It’s a Thursday at the end of the month, which can mean only one thing if you’re an assistant in entertainment: payday. After pulling a long 60-hour week plus overtime, you are counting on every penny of this check to pay your rent, your car payment, your student loan bill, and pray you have enough left to make a small dent on that credit card. You check your bank account for the deposit… $700. Or maybe, for you, this check looks more like $500 after tax. For many, it’s less. To some readers, this may sound like a reasonable amount…
Author: Anonymous
I recently went on a honeymoon by myself. Yes, you read that right. You see, when I got married my ex-husband and I didn’t have a honeymoon. We were too busy with our careers to take time away to celebrate this major commitment we just made to each other. When all the shit went down, aka a heart-wrenching divorce, I decided to escape my regular life and take a trip to Bali. Yes, it’s pilot season; yes, I have some incredible momentum going in my career, but I just couldn’t stand being in LA for another day. I packed up,…