The “Who Pays Writers” Conversation Needs a Little Nuance
Holding The Rumpus to the same standards as The Huffington Post is ridiculous.
Follow Your Arrow: Musician and Furniture Maker Sean Desiree on Small Steps Towards Big Dreams
Musician Sean Desiree — who alone makes up all parts of the indie band bell’s roar — explains how they juggle being a musician by day with running a furniture-making business by night, how they learned to deal with rejection, and what’s it’s like being a queer person of colour in an industry and genre dominated by straight white men.
This Business of Art Fix #15: A Day Late and $30 Million Dollars Short
Time buys xoJane and HelloGiggles, NEWS FLASH women’s media has a better chance of getting funded when a man owns it, more news from the facebook apocalypse, and a 700-word apology for being late.
Follow Your Arrow: Writer Alexandra Franzen on How Words Change the World
Over the years, I’ve gotten emails from people who have said things like, “You inspired me to quit my job and pursue my real passion.” I want everyone on the planet to experience that same feeling — that feeling of knowing, “I matter, I am helping, I am making a difference,” whether you’re connecting with an audience of 1 person or 10,000.
Business of Art Fix #15: Where Did All The Social Traffic Go?
Something funny is happening at facebook, excellent tips on how to make your white workplace less white, Conde Nast buys Pitchfork, Playboy quits nudes, native advertising headaches and a lot of interesting stuff in this week’s Business of Art fix!
Follow Your Arrow: Coffee Roaster Tara Brown on Courage, Connections and Simple Pleasures
“A-Camp was sort of a turning point for me. We were talking about building a year-round Autostraddle community and it was decided that I’d be the coffee roaster. I was like, ‘Well, guess I better get good at this coffee roasting thing.’ You can’t have mediocre coffee in a queer commune. I started actually writing a business plan the next weekend.”
Business Of Art Fix #14: Ad-Blockers Could Force Most Indies To Consider Paid Content
Topics include even MORE important thoughts on ad-blocking, how your XoJane confessional sausage gets made, Ann Friedman’s personal branding quest, the most hated beauty brand on the internet, advice for sending overdue e-mails and more!
How to Deal With Credit Card Debt and Not Totally Ruin Your Life Forever
We’re here to talk about how to get out of credit card debt or, if that feels too big right now, how to manage your debt in such a way that it doesn’t keep you awake at night. Because neither you nor I are going to win the lottery tomorrow.
Follow Your Arrow: Blacksmith Willow Zietman on Returning to her Craft
“The one thing that is ‘typical’ about a day at the forge is that there is a lot of mess and noise, and that I sweat buckets and come home very dirty.”
Business of Art Fix #13: I Can Get You Here With These Shiny Things
Happy Ad-Blocker-For-Mobile Debuts Day! Also we’re talking about the rise of the first-person confessional essay, an article about us, Slack, Rookie, Taag Magazine and so much more!
Follow Your Arrow: Spiritual Coach Tieara Myers on Answering the Call
“What your clients come to you for will be a huge signal for what your focus could be. They are attracted to a certain quality within you. If you pay attention, your clients will call it out from within you. My clients were speaking to me all along. It took a while, but I listened in and came to my true focus. It takes time. Let yourself grow. It is a sacred journey.”
Business of Art Fix #12: Like Being Perpetually Two Drinks Into A Really, Really Fun Night On The Town
Nerve.com begins a new chapter with a look back on all previous chapters, The Butter shutters, September is a big month for black women on magazine covers, The Daily Beast shuts down comments and more interesting stories!
Follow Your Arrow: Web Developer Cee on This Freelance Life
Autostraddle’s webmaster Cee Webster has been a freelance web developer for 15 years. Here, she shares her thoughts on freelance working, ‘winging it’, the challenges of juggling many projects, and the perks of working when you choose.
Business Of Art Fix #11: A Brand New “Bitch” and Giving Your Money To Women
Topics include Bitch’s redesign, Buzzfeed’s financial papers, Amazon’s cut-throat work environment, a fertility-tracker raising major $$ to collect data on women’s health and more!
Business of Art Fix #10: We’ve Got The Tiger Beat!
So many cool stories including a new chapters for Tiger Beat and Highlights for Children, Comcast investing in Buzzfeed, how we use slack, pitches we’re looking for and the importance of the online commenting conversation.
Follow Your Arrow: Building a Gender-Neutral Footwear Brand from the Ground Up
“The best thing about my work is when I have people from all over the world write me about how excited they are to find my shoes or learn about my company and how it inspires them. Having so many others who shared my pain and experience of not finding shoes that represent my style really motivates me to keep pushing to turn this dream into a reality.”
This Business of Art Fix #9: The False and Unsound Will Be Vanquished
What’s going on with Gawker, what’s going on with Reddit, Facebook’s algorithm, coming up with ideas as a freelancer, why many entrepreneurs are comfortable taking risks, and more!
Follow Your Arrow: What If You Don’t Have One True Calling?
In Follow Your Arrow, we’re talking a lot about building a business out of doing what you love. But what if you don’t have just one thing? What if you have so many interests you wouldn’t know where to start creating a business? Meet Emilie Wapnick, who has built an entire community around helping people just like you!
How to Get a Credit Card and Not Totally Ruin Your Life Forever
All credit cards are not created equal. Here’s what you want to look for in a new card or your very first card.
You Need Help: Sucking Less At Your Job
Even if your career goal is to totally nail every single element of your role eventually, acknowledging that you’re already crushing a few tasks will ideally build your confidence as you work on mastering the whole shebang.