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Genius picket signs from the Hollywood writers' strike [1]

['David Pescovitz']

Date: 2023-05-05

The Writers Guild of America continues its strike with picketers in Hollywood and New York City marching outside of studio and streaming service offices. According to the union representing the writers, the studios' "behavior has created a gig economy inside a union work force, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to further devaluing the profession of writing." Of course, these are professional creative writers so, unsurprisingly, they've crafted some genius picket signs. Here are some of them, via NPR and Twitter:

One thing this writer's strike is going to give us is elite sign content. pic.twitter.com/IYv0ijMcBh — Nazanin Nour (@NazaninNour) May 4, 2023

These #writersstrike picket signs are so good.

"'I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING GO TAKE THIS ANYMORE' WAS NOT WRITTEN BY A PRODUCER!" pic.twitter.com/UV4rkQGmfy — 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙮 is pro WGA (@EmmaTolkin) May 2, 2023

Several reporters today were walking around asking writers how long we'd *actually* be willing to strike. I don't know dude, how long do you think it'll take 11,000 unemployed writers to run out of sign ideas? #wgastrong #writersstrike pic.twitter.com/C0cq81jTcF — mah ree nah (@marinarachael) May 3, 2023

"'Succession' without writers is just 'The Apprentice,' and look how THAT worked out," reads a sign from the writers picket line in Hollywood. https://t.co/2mx1TyHf1T pic.twitter.com/8sYCkCSAuQ — Variety (@Variety) May 2, 2023

A world without writers is a world without meaning https://t.co/FMDMoPVFty — A.M. Homes (@nycnovel) May 5, 2023

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