What do actual poets think of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department?; Charli XCX and Troye Sivan announce North American arena tour; watch Timothée Chalamet sing as Bob Dylan in first biopic footage; and Megan Thee Stallion was honored at the Planned Parenthood gala.
SOME INTERNS AT BIG TECH AND CONSULTING GIANTS ARE ALREADY EARNING SIX-FIGURE SALARIES, GLASSDOOR DATA SHOWS, fortune
This one’s for everyone scratching their heads over yesterday’s Economist piece about how “Generation Z Is Unprecedentedly Rich.” According to Glassdoor, top companies like Bain & Company, Roblox, and Amazon are offering internships that pay upwards of $9,000 per month. The summer of 2008, I interned at Condé Nast and did not even get a lunch stipend.
GEN ZERS ARE IN THEIR 'BOYCOTT ERA', EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO WHICH JOBS THEY APPLY FOR, businessinsider
Gen Z does not have loyalty towards companies and will not think twice about boycotting a brand (or a job) if they do not meet their expectations regarding LGBTQ+ issues, world conflicts, work-life balance, and social equality. "I can't associate or work with any company that helps further social inequality in any way, as no paycheck can help feeling you're making someone else's life harder by doing your 9-to-5," said Karim Adib, a Zoomer who works in public relations.
TAYLOR SWIFT ISN’T THE ECONOMIC FORCE. IT’S HER FANS, time
Young women today are more financially independent, leading to shifts in spending habits and a greater focus on purchasing goods and services that bring them joy. Enter: Swiftynomics. (Meanwhile, young men, if you’ll recall from Tuesday’s letter, are spending their discretionary income on betting.)
DID MILLENNIALS KILL ASTROLOGY?, cosmopolitan
Is astrology millennialcore? Cosmo makes a compelling case: Millennials are more interested in astrology than Gen Z, with 83% of millennials being believers compared to 62% of Gen Z. Further, there’s a growing trend of skepticism towards astrology among young people, with 54% agreeing that they judge people who take astrology too seriously.
THE NEW EMPRESS OF SELF-HELP IS A TIKTOK STAR, theatlantic
Gen Z may be skeptical of astrology, but they’re all in on self-help. Keila Shaheen, a 25-year-old writer, outsold Oprah Winfrey by marketing her self-help books — including a $20 self-published workbook The Shadow Work Journal — through TikTok.
TIKTOK LIVE IS HELPING SOME INDIE GAMES FIND A LARGER AUDIENCE, nbcnews
Indie developers are finding success in marketing their games on TikTok, with smaller titles like Please Stop Crying — a first-person fatherhood simulator created by a 25-year-old dad of an infant daughter — going viral on the app.
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I wonder who those 2,069 adults were that Harris polled, or how they worded their questions, because 83% belief is wild to me!