Writer and activist Schulman: "People raised to dominate are told – and taught – that they should never feel uncomfortable. If you ask them to question themselves or reflect on how they relate to others, it’s as if you’re attacking them, mistreating them." - El PaÃs English
Andrew Potter says it's the money. "We just have to start telling the truth, and that is that unless you're in the top 1- or 2% of singers in the world, this is not something that you'll be able to sustain a family with." - NPR
"The play twines the story of Ryan’s relatively easy coming out with Charlie’s fraught experience a generation earlier, when his parents took a painfully long time to accept him as gay." - The New York Times
Skydance "must braid together two huge film studios (housing nine film labels), four streaming services, three TV production studios, three animation units and more than 50 television networks, including two prominent news organizations." - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
"This small group of people has tried to basically run a con on all of us. 'We’re doing this out of the goodness of our own hearts. We’re making the world better.' No, you’re padding your bottom lines and all you care about is you." - The New York Times
Simply generate "the raw fiber of old myths woven into new stories, processed through the internet, refined into audiobooks, ... which drive fans back to bookstores, where they can buy a keepsake hardcover" and, if they're lucky, "drink themed cocktails in ACOTAR-inspired ball gowns at midnight." - The Atlantic
And yet: "Hundreds of working-class comedians have lost a key source of income and exposure, while wealthy celebrity comics take up their airspace" on SiriusXM. - CBC
"The panicked race to introduce AI technology across the advertising industry, to cut client costs and avoid being pushed aside by big tech, has raised fears of a lost generation." - The Guardian (UK)
"Publishers are now using LLMs like Claude and ChatGPT to email literary agents, write publicity and back-cover copy, design cover art, and generate marketing materials, often at the direction of their executives." - Wired
Deniz Goktas was still convicted, but he says, "In a strange way, there’s something encouraging about it. If leaders can be this fragile about jokes, it’s a sign of the power of comedy." - The New York Times
"While romance is basically keeping the whole publishing industry afloat at this point, the genre has historically been pitched to women and queer readers. Accordingly, some straight men feel shame about their interest." - LitHub
