women will have no career path, no game, no bitches, and only 3 people in the world that can stand them and all they have to say for themselves is that theyre ‘just like george costanza but a girl’
in the ways that people can tell stories that make the general population viscerally uncomfortable musicals are somehow up there next to cronenberg and the like
At first Netflix said, come write for us. We’ll save your cancelled shows and write about whatever niche story you want. Our algorithm says people will watch it!
Then a few years later they said, regardless of our promises or contract obligations we are cancelling shows after two seasons without telling anyone. Turns out no matter how loved a show is, we get less subscriptions after the second season.
How many subscriptions did we bring you? Netflix won’t say.
So writers started writing two season shows. Just give us two seasons, Netflix. Like you promised.
Then Netflix said, oops sorry! Turns out your show didn’t premiere at #1 and the views in the first day weren’t what we wanted so we’re cancelling your second season.
What were the numbers? How many people watched our show? Netflix doesn’t say.
Then, they did something extra special. They started taking shows and splitting their first season into two halves. Inside Job was not two seasons. It was one season split in half.
Oops! Sorry! The second half of your first season didn’t do as well as the first half, so now your show is cancelled!
Why? How many people? How much money? These companies are making cash hand over fist and they refuse to tell people the truth: people loved your show. Loved it. But some corpo exec wanted an infinite money making machine. Do you know how long shows are in production for before you watch them? Years. Like, 5+, even 10+ years. And Netflix gives it less than a week before they decide whether you’re getting cancelled.
I have to slow myself down 10 times a day & gently remind myself - you don’t have to change your whole life today, the best way to change your life right now is actually to slow down & accept rest.
I love it when people like/reblog my posts I made in the depths of trauma and depression in winter because it reminds me that I was right about everything. It really worked. I took things slowly & was gentle with myself, felt out my feelings, spent a lot of time alone writing & processing. The days felt so long and the only thing I looked forward to was sleeping but I kept myself going by truly believing that I would make it through, even though I had no idea what was on the other side. I’m thriving physically, mentally, and socially now and I never could have envisioned how expansive and bright my world would become just half a year after everything fell apart. If everything I’m doing now falls apart, it won’t affect me the same way, because I know I can keep growing & adapting. Just keep going y’all
FYI if your employer does this, if they have done it for a long time especially, you and your coworkers could be owed huge amounts of unpaid wages and it would be an easy suit if there is a paper trail like this and your employer is placing strict requirements on your behavior while not at work. Employment lawyers generally work on contingency. Just food for thought.
