sturz

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   by sturz 3y ago

   They mention that they didn't test for it, but I'd wager that the parents use of devices results in them speaking to the children less.
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   by sturz 3y ago

   Wikipedia. Most authors in the western cannon are descendants of aristocracy.
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   by sturz 3y ago

   I'm talking about contemporary literature. It has been this way historically and nothing about it has changed.
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   by sturz 3y ago

   In my experience, in NY, the majority of people working in contemporary literature publishing are ivy leage graduates, mostly women, and they live off of their parents. I'm not judging, just stating my observation.
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   by sturz 3y ago

   It's probably the prestige. Most new authors are likely subsidized by their wealthy families.
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   by sturz 3y ago

   Substack has done an excellent job of showcasing how much writers need editors. I live my life in between the two awful worlds of programmers who have never had a humanities class and are therefore functionally illiterate, and writers who a