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[liptonrm_backup]

Saturdays truly are for spamming.

As most of you probably know by now, I support the WGA members and their strike 110%. I also want as swift and amenable end to the strike as possible. In the past week or so I've been trying to find a way to do anything to help the writers out and today one method literally fell into my metaphorical lap.

Thanks to tightropegirl and her latest post on the strike I found a way to put my money where my mouth is. It's a campaign, much like the effective fan campaigns of old, to send boxes of pencils to the media comglomerates.

I would certainly suggest reading tightropegirl's post but if you want to skip straight to the action you can go here: http://unitedhollywood.blogspot.com/2007/11/pencils2mediamoguls.html and show your support.

Comments

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Heh, I see from your icon you've also discovered http://fans4writers.com/, right?

I'm starting to think this strike might not last as long as the '88 one did. There was no internet in '88, no blogs, no united fan front. The AMPTP is facing a hell of a lot of opposition here from the very people who buy their product, and I'll bet their stunned at the support the writers are getting.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

That observation, hope, what have you, is one of the factors that are keeping me from having a complete hippie freak-out over the whole thing. I'll show my support in whatever form I possibly can so long as it convinces the corporate bastards to pull their heads out of their asses.

I bet our corporate overlords are stunned by the support the writers are getting. All hail the tubes that connect all of us "mindless automatons" together.

[oselle.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I just spelled "they're" as "their." Obviously, my inner writer is striking in support.