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Jun 22, 2021

Can I Afford to Take This Assignment? Four Questions to Ask Before You Do

Rethinking the “Exposure & Experience” Racket We’re in a cultural moment where the bold act of quitting is in the zeitgeist, and the high opportunity cost of gigging is under a microscope. We’re long overdue to reconsider the utility of the low-paying freelance writing assignment. Many of us are aware of the mindset of needing to…

Freelance Writing

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Can I Afford to Take This Assignment? Four Questions to Ask Before You Do
Can I Afford to Take This Assignment? Four Questions to Ask Before You Do
Freelance Writing

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Mar 2, 2021

Black(fella) History Month: Australian Skinfolk in Film

With all due respect to Women’s History Month, I’m not quite ready to move on from February’s all-too-brief celebration. My concept of Australia was always shaped by basic truths — its upside-down night sky; idiosyncratic wildlife; shady mentions in the movie Oliver! …

Australian Film

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Black(fella) History Month: Australian Skinfolk in Film
Black(fella) History Month: Australian Skinfolk in Film
Australian Film

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Jun 17, 2020

The Watch List, Part Deux: More Black Joy & Pain in Classic Film

Question: If you removed “struggle films” from the Black movie mainstream — that’s capital “S” struggle: i.e., discrimination, marginalization and the ever-mutating spawn of enslavement — what would be left to represent the culture onscreen? Answer: Superheroes, Tyler Perryland, the oeuvre of Spike Lee, some indie gems and the evolution…

BlackLivesMatter

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The Watch List, Part Deux: More Black Joy & Pain in Classic Film
The Watch List, Part Deux: More Black Joy & Pain in Classic Film
BlackLivesMatter

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Jun 13, 2020

Justice. Then, Poetic Justice.

You’ve been crushing your Woke 101 homework. You’re done bingeing When they See Us, Just Mercy, I Am Not Your Negro, Selma, The Kalief Browder Story, Slavery by Another Name, plus all the other #BlackLivesMatter suggestions from your streaming services for extra credit. …

BlackLivesMatter

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Justice. Then, Poetic Justice.
Justice. Then, Poetic Justice.
BlackLivesMatter

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Tricia Nelson

Tricia Nelson

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Native New Yorker Valley Girl. Eclipse-chaser, lightworker, shade-thrower. TriciaNelson.com | @trish2power

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