By: Freakazoid

After my Lynda Carter meltdown, I want to get serious now.

Although I know that the world revolves around money, and probably more money around AS would make this a better place and the people working here a bit happier, the kind of money that is being put in some places is just not worth it.

Because one of the problems that comes with big money is big compromises (Buzzfeed’s deleted posts and the constant native advertising is just one example of that).

Everybody always thinks or says “Nah, we won’t sell ourselves”, but if we’re honest, we know that doesn’t happen in the real world, and I think all the people that works on AS has seen examples of that, just like the rest of us.

Someone may consider AS a small site, but I don’t share that opinion. The posts I’ve seen here are honest, at least I’ve never noticed somebody trying to shove down my eyes or throat a TV show, a movie, a product or some shit like that (I’m looking at you, AE). And you can always find issues that are not addressed elsewhere (and Riese will probably educate the world about queer sexuality too).

I would love to subscribe to A+, but I have that little problem about been unemployed right now (or like I called myself nowadays “professional interviewee”).

After this idealistic rant, I do have a little suggestion for a FRIDAY OPEN THREAD. I know that Riese is asking for submissions, from international readers, especially from the UK. So I was thinking about expanding the borders a bit more. An Open Thread about the state of the LGBT community and women around the world, you know, if your country is going the Russia-way, if you’re dealing with crazy laws (this means that americans can participate too, because you can always count the Republicans to help you out).

I was thinking about this because sometimes it’s a bit difficult to write a big post or article if english is not your native language (in my case I can understand and read in english, but writing is a bit of a mess), so maybe a limited space can help with that. And we can also learn a little about what’s happening around the world.