imagine if you were a fish and this shit happened to you
Tyler Coates
76.6K posts
writer in los angeles. contributor to @filmmakermag, @latimes, and others. previously on staff at @THR, @esquire, @decider.
Los Angeles
Joined August 2008
- i just found out that the job i held six years ago that paid me $89K annually is now listed at $67-70K. media is a scam!!!!!!!!!
- can’t help but notice the trend that a lot of people losing jobs over this issue are women of color!gabriella karefa-johnson (vogue editor and the mastermind behind all of these issues and more for those who don’t know her) no longer works at vogue magazine following her vocal support for palestine. this just can’t keep happening
- I just don’t think people realize the entire generation we lost. I often don’t even want to think about it because the enormity is so vast. All because they weren’t seen as people, not worth saving. It makes me sick and sad.
- naturally folks in the replies are like, "but she's already rich!" which is not really the point here, because if a series regular on a network show is getting pennies as payment, imagine the working class actors who are struggling to book piecemeal gigs throughout the yearMandy Moore Says She Once Got a Check for a Penny for ‘This Is Us’ Streaming Residuals thr.cm/5j2y7N9
- “what are we supposed to do, send a COVID test to every American?!”Biden just signed $778,000,000,000 military budget, *increasing* Trump’s spending after proclaiming America is no longer at war.
- kate with a k, catherine with a c…. THAT is what needs to be explained to me
- A bro came up to the very long line to get into Angels in America and shouted, “What are they giving away?!” The guy in line in front of me shouted, “CULTURE, YOU ASSHOLE.”
- i distinctly remember olivia wilde telling variety a month ago that "only women come in my movie" (the women, by the way, are being held against their will in a virtual reality setting by men, so, uh...)Olivia Wilde Says ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Sex Scenes ‘Overshadowed’ Film, Slams Media Firestorm: ‘We Didn’t Sign Up for a Reality Show’ variety.com/2022/film/news…
- the odd thing about watching a genocide unfold every day for the last year on social media: i’m still capable of surprise, and disgust, and absolute shame — and i am still overwhelmed by the people who seemingly and blissfully do not share those feelings

















