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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

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All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

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Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Actors demand action over 'disgusting' explicit video game scenes (www.bbc.com)

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 114 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

You should read the article. It’s not just voice actors. Mocap performers, wearing fitted Lycra suits, have to act out graphic scenes without prior notice so the scripts can remain confidential until the day of the shoot.

Ms Jefferies told the BBC she was once asked to act out a scene with a male performer involving a sexual assault with no prior warning.

"I turned up and was told what I would be filming would be a graphic rape scene," she said.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

Ah. Yeah. That's a problem. If I went into work one day and my client said "now, pretend to rape and hurt this woman" I think I'd be uncomfortable too. I wonder if they even know the subject matter going in, even if the scripts are confidential. At the very least, a trigger warning.

[–] Lemming6969@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Ad hoc rate just quadrupled

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As long as studios are upfront about what to expect and it all gets negotiated it should be fine.

If sudden rape scenes appear that can cost you your job, income, and career if you sont do it, then well, how far away is that from actual rape?

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good on you for understanding the psychological impact of such a proposition, but being physically penetrated is definitly another level.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, there is an entire -rather famous- market section in the entertainment industry where being physically penetrated is part of the job description. Ya know, porn?

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well these motion capture artists did not sign up to do porn.

Nor does porn do rape scenes without prior warning.

Rape is a serious issue that is trivialized by popular culture.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree with your second phrase, I absolutely disagree with your last one, though. Nobody trivializes rape, and popular culture doesn't trivialize rape either

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Losing a job is not the same as being raped.

A lost carreer may share elements, but does not equate.