i refused to let my team get bullied by twitter clout chasers so im gonna say this once

you wanna support budding journos/designers/content creators at the publishing industry?

call out inhuman labor practices sa loob ng industriya. demand for better pay. call out higher ups. DEFEND THE YOUNG WORKERS.

TALK TO THE YOUNG WRITERS/DESIGNERS AND AT LEAST TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCES.

kasi kung kuda lang tayo sa twitter, then congrats mare—you got clout from an echochamber.

i've been in this industry since i was 18. may isang beses na sinabihan ako ng HR from a previous company.

"gusto mo ba talaga dito? hindi ka kikita dito ha."

tawa na lang ako kahit na masakit na tanggapin ang super minimum to nth power salary na nauubos lang sa pamasahe

young pubs are filled with young 20somethings + fresh grads trying to make the best out of their first job

so of course, we have a lot to learn and unlearn. not every writer is a woke messiah. not every writer knows about the twitter "receipts" on the get go.

want to call pubs out for featuring folks w/ privileged backgrounds (na minsan wala kaming freewill over) sobrang valid.

SOLELY FOCUS ON THOSE FEATURES WHILE IGNORING THE TEAM'S EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE? not valid.

it invalidates sleepless nights trying to do infocards on activism and protests. it invalidates our countless OTs to cover gov't clownery. it invalidates na napuputulan na kami ng net pero sige sulat pa rin sa phone kahit umiiyak na.

when u shit on brands over twitter, sa tingin niyo higher ups nakakakita?hindi. yung mga nakakakita yung mga puyat na writers na naghahandle din ng social media, mga designers na dalawang araw ng OT—sila ang naapektuhan ng kuda mo.

pasensya na. di nagbago ang sistema over ur one tweet. nasira lang ang ALREADY DWINDLING mental health ng mga batang mangagawang hindi mo naman kilala.

di naman ako twitter famous at wala akong clout. DM niyo ko kung u want to literally drag and cancel me.

bigay ko address ko for real for real

PS. kung may mag argue diyan na "then leave ur job" then u just revealed that u have more privilege than all of us