Huh.
https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady/status/973195402559283201
Can we talk for a minute about how prohibitively expensive
#SXSW is? It’s nuts.I was told if I lose my badge—which was already paid for—that it would be 1800 dollars to replace.
…the hell?
The cheapest ticket is 825 dollars. Who has that kind of money?
They should offer day passes or something.
This is a very exclusive event. And it shows. Especially considering Austin’s homelessness problem. It’s just very stark.
Salon has this to say:
He doesn’t have a show on HBO or an international arrest warrant like some other presenters, but Eric is one of the more interesting invites.
He told me that his hosts at SXSW should probably be sued.
SXSW should have expected that. In 2011, Eric and others who worked as unpaid interns on the movie “Black Swan” sued film studio Fox Searchlight for back wages, an experience he’ll be talking about on the panel “Debating Internships: The Value of Unpaid Work.” That’s relevant because at SXSW, more than 3,000 people – some called “volunteers” and others called “interns” – work for nothing.
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