The past year has been “terrible” for Emily Tatum, a New Orleans makeup artist who works on television, film and commercials. Both she and her husband, a construction foreman on film sets, lost their jobs “completely out of the blue” last March when the Covid-19 pandemic struck the U.S.
“It was just a complete nightmare for us,” she says. After months of joblessness, her husband found full-time work in October. Tatum unexpectedly found herself a stay-at-home mom for a large chunk of 2020, picking up a handful of commercial gigs. She did not resume working on a TV or film set until mid-May, 14 months later.
The coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll has been devastating, shuttering businesses and forcing many to rely on unemployment benefits. The impact on women in particular is harsh: according to widely reported U.S. Department of Labor data, about 2