Thread by @iproposethis

I'm an editor at an indie publication owned and primarily run by women.

If you're comparing what an indie pub can pay to a large corporate site funded by some rich bro, you're just not thinking things through.

Things to know:

Sites like Autostraddle simply CAN'T ...

...monetize their clicks the way that a site like Glamour or even the site I work for (with primarily very mainstream content) can.

The sites can't pay writers so much that they won't be able to pay for their servers, editors & necessary expenses.

There'd be no site left.

Smaller, but still thriving, sites like the one I work for can't pay what large publishing companies or well-funded start-ups can pay. We just can't! We wish we could!

And sites even smaller and considered more niche/"risquee" by advertisers can pay even less.

*risqué (lol)

To be calling out Autostraddle, Everyday Feminism (omg the tiniest little homespun heart-led do-gooder site!), and Bitch Magazine for fees that are less than the supposedly standard 50c to $1 a word (who pays that?!) crushes my heart.

So please, as you read that ghastly thread, keep in perspective that not all publications are equally able to monetize their content. Not all publications are trying to monetize their content the way bigger, corporate sites do. That's why we love them!

Support your indies!

Also, straight ladies, please don't straight-splain to queer folks who know their business and are fully empowered to make their own choices for their own well-being. What a patronizing pile of compost that whole situation is.

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https://twitter.com/iproposethis/status/1177452719088398336