Take Over Culture Study for a Week
I’m looking for pitches for people to take over Culture Study for the week. Your responsibilities would be:
A media-related prompt for the Tuesday Thread
A Q&A with a subject of your choice for the mid-week post
A broader prompt for the Friday Thread
A short essay (~1000-2000) words for the Sunday Post
A short list of “Things I Read and Loved” for Subscribers, to be included in the Sunday Post
The total rate is $2000, paid upon publication.
Pitches should include your specific ideas for the first four sections and indicate a familiarity with Culture Study content, threads, and readers, all of which you can find by exploring the newsletter in depth. I’d also love for the person to engage in comments/threads at their convenience. I’m particularly interested in pitches from people whose perspective and identity are not identical to my own (aka, that of a straight, white, cis-gendered woman who grew up middle-class and went to college).
Email pitches to annehelenpetersen at gmail dot com with “CULTURE STUDY TAKEOVER” in the subject line.
If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments below — other people probably have the same ones!
I'm not sure I am ready to submit anything now, but I hope you do this again. I think it's a great idea.
Does the interview subject for the Q&A need to be a public figure, or someone with an academic/media background? I'd love to discuss fandom, JK Rowling and transphobia with a trans HP fan I know who has personally grappled with those issues (if they're willing) but they're not someone with a public platform--just someone whose perspective is really interesting to me.