#Reality Strikes

[warcrimesimulator]

I hate how acknowledging unfairness in the world is seen as "childish". Maybe children are right. I don't think you should be proud of the fact that you've become complacent with the state of your miserable existence and took on this loser "it is what it is" mentality. Things can be better.

#Maybe it's the 'tism but I've never lost my childlike rage. #If suffering is what reality is supposed to be then I must strike down God and pull the heavens here to Earth

[antipodeanwriter]

Reality Strikes - Duo

Ouch! That hurt! I feel the crack Of hard reality attack The comfy bubble of my dreams – Of hopes and future plans – which seems To buckle slowly, and begin To shatter, wholly giving in To a large sledgehammer of force. It is Reality, of course, Coming to destroy, break and shatter All that things I once thought matter: Till Reality came nigh To smash my dreams and see them die.

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[eideard]

Some people deserve to lose...

Some people deserve to lose…

Gotcha! (Am I too cynical?)

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#reality strikes #talk yourself into a corner

[fans4wga]

SAG-AFTRA Takes Up Bethenny Frankel’s Fight To Unionize Reality Show Contestants & End “Exploitative Practices”

August 10, 2023

"SAG-AFTRA, which covers the hosts but not the contestants on reality TV competition shows, said today that it’s working “toward the protection of the reality performers” in an effort to end “the exploitative practices that have developed in this area” and “to engage in a new path to union coverage.”

“We are tired of studios and production companies trying to circumvent the union in order to exploit the talent that they rely upon to make their product,” the guild said.

The announcement comes after Bethenny Frankel, a former star of The Real Housewives of New York City, suggested that reality performers should go on strike in order to win residuals for their work and to combat abuses in the workplace. Reality show hosts, but not contestants, are covered by the guild’s Network Code, which is not part of its strike against films and scripted TV shows.

“Why isn’t reality TV on strike?” Frankel said in a recent TikTok video. “I got paid $7,250 for my first season of reality TV, and people are still watching those episodes.” Reality stars, she said, “are the stepchildren, the losers, the mules, the pack horses. The ones that the entertainment industry is going to rely on, right now, to carry the water and do the heavy lifting when real stars, real A-list Hollywood is on strike.”

She added, “Reality television exploits affairs, bankruptcy, falling off the wagon, not really having what you say you have, something inappropriate, risking cancellation every single time the camera goes on.”

To address the alleged abuse of reality stars, she’s engaged high-powered attorneys Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos to investigate the alleged abuse of reality stars.

In a statement today, SAG-AFTRA said that it “has engaged in discussions with Bryan Freedman at the Freedman + Taitelman, LLP law firm who has been retained by Bethenny Frankel around the subject of treatment of reality performers. SAG-AFTRA is the union that represents reality performers. Depending on the structure of the production and the performers involved, we can cover these performers under our Network Code Agreement.

“We stand ready to assist Bethenny Frankel, Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos along with reality performers and our members in the fight and are tired of studios and production companies trying to circumvent the Union in order to exploit the talent that they rely upon to make their product.

“We encourage any reality performers and/or members to reach out to SAG-AFTRA’s Entertainment Contracts Department so that we may work together toward the protection of the reality performers ending the exploitative practices that have developed in this area and to engage in a new path to union coverage.”

“Please be advised that the day of reckoning has arrived,” Freedman, working with Geragos, said in a letter sent to NBCUniversal on Aug. 3. “While our investigation is still ongoing, we have reason to believe that cast members and crewmembers on NBC reality TV shows have been subjected to disturbing mistreatment by NBCUniversal and/or its employees, contractors, and third-party affiliates.”

Building off Frankel’s union aims, the list of such mistreatment that Freedman lays out includes:

Deliberate attempts to manufacture mental instability by plying cast members with alcohol while depriving them of food and sleep.

Denying mental health treatment to cast members displaying obvious and alarming signs of mental deterioration.

Exploiting minors for uncompensated and sometimes long-term appearances on NBC reality TV shows.

Distributing and/or condoning the distribution of nonconsensual pornography.

Covering up acts of sexual violence.

Refusing to allow cast members the freedom to leave their shows, even under dire circumstances.

In response, an NBCUniversal spokesperson told Deadline that the company is “committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for cast and crew on our reality shows. At the outset, we require our third-party production partners to have appropriate workplace policies and training in place.  If complaints are brought to our attention, we work with our production partners to ensure that timely, appropriate action is or has been taken, including investigations, medical and/or psychological support, and other remedial action that may be warranted such as personnel changes.”

