Polyester Bride

Polyester Bride

Money Changes Everything

I wish there was a separate guild for writers without safety nets

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Zoe Whittall
Mar 16, 2025
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In 2017 I became the president of Polyester Bride Inc, named after my favourite Liz Phair song. (I hope my friends sing it loudly at my funeral.) I did this because I received a 70 thousand dollar tax bill after my luckiest year to date. I had so much TV work that I turned down jobs I’d kill for today; I sold an existing book to several foreign territor…

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