Good for this person. This is exactly what you do. Screw the job.
I had a job that made me work an all nighter, 30 hours straight, over Thanksgiving. I resigned that Monday and it was one of the most satisfying decisions I’ve ever made.
Please pay attention to all the manipulation tactics this boss uses, because they’re pulling out every trick in the book.
“I’m not your boss, I’m your friend”
“Other people will be hurt by this and it’s your fault and I’m going to tell them all that”
Mocking language
Jobs are important too
“Be a team player”
“We’re your family too”
Talking as if this is a thing you must do
“We all make sacrifices”
Undermining your authority
“You caused all of this, really”
Accusing you of being “unprofessional”
“Look at the money you cost us”
“Just laugh it off and come back to work”
This is like a 101 course in how employers use guilt trips to coerce you into putting up with their bullshit. This is precisely why you should never trust those employers who insist that they’re “like a family.” They are not. It’s just a ruse so that your boss can neg you into putting your job ahead of your actual life.
being horny about teeth is a moral failing on my part but I won’t stop imagining every single one of my favs with sharp little incisors and I won’t apologize either
#every character benefits from sharp little incisors#I dont make the rules
Something that I think should be an important part of solarpunk aesthetics is screws.
Look at your smartphone. No screws. You’ve got to have specialized tools to get inside your phone to repair something. There are certain pieces of tech that are glued in place and glue can’t be undone without permanently breaking the bond.
But screws!
You can take apart a broken old radio, repair what’s broken, and, if you were careful in taking it apart, you can put it back together and have a fully functioning radio and all you need is a common screwdriver!
It’s hard to build screws and other mechanical fasteners because it requires more planning than clamps and glues, but isn’t that what solarpunk is all about‽ It’s about care and sustainability and and a radio or a computer built carefully with repair in mind is a sustainable computer that stays out of landfills and in use.
Screws are proof that God loves us and wants us to fix shit
screws, bolts, pins, rivets- literally all elements of society should be fixable with a workbench, a few pliers wrenches and screwdrivers, and access to the assorted non-proprietary doodad aisle of a hardware store
I’m volunteering for a literary journal right now and there’s two things I think you all should know.
1. Most people that submit to literary journals are cis white men. We know this because our journal has an anonymous survey about demographics for people that submit.
2. Most things that get submitted to the creative non fiction section are on the level of middle school “What I did over the summer” essays.
I cannot see the demographics of the people whose essays I’m reading, but guys, if you are wondering if you should submit your work to a literary journal or not, I promise you that just in terms of statistics there are a lot of mediocre cis white men and people in general confidently submitting weird crap that isn’t literature to literature magazines. Do it. Submit your work. Please. If you want there to be more diversity in literature, be the diversity. Do it. Do it do it do it.
In general literary magazines want to include more diversity, but if poc, queer people, disabled people, etc. don’t submit their work then they aren’t gonna get more diverse because we just won’t have the material necessary to get more diverse. Submit your work. Do it. Do it. Do it do it do it.
Here’s a list of university run literary journals. Do it. Get published.
Many indie lit mags also welcome works from BIPOC and LGBTQIA creatives because the editorial staff themselves are in that demographic. Quarantine brought on the start of the SO many indie lit mags - it’s almost a golden age. Don’t be afraid to submit — there will always be so many niches and aesthetics that one will bound to be the one that fits your style.
There is so much work from marginalized narratives in litmags these days — people lament there is no representation in media, but that disregards the progress and diversity of the works of editors and writers who help make these litmags possible.
There is representation, and it is flourishing. They are waiting to be read.
The Lumiere Review compiles a list of submission opportunities every month, and it are always very useful:
(And even if some litmags’ mission statement isn’t specifically for marginalized creators, they will always welcome these narratives.)
So please, please submit!
Independent magazines are great too! I’m more familiar with the university journal scene so I appreciate this addition.
I have never gotten over and will never get over the story I came across in a literary magazine once that read roughly as follows –
Three three three three three. Three three three, three three three three three; three three, three three three. “Three three three,” three three. Three three three three three, three three? Three three three – three three three three three…
– for like seven pages. That was the entire thing. Three, but punctuated. And it was a paying journal. Someone got paid for that. So look. If that guy can do it, so can you. Go ahead, blaze a trail, write “Four four four” if you want. Just have the confidence to submit. I three three three in you.
Notes:
With Confetti is set to private, and so only accessible with a Wordpress account. Their twitter last updated in June 2022.
Tealight Press is on hiatus according to their twitter (Oct. 2021), and their website is nonfunctional.
The link for Tipping the Scales is defunct, and does not redirect to their new site. The Magazine has been renamed to The Gillian Literary & Arts Journal, and this is the new link: https://tippingthescalesjo.wixsite.com/thegillian (However, their twitter does not seem to have updated since September 2022.)
Perhappened is on hiatus, but as of Feb 2023, their twitter does indicate something is in the works.
The link for Honeyfirelit goes to a fire alarm and prevention company. Their last tweet was Nov. 2021
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BUT, if you’re a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard (under My Filters) to get rid of it!
