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theadvancedapes  ·  3782 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why I’m Not a TEDx Speaker

Frank Swain is a well-established science writer - one of the better ones out there. His blog is hosted by National Geographic and he has written for every major publication I could ever dream of writing for. That being said I still know that even the "successful" freelance science writers are still madly underpaid, so I can understand his frustration. You work your ass off in a competitive as hell landscape - and you get attention and respect - but you still can't pay your rent. It's not fair/fun. Also, TEDx came to him - so he must be doing something right. And I don't think he is being an asshole for expecting to get paid - science writers are constantly made to feel like dicks for expecting to work for money. Why should we be expected to work for free. Fuck that.

Also, the "Twitter contributor" thing is a joke.





BLOB_CASTLE  ·  3782 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah well excuse me then. I'll go ahead and delete my ignorant comment.