@bethennyfrankel on Tiktok: This is a union. I’ve defined fair & reasonable terms & consider those making $0 on the bachelor to a housewife making millions. This is a 1st pass & how I’d negotiate, w/ my institutional knowledge & wisdom in this industry w/ over a decade on 8 tv, w/ 10 books, 5 podcasts, multiple businesses & what was the fastest growing spirits business in history. I know a contract. Looking into traditional TV residuals is like looking inside “a beautiful mind.” Content used later with no profit sharing & l exploitation of hard working talent is as archaic as calling empowered independent women “housewives,” a term setting back women 100 years then using them for drama.

This is the REALITY RECKONING aka THE REALITY REVOLUTION. The is the new BETHENNY CLAUSE. Reality TV has existed for decades & sustained entertainment during the last strike & exploded. This isn’t for people like me, who have thrived & succeeded and clawed their way to the top despite the odds. This is for the next generation. These are broad stroke terms subject to modification. This fight is just getting started. We’re rogue & nimble & not entangled & unwieldy. The intention here is to affect change, get things done and make history.

I’ve listed some names who have contacted me & want to get involved. People not on this list are Vanderpump rules talent & the Kardashians, ironically the most powerful entities in entertainment right now, with the most leverage. They should fight for others who paved the way & for those after them. Shows like Summer House and others in production should stand down. Viewers should not watch this content. This paves the way for nurses and teachers, essential workers, production members & glam teams that will be inspired to create a model of their own reckoning.

Change takes courage. I’ve alienated this industry & burned bridges with the entire network and streaming community in one fell swoop. This is not for the faint of heart but it’s for the greater good. This is correct. We will be sending these terms by email with the subject line: “Reality Reckoning” starting emails with: imwithbethenny Who’s with me?"

#sag-aftra strike #sag strike #reality tv #union solidarity #actors strike #bethany frankel

[wierdshenanigans]

You know what hurts? Katniss and Gale are probably complete strangers by the time of the epilogue. I was rooting for Peeta but it really does hurt to see two great friends who wouldn't have survived without the other fall apart. Their relationship couldn't be preserved, that's the simple truth, even if it never had romantic implications, even if they did love each other in whatever way the audience sees fit, Gale and Katniss couldn't stay in touch after all that. And it's realistic but dam does it hurt to see two best friends drift away to nothing but strangers...

#katniss everdeen #the hunger games trilogy #the hunger games #katniss x peeta #peeta mellark #gale hawthorne #katniss and gale #thg #hunger games #catching fire #mockingjay #thg katniss #the hunger games katniss #The hunger games Gale #Thg posts #The hunger games strikes again with the reality of how things work #Gale and Katniss friendship couldn't last because it was formed on mutual need and with that need gone #They couldn't find solace in each other the same way again #katniss and peeta

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 132

So it turns out Danny and Billy share a realms guardian. Not like they knew that until they literally got scruffed and taken through a portal- apparently realms paperwork can take years or even centuries so they actually got really lucky with how much their guardian was pushing. 

Apparently the primordial being of Space and the primordial being of Storm is one and the same and has been… well not throwing a fit but also yes throwing a fit at the Observants and other paperwork beings of the Zone. 

So it’s not the worst kidnapping either of them have gone through, apparently they’re getting a checkup and a crash course in realms stuff?? Oh god what do you mean there’s the equivalent of galas in the Zone and they have to go to them??? Sam/Tim help them! 

On the bright sides, way less attacks on Amity now that a primordial being that literally shuffles around entire galaxies just because is hanging around to teach him how to do things. And when Billy gets found out to be ten he can cheerfully say he has permission from his guardian. The one literally letting them get through space so quickly just because they think the league is neat. In an idle wow yep kiddo that is a funky looking cat we aren’t taking home yep, way. 

