Yep, as a “scholarship kid“ I can concur
I was never able to fart around while I was “finding myself“ because my parents didn’t have money to support that
Journalism was a working class profession until the late 70s/early 80s and I think it was a mistake in retrospect to “professionalize” it
This is absolutely a systematic reason working class writers are underrepresented in the field, but we DO exist. We just had to bust our asses and catch a few extremely lucky breaks to wriggle in through the cracks.
May 7, 2025 16:33i Found Myself working at supermarkets, department stores, and customer service desks til anyone paid enough for writing
Just look at the representations in film and TV shows all the way until maybe the late 90s.
When I graduated in ‘71 (a recession), the only jobs were at small (Youngstown) papers where you made min wage, no benefits, and had to have your own car. And there were very few of them.
they'll reserve to themselves anything with a hint of prestige.
