#anyways im getting a lot of video essays recommended to be on yt on this subject
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Imagine thinking that the recent "failure" (by Disney standards) of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is because of the addition of "diversity wokeism" (their words, not mine) and a lack of focus from the architects of the MCU (mostly Kevin Feige) on the overarching storyline that binds all movies & shows and not due to the fundamentally unsustainable structure currently in place that attempts to make several gigantic billion dollar movies every year for the last 12 years whilst obviously relying on the exploitation of workers, particularly vfx artists, so much that it's driving people out of the industry, and milking as much money as possible through it all...
Like, sorry to say but: they aren't making movies...they're just rolling another product off the assembly line at this point.
#the world has gone through a severe life altering event#(c0vid)#and despite how we try to get back to normal it's not the same#i think a lot of people have so much nostalgia for phases 1 2 and 3 with the ending in endgame not just because of the obvious fact that#a lot of people grew up with these movies#but also because the world was a different place#and to quote a marvel movie: none of us can go back#also we are in a place in capitalist societies on which labor is getting increasingly more precarious#and this affects the film industry as any other one#even more when you consider that these movies have become more and more reliant on vfx work#whils vfx workers are more overworked less paid and rarely have unions#marvel has openly exploited these artists for YEARS#and its not only driven a lot of people out of the industry but created burn out for those that stayed#anyways im getting a lot of video essays recommended to be on yt on this subject#but i have yet to see something tackling the issue in a deeper level#the mcu is NOT despite neoliberal thinking isolated from the material reality of the people that create it#it's a fake world but the people who work on it are real#txt#anti disney#lol fuck you capitalist mouse#anti marvel
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if i remember correctly, i think you do music journalism right? if so, did you go into it with a lot of knowledge about the music scene? i want to do music journalism but i'm scared that i don't know enough about it :/
hiii yes i started about a month ago and I think I've gathered most of my music knowledge throughout books, youtube videos, interviews, and even Tumblr posts.
for starters i think you should begin by watching videos on yt abt the genres/movements/artists etc ur interested in or simply the ones that seem interesting to you. my favorite channels for that are trash theory, mic the snare, polyphonic and rock n roll true stories. they all share really interesting and fun facts/stories or full on essays on a song or an album or tell u the entire history of how certain genre came to be etc. my favorites are polyphonic and trash theory btw.
watching these videos will inevitably lead u to search interviews and articles on a certain topic and i think what's really amazing about music history is how it's all connected like rn I'm reading meet me in the bathroom and I'm so glad i read please kill me first bc it just feels more adequate and makes u feel the magic of it all yk. I'd also recommend looking around the artist tag on here bc there's also lots of content on tumblr (like damonalbarnunofficial yk they're like god) and find these blogs that know what they're talking about. some of my knowledge also comes from reading my mutuals posts yk <3
and i think what will help you the most especially on terms of the music scene is reading books written by those who have been part of it or the ones that document it. it depends on which scenes u are most interested in but some of the ones I've read are please kill me, girl in a band by kim gordon, i dreamt i was a very clean tramp by richard hell, just kids by patti smith, afternoons with the blinds drawn by brett anderson, neon angel by cherie currie and while we were getting high by kevin cummins (it's mostly photographs but includes some trivia/the story about how the pic came to be etc.) and rn im reading meet me in the bathroom so these are the ones i could recommend. but there's also lots more like our band could be your life, face it, etc etc just read the ones that attract u. also all these books are free to download on zlibrary<3
i think another fun thing is to read about certain interesting journalists like legs mcneil, lester bangs, lizzy goodman, etc.
idk if u also have questions abt that but im gonna say it anyway lol. as for becoming a journalist my advice is make an Instagram account and find as many magazines from your country as u can. international magazines are obviously good as well but in my experience they're better for submitting certain articles and making ur cv look good lol which is great but it'll be more likely to get hired by a national magazine as that's where you're based and they can actually send u to a certain show/festival or even cover your local music scene. keep active on insta even if it's just to check their accounts bc they do post a lot of opportunities mostly on stories to either be officially a part of their team or to intern with them etc so i think in this day and age this is easiest and maybe only way to be a music journalist.
and also don't worry about not knowing Everything u don't have to know all about a certain genre or artist just start with what u know and research what interests u and it'll all come to u dw <3 good luck i hope this was helpful!!!<333
#just start writing yk . i wrote my first article on January of this yr when my mom got covid and i was locked in my room like a week#just start writing w what u know and research and edit until you're satisfied dont overthink it!!!!<33
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