I cannot wait to be replaced by ai 🥲
lol but fr im Project manager that started in the arts / events / film production space. Eventuallyy the frontal lobe developed and i figured out I was breaking even at best / working for free or negative income at worst and for narcissistic dicks no less ! + a very insular space.Anyway, ditched the creative / arts projects for the millennial white collar industry of choice: design and tech.
📍Currently correcting my normie overcorrection and open to help produce lil creative / freelance projects without the socioeconomic pressures of having to make ends meet with that income. But also figuring out that its actually fine to not be defined by what you do to make a living and to just enjoy things without making them ur whole personal narrative.
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I host a pop culture video podcast and write a weekly newsletter! Got laid off a few months ago, so I'm actively looking for a senior role in comms/culture, whatever that looks like.
Past lives:
• Pre-professional dancer, until I was asked rhetorically at 17 if I wanted to be broke and unemployed for the rest of my life
• Retail shark at the Natick Mall who sold a million dollars' worth of handbags in a bodycon dress and 4" heels on a marble floor
• Corporate fashion employee who designed tools, opened new stores, and facilitated presentations to drive culture & tech adoption. Last day at my job was 3/6/20 👀
• Brand consultant
• Marketing director at web3 entertainment startup
Feb 9, 2024
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And maybe when I’m over 45, I’ll employ someone like myself.
It’s hella bleak out there and I balance feeling bad about what I do on an existential level most days, while knowing I’m good at a lot of it, and I do genuinely enjoy most of the parts that don’t involve interacting with said men. I certainly want to provide a comfortable life for myself, but man there’s no true equilibrium under capitalism.
Mar 17, 2024
i’ve worked in the arts for my entire career, mainly in art museums. i’m also an independent curator and ran a gallery out of my storefront apartment for a year and a half. i’ve archived photographs, led museum tours, curated exhibitions, couriered art across the country in an 18-wheeler, written wall texts, edited books, interviewed artists, fundraised, done countless studio visits, written exhibition essays, provided accessibility for disabled visitors, built a curatorial practice around working with disabled artists, project managed performances, and participated as a performer in a couple of pieces (including a Tino Sehgal).
i am immensely proud of my work and have done and seen some incredible things. i’ve also worked with incredible passionate people who have the privilege and honor of making culture. but I’m also very burnt out and currently in the midst of plotting a departure from the art world, in search of a job that provides more balance. my whole job as a “museum worker” has been my identity for 14 years and I’m curious to see what my life looks like next. i’m mediating on and grappling with the idea that we weren’t put on this planet to labor, which compounded with the effects of lockdown and the pandemic, has changed my relationship to work and having a linear career. life is too short and too precious to give all of ourselves to a job (hope that doesn’t make me sound far out or too radical).
right now I’m working with a career coach, doing informational interviews, playing with my resume and cover letter formats, and applying for a wild array of non-art / non-museum jobs. I’d love to hear if you have any insights or suggestions! it’s scary making the leap but I’m trusting my gut here.
Feb 15, 2025
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Life is too short to deprive yourself of cool art from your contemporaries.
Jan 29, 2024
A never-ending faulty quest but necessary evolution
Jan 23, 2024
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concert? play? Reading? niche movie screening? Rave? Restaurant you want to try? whatever it is, try to wrangle friends if its up their alley (not a pro-antisocial message here) but if it does not work out, take urself! literally worst case scenario absolutely no one gives a fuck best case you make new circumstantial friends. Every one is busy making money and chasing what inspires them to stay here so schedules align once in a blue moon, don’t let that stop you from discovering / enjoying shit.
Feb 21, 2024