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Ba-dinky-link

I’m feeling grumpy for a whole bunch of reasons, none of which I’m feeling particularly in the mood to write about, and many of which have to do with work and fiction writing, so instead I give you random Twitter levity (mostly levity, a bit of heavy-ty). More substantive posts soon.

https://twitter.com/_ElizabethMay/status/1671110181315280896?s=20

https://twitter.com/SjamaanN/status/1667069576910176256?s=20

https://twitter.com/mudron/status/1665158796765974528?s=20

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3 responses to “Ba-dinky-link”

  1. nicoleandmaggie Avatar
    nicoleandmaggie

    Was almost late dropping my kid off at daycamp because of that first tiktok linked by Courtney Milan– lots of food to think about. When he said, “providing for your family and now it isn’t” (or something like that) … well, I have a lot to think about.

    But also I have to get this IRB in by COB today or we won’t make a grant deadline so I need to look at the rest of these links later.

  2. Anon Avatar
    Anon

    Those Kevin Maloney tweets. I thought the point was that you have to work to become good at art, whatever your art is. That it takes time and effort and practice. Seems like a stretch to dismiss it as a symptom of late stage capitalism.

  3. xykademiqz Avatar
    xykademiqz

    Yeah, absolutely. But I think Courtney Milam’s counterpoint is that you cannot work at your career to the detriment of all other aspects of your life (health, social ties, rest, etc.), because sooner or later there will be a hefty price to pay for the lack of balance. The view that one must be 100% devoted to one’s career to the exclusion of everything else is very much a Western capitalist outlook. But I agree with you in that I don’t think Kevin Maloney advocated for that, per se; I think he basically advocated for considering one’s art seriously, devoting lots of time to it, and treating it as a career. However, the example he chose to give (friend staying in on Friday to work instead of going out) was definitely one of neglecting friendships and fun for work, and my guess is that’s what Courtney Milam was responding to.

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