, I hope you get to run the piece elsewhere!
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discouraging.
Sorry that it went down like that. Esp w a pub that has positioned itself to be better.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo -
unpaid piece recently and hung my head in shame. Knowing that even established writers like you face this kinda treatment is super
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Yeesh. Not gonna lie, this is disheartening - esp for ppl just dipping their toes in freelance like me. Just "accepted" an offer to write an
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