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Sunday, October 03, 2021

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

These Hollywood Horror Stories Could Inspire the Biggest Industry Strike Since World War II

Vanity Fair: The @ia_stories page is an unpretentious Instagram account that rarely posts pictures—mostly just white text on a black background, which makes it especially unmemorable in the visually saturated space of Hollywood–adjacent social media. But within its hundreds of posts are some of the juiciest secrets in the industry, with most identifying details carefully edited away.

Over 40% of Interns Are Unpaid Thanks to This Legal Loophole

www.businessinsider.com: Unpaid internships are not only legal in the US — they're shockingly common. More than 40% of interns said they were unpaid in this year's Internship & Co-op Survey Report conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Exploring Accessible Technology in Theatre: Captioning

AMT Lab @ CMU: Many people attend theatrical performances as a way to escape daily life for a few hours. However, there are some who are unable to share these experiences. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, one in eight people in the United States ages 12+ have hearing loss in both ears.

20 Famous Artists Everyone Should Know, From Leonardo to Frida Kahlo

mymodernmet.com: Museums and textbooks are full of names of artists who've left their mark in history. Certain names, however, still stand out from the rest. Whether it is through their distinctive style, their participance in a pivotal art movement, or their eccentric life, these artists have achieved astounding fame. And while these creatives are well-known in popular culture now, many of them were not recognized for their talents until decades after their death.

The secret to creating amazing work? You have to hate it first

www.fastcompany.com: The first time I heard that a feeling of gloom might be a normal part of creative work, I was incredibly depressed about what I was currently producing. It was a project focused on irrigation tools for small-plot farmers in Myanmar, and a week before the final presentation I was having a full-blown crisis of confidence. Compared to the needs of the farmers we were working for, our solution for redesigning, and thereby reducing, the cost of a water pump seemed inconsequential.

 

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