"I actually did have a modicum of free will, and over and over again that will was to remind other..."

“I actually did have a modicum of free will, and over and over again that will was to remind other people with free will of all the persistent little factors fucking up that sort of freedom for others, and guess what? Slavery is a still a big one. Racism is totally up there. Poverty = totally huge!” - Tough Love: To All The Sad Young White Media Interns Working For Free… I quoted that line because it is pretty hilarious, though it only slightly touches on my thoughts. Okay, so I sort of agree with Moe in the post but I definitely don’t agree with the majority of the Gawker and Fashionista commentors. Internships like these are not just run-of-the-mill cases of “affirmative action.” To reduce it to something like that so easily is…well, easy. My mother often informs me of similar internships in media fields in Chicago, but I can’t apply to them because I don’t fit the necessary class bracket. I attend a private college and went to school in the suburbs. I am as ...
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