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John Pucay's avatar

My god the hype houses. I tried watching content on what I think is Tiktok's top hype house right now: The Bop House. And I just couldn't! I couldn't consume it! I used to not understand how people find this so consumable. But after reading that old Vox article explaining how TikTok shows the "oppressively plain" taste of the majority - I finally got it.

Your novel quote is really strong. I look forward to getting a copy soon ❤️

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Leigh Stein's avatar

thank you!

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Catherine Baab's avatar

Can't wait to read, Leigh!

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Susette's avatar

I loved this snippet from your post:

" I know some of you think content creation is beneath you..."

but I'd also include public relations and comms jobs.

I watched a few laid-off journalists with tons of media connections easily slide into corporate PR jobs with a little...creative...rewriting of their resume.

All without missing a mortgage payment!

These are very well paying jobs with lots of security-- unless you really screw something up

But I was shocked at how many journalists think this type of work is beneath them.

These are the same writers who endlessly whine about money and wail about credit card debt but somehow find poverty preferable to ghostwriting think pieces? Go figure.

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Leigh Stein's avatar

I hear you! But it’s like switching teams: going from being on the receiving end of PR (and being flattered and schmoozed in the good times) to being the ignored/ghosted publicist

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Jenovia 🕸️'s avatar

"I wrote a gothic novel about the internet because I imagine us all as Little Edies in Grey Gardens: we’re desperate to escape and incapable of leaving." The truth of this sentence is so LOUD 🎯 Can't wait for August!

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Leigh Stein's avatar

👻

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Gila Pfeffer's avatar

“We’re desperate to escape and incapable of leaving” 😭

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Kathleen Donahoe's avatar

loved this leigh, most especially the two questions as the lighthouses to guide me the right direction.

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Annabel Monaghan's avatar

I absolutely cannot wait to read your book. August can’t come soon enough

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Tell the Bees's avatar

The Gen X piece was so heartbreaking- I also immediately connected it to the hollowing out of all media jobs for Millennials. It's too terrifying to think about another monumental shift/pivot as we all March towards 40...

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