Media Bits and Bytes – October 17, 2023
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The Gaza siege has media on the warpath
The Gaza siege has media on the warpath
The Gaza siege has media on the warpath
Gen Z Gets a PAC
NPR
'We're not just voting. We're also running': David Hogg launches a young candidate PAC. The success of Maxwell Frost, advocate-turned-politician and the youngest member of Congress, is a motivator, says Hogg.
tv
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies Review: A Blast From the Past Through a Modern Lens
AV Club
Paramount Plus' 1950s-set series 'Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies' is filled with progressive Gen-Z values. Their struggles derive from not only the misogyny they come up against, but the discrimination they face thanks to their cultural identities.
labor
South Korea U-Turns on 69-Hour Work Week After Youth Revolt
news.com.au
Millennials and Gen Z have lashed a government for a move that would see them working horrendously long hours.
labor
Apple Union Win Shows Labor Gains in Organizing-Resistant South
Bloomberg Law
Cracks have started to appear in red states’ anti-union front.
film
Society Is a Mess in Emily the Criminal, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Not Okay
Vox
Three new movies recall the 1930s gangster movie era, but with a twist. They sketch the outlines of a dysfunctional social and economic reality by focusing on people who are caught in the gears of the system, in one way or another
How Zoomers Organized the First Chipotle Union
Labor Notes
Of all the employers that have seen union drives over the past year, Chipotle—with 100,000 employees across 3,000 stores, and long-term plans to double its footprint in North America—is the most similar to Starbucks.
tv
‘Euphoria’ Isn't About Gen Z. It's a Fantasy Revision of High School for Millennials
Esquire
The HBO series has caught flack for glamorising sex and violence, but the show also offers a Kool-Aid of teenage nostalgia that shouldn't be swallowed too willingly
labor
Here's Why Gen Z is Unionizing
CNN Business
Many of the Gen Z generation say they want to join a movement where social causes are part of their workplace values.
tv
The Thatcherite Brutality of “Industry”
The New Yorker
Despite its relative diversity, HBO's “Industry” is peppered with casual instances of sexism, racism, and classism.
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