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RachelA
@rachelawrites
Ex academic, future writer of TV, eternal feminist killjoy. She/her. #BLM Opinions exclusively mine.
Feb 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This little known fact is something that could give insight to a much larger dynamic (that even I hadn't full cottoned on to until today)

Single people are systematically pushed out of academia thru the economic limitations that often req spousal income subsidy... But this is also true of journalists & even creative writers.

Basically if you make a living writing, you often have to do a lot of unpaid labor & a lot of low paid/inconsistent freelance labor before u build enough of a resume to get a full time steady gig.
Feb 23, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Also I need to have a rant about how we talk regularly about bias in class, race, gender, disability, etc. w/r/t who 'succeeds' in academia, but we don't talk *nearly* enough about how MARRIAGE/COUPLING bias is at work here. The people most poised to succeed in academia these days are either independently wealthy (which is an insignificant fraction) OR people who have another adult financially supporting them, 9 times out of 10 a SPOUSE/ROMANTIC PARTNER.
Feb 23, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Not sure how I feel about using the term "snackable TV" to describe these shows. (I would describe them more as "ambient TV") But I do firmly believe they are the future of streaming's business model. Shows like The Office, Friends, TBBT, are uniquely valuable on streaming b/c people treat them as 1 step above ambient noise. They watch them in the background while they are doing chores or scrolling social media. They watch them ritualistically when they go to bed at night.