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Why All the Hate for TikTok Creators?
Entertainment will never be considered a “real job” and that’s unfair
Why is entertainment a multi-billion dollar industry, but we hate entertainers?
If you want to see how the average American feels about creatives, i.e. people who try to make a living through artistic or expressive means, just go to the comments section of any article that discusses the impending TikTok ban.
It’s brutal.
Why are creators on TikTok somehow thought of as slackers who can’t get a real job, when they’re actually bringing something of value — entertainment — to millions of people every minute of every day?
You know who the real “slackers who can’t get a real job” are?
Lawyers and politicians.
There’s a lot of misogyny in the comments too, along the lines of, “My wife watches cat videos on TikTok, but I don’t have time for that because I’m busy doing manly-man things.”
Like watching porn or making online bets with the kids’ college funds.
Social media platforms are often viewed as a “woman thing”. When you think “social media influencer”, you think “woman modeling clothes” or “woman putting on make…
