This week on Backtalk, Amy and Sarah talk about big feelings on activist athletes. They dig into the media coverage of Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit during the national anthem and highlight what it means that soccer star Megan Rapinoe took a knee in solidarity with him. Then, they discuss the gender politics of being a freelancer in this economy—and the power dynamics that exist between editors and writers.
Check out the Columbia Journalism Review article on how VICE treats their freelancers and the article "Between a Boss and a Hard Place: Why More Women Are Freelancing" that was published in the Money issue of Bitch.
Vice article: http://www.cjr.org/the_feature/vice_freelancers.php
Bitch article: https://bitchmedia.org/article/between-boss-and-hard-place-why-more-women-are-freelancing
