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philralph.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Ya think?!?!?!?!?

🙄🤬🤦‍♂️

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/21/working-class-creatives-dont-stand-a-chance-in-uk-today-leading-artists-warn

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sadknob.bsky.social•3 days ago

aye—talk about late to the fucking party. i want to buy a guardian advert that just reads "no shit, sherlock."

philralph.bsky.social•2 days ago

We need to fundamentally smash the specious notion held by vast swathes of the population that those who make art are rich dilettantes who do it as a hobby. Bollocks. It’s a job. It’s graft. The pay is mostly shit. The hours are mostly ludicrous. The freelance life sucks and yet-

philralph.bsky.social•2 days ago

99.9% of the population ‘consume’ multiple pieces of art - tv, film, music, books - every single day. Guess who makes it? People just like you! Stop sneering at the ‘luvvies’ who make the stuff you love and recognise its intrinsic value to your life.

philralph.bsky.social•2 days ago

Then support us. Back us. We’re not playing the lottery hoping we’ll win and become Tom Cruise. We’re attempting to make stuff that will delight, enthral and entertain you. Support us to do that. Stop using AI and back us up. And, oh yeah -

philralph.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pay us a living wage. Not millions. A teeny tiny fraction of a fraction of us make that kind of money. All we want to do is keep the roof on by telling you stories and singing you songs. Help us do that by paying us. That way more working class folks might get chance to do it.

luna2300.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Guardian wakes up after a 40 year sleep .

jkirkpatrick.bsky.social•3 days ago

Been like that for decades, the whole system rewards mediocrity as long as it's middle or upper class and we'll connected

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