Recently moving away from a long-time freelancing career to a normal, traditional job has led me to some unusual ruminations about the current economy and jobs in general. For the most part, anyone who wants to have any kind of job must seek out an employer with a brick and mortar establishment. This is especially…
There are many old refrains when speaking about relics of the past: “Oh for it’s time it was a terrific movie.” “It was a true innovator and was beloved by many back then.” “If you had been alive then you would have loved it too!” All of these phrases imbue the present with meaning narrowly…
Rip Torn (Actor) I like a lot of what Torn says in his interview. He’s another oldie actor who I’m not super familiar with and I couldn’t tell you anything he’s been in. But I like his moxie (so to speak) and the ways in which he talks about the acting business. Torn’s basic attitude…
Introduction Wow, this is quite a chapter. I don’t usually get a chance to comment on feminism and anti-work and how they intersect but this chapter doesn’t pull any punches on matters of gender and sexuality, so it makes it easy. That’s not surprising given that all of the interviewees are women and not men.…