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #Danny: Oh god is Vortex my ghost brother nooo #Marvel on the phone in the middle of battle: Hi Phantom can you tell pops that I'll be late #Marvel: I know they can definitely see me right now but speck amidst the eternal storm of stars yadda yadda #Villain and JL overhearing this: #Billy: Omg Danny look parent made constellations of us #Danny literally sobbing: Y e a h they did #Their ghost parent has tea with clockwork all the time they're twins #Time and Space are two halves of a whole after all #Children of the Realms itself- or rather the being whose blood fills the cracks between worlds whose body forms the planes of reality itsel #Danny and Billy don't realize how OP they are because this is normal shit for them #Y'know what #Eternal 10 year old Billy and 14 year old Danny #Billy: Wait am I a halfa?? My marvel form doesn't have a heartbeat and I'm literally striking myself with lightning #Danny: #Billy: #Danny: Oh my god #They deserve to be brothers your honor

[foxaoxarts]

BEE KISS TOMORR- *dead* /j

If anyone wants to watch me drawing this like a little victorian child then the timelapse is below the cut 🤣

(FLICKER WARNING. It's all through out so be careful!👍 )

#RWBY #Bumbleby #Blake Belladonna #Yang Xiao Long #Foxarts #YOUR HONOR I HATE THEM (that's a lie actually) #I'VE BEEN STARING AT THIS FOR 3(?) DAYS NOW AND I'M SICK #Technically this doesn't contain spoilers but let me know if I should add the tag! #In reality I think cloud scene will happen episode 7-ish BUT being delusional is what being a bee fan is all about- #This is the first time I've actually tried drawing a kiss sooooo hope it turned out ok xDD #I am the one who looks away when anyone kisses for more than 2 seconds so. #Kisses aren't very photogenic that's all I'll say (I had 3 tutorials open and 5 references pulled up) #This was so messy- I forewent line art because I hate it and I thought it wouldn't be bad to just clean up the sketch. I was kind of right. #Watching back the recording is funny because I've always known I'm disorganized but just watching it play out is hilarious. #Enjoy my little notes and doodles 😌😌 #They're so soft I want to scream. #I SURE HOPE I DIDN'T FORGET ANYTHING 😭 #Risking my livelihood for these stupids since 2020 *strikes pose* #Anyways that's enough of my rambling. #HAVE A NICE DAY Y'ALL!!

[pepperoniparadise]

“Your focus determines your reality.”

#star wars #a new hope #empire strikes back #return of the jedi #phantom menace #attack of the clones #revenge of the sith #battlefront #mark hamill #hayden christensen #james earl jones #alec guinness #harrison ford #ewan mcgregor #anakin skywalker #luke skywalker #darth vader #obi wan kenobi #han solo #your focus determines your reality #tie fighter #pilot #padme amidala #natalie portman #qui gon jinn #liam neeson #george lucas #death star #mustafar #tatooine

[loveofastarvingdog]

trying to find the metaphysical vegetable that may bring me less despair

#timothy's txts. #the food that is in my house is not nothing more than unfilling waste rn and it’s all i’ve eaten for ages #and i want something warm and homemade and filling #but i can’t go get anything because i don’t think this counts as essential during the strike #and everything is so heavy i wish i could be hugged by my mom #or eat her white chili or stromboli or my grandmother’s funeral potatoes #and it’s so hard to be hopeful when the bad thing you dread is actually happening #not pessimism not cynicism it’s just. reality. #but the past few days have felt like hell in my brain like i’m looking through the warping rubber wall of a fucking balloon #maybe it’s the preemptive grief #or maybe my body is finally giving in to the slick oil spill brain fog syrup that’s been swallowing me for the past three years #who can say !

[talesfromthecrypts]

Oh my god I’m about to ascend

#if the reality tv people end up on strike too

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

idk if ive sad it here or not but, yes, sun and moon DO interact with a cat in (it was, in reality, not fine)

her name is Miss Peepers and she is a delight

(and yes she belongs to Reader)

#she knows how to make three sounds: hiss. angry purring noises. and that tiny 'mek' sound cats do thats more like a click than a meow #reader calls it peeping. like a baby bird peep #(hence her name) #yes she is a feral alley cat that strikes fear into the hearts of men just trying to walk to the bus on their morning commute #she is also small and only likes one(1) person #doodles #sketches #fnaf x reader #fnaf fanfic #fnaf sun x reader #fnaf moon x reader #fnaf sun/moon x reader #reader insert #bones of a rabbit #bones of a rabbit fic #it was in reality not fine fic #not fine fic #miss peepers

[antipodeanwriter]

Reality Strikes - Uno

Ouch! My world just felt the hammer Of a stark reality That came and smashed my hopes to pieces It happened so suddenly! All was right to go this morning Till the sledgehammer of life Crushed my world to tiny fragments Dreams are nixed. Chaos is rife. What is left for me to cling to? All my hopes turned to a lie – Smashed to fragments by a hammer Breaking me as it passed by. Reality is like a…

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[pholiabanna]

So apparently the new stance redditors have on the byler sign now it’s that it was indeed a writer who made it, but they wrote it to “make fun of byler shippers”. 

