This
month's Stack is Intern, the magazine by interns for interns!
In all seriousness, this is actually pretty good. There's been a lot of focus in the US and the UK recently on unpaid internships and their value to the individual and the economy. Intern explores that debate, interviewing people in the creative industries about internships. There's a variety of voices in this issue: young people in internships; creative professionals who have done internships; creative professionals strongly opposed to unpaid interns. Interestingly, it's not just focused on social debate; the magazine also includes photography, fiction and poetry, making it a creative outlet as well as a platform for political/social discussion.
Overall, it was an engaging read. It's a very polite magazine though; there are no polemics about social injustice to be found here, just well-articulated thoughts about how things could be improved. I'm not sure if you really start a labour movement that way, but I don't think Intern is looking to mobilise anyone so much as make them think.
Would I buy it again? This is yet another that I'd buy for someone else, but not for myself. If I had a younger friend or relative who had just graduated and was looking for or already in an internship it might be something I'd want to share with them.
In all seriousness, this is actually pretty good. There's been a lot of focus in the US and the UK recently on unpaid internships and their value to the individual and the economy. Intern explores that debate, interviewing people in the creative industries about internships. There's a variety of voices in this issue: young people in internships; creative professionals who have done internships; creative professionals strongly opposed to unpaid interns. Interestingly, it's not just focused on social debate; the magazine also includes photography, fiction and poetry, making it a creative outlet as well as a platform for political/social discussion.
Overall, it was an engaging read. It's a very polite magazine though; there are no polemics about social injustice to be found here, just well-articulated thoughts about how things could be improved. I'm not sure if you really start a labour movement that way, but I don't think Intern is looking to mobilise anyone so much as make them think.
Would I buy it again? This is yet another that I'd buy for someone else, but not for myself. If I had a younger friend or relative who had just graduated and was looking for or already in an internship it might be something I'd want to share with them.
