As a member of WGA and SAG-AFTRA, actor, writer and producer Katie O’Brien (TV Land’s Teachers, Disney+’s The Santa Clauses) is double striking. But she’s found a way to fill her time while also supporting fellow picketers.
O’Brien is selling custom hats (with a suggested donation of $25 a hat) with catchy slogans — “It’s Giving Corporate Greed” and “ChatGPT Wrote Thus” — through her Instagram account (@katieclaireobrien).
O’Brien had already been collaborating with Leah Bubeck of Rollyhog Embroidery on merch for The Buzz, an all-female networking group that she co-created, so when the strike happened, she pivoted with Bubeck to make custom hats in an effort that has double meaning.
“It’s been a great way to exercise creativity with writing and also help out,” O’Brien tells THR. She’s sold 120 hats and raised $3,500 through suggested donations, money that has been dispersed to the picket...
O’Brien is selling custom hats (with a suggested donation of $25 a hat) with catchy slogans — “It’s Giving Corporate Greed” and “ChatGPT Wrote Thus” — through her Instagram account (@katieclaireobrien).
O’Brien had already been collaborating with Leah Bubeck of Rollyhog Embroidery on merch for The Buzz, an all-female networking group that she co-created, so when the strike happened, she pivoted with Bubeck to make custom hats in an effort that has double meaning.
“It’s been a great way to exercise creativity with writing and also help out,” O’Brien tells THR. She’s sold 120 hats and raised $3,500 through suggested donations, money that has been dispersed to the picket...
- 7/29/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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