Seriously the echo chamber they live in is hilarious

#byler #byler tumblr #also I don't know in what kind of reality you have to live to not realise a writer going to strike to demand their work rights isn't exactly #thinking about making fun of people #in that particular moment

[chirpsythismorning]

Unfortunately, one major reason streamers like Netflix don’t plan on breaking any time soon in the strike, is because it could have the potential to inspire others to fight for fair pay if it ended up being fairly easy for the writers to do it.

They would rather wait it out for as long as they can, making writers risk financial ruin, so that they have no choice but to agree to a deal that is, at best, half of what they were initially asking.

This means that going into this strike, from Netflix’s pov, it could go on until September, at least, and they would be fine with that.

They assume that by then, writers will have been picketing for 4+ months, without pay, and won’t be able to go on for much longer.

Upon being asked about the impending strike a few weeks prior to it starting, Ted Sarandos said that they have at least 6 months of backlog set in stone. And so apparently, he’s comfortable with sitting it out that long at least.

Though, it is worth saying that as bleak as it all sounds, we’re 3 weeks in and there is a lot of support for the writers. With how bad things are PR wise for Netflix, one could argue they might just say fuck it were used to it and push through. However at the same time, they’ve been struggling with subscriber growth a lot more than ever before, they could be on the brink of risking it all regardless. So if they come to realize fighting this fight as posing a serious risk for them in the short term and long term, something they definitely don’t want to have to admit to their investors at the next conference, they’ll need to get their shit together sooner than later.

I know it’s frustrating to imagine the strike still going on late into 2023, but if we can put our heads together now, this early on still, maybe it won’t have to be that long?

It really does feel like there’s nothing we can do, but showing support and informing others about it so it doesn’t just dwindle to background chatter is a start!

#byler #stranger things #st writers strike #st writers #duffer brothers #st5 #maybe we should just scare them and have everyone demand fair pay right now #like make their worst fear a reality at the get-go? #idk I just want to talk to Ted #let’s talk ted #let’s have a little Ted talk #and then lay it on him #what is ur deal you greedy bastard #i hear you’re at the top of the list as to why this strike has the potential to hold out for a long time #dude!? what the fuck!?

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Can you pls also share sleepy lwj and wwx bc I know the perfect place for them to nap as well!! 🤩

The sleepy lads, at your whims! Transparent too!

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #They will likely need to be resized #But here they are! I can't wait to see where they nap next! #I really want to make more...There are a lot of fun ideas I have. #Someone requested the nie brothers and I am most certainly Working On It! #I'm personally having a blast right now dragging them around my screen. Snoozing all over the place! #ONE DAY ILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE AND DISTRIBUTE STICKERS......I am taping them to my sketchbook like a monster. #Had a dream about making some svsss ones that apparently I was selling to support the writer's strike? #The concepts were good. I might need to make them into reality.

[kalamity-jayne]

In case you were wondering where things are at in the film and television industry here's how post-production folks (editors, VFX, Colorists, etc) are doing. These screenshots are from The Blue Collar Post Collective's FB page (they are an International professional network for folks working in post).

This one is from a few months ago...

These are all from the past few days (from 2 separate Anon posts re "where to find jobs")...

My former post-supervisor really fucked me over and I've been unemployed for months. At this point I'm applying to jobs in grocery stores cause it's just dead dead dead out there. Winter is always the time of year you don't want to be without a film or series to work on but this just abysmal.

#Post-production #Film and Television #Unions and the strikes #documentary film and series #Movies #An assistant editor speaks #I work in the documentary sector which you would think wouldn't be affected by the strikes (for good and for worse) #but when the reality tv sector of the industry is doing bad then that means *everyone* is completely boned. #Also It's a reputation based industry #so 90% of the jobs I have had came from people cold emailing me ''Hey you came highly recommended from so&so. Are you available?" #And most years I'd get about a dozen of those emails a year with one of 'em usually resulting in a gig #not so this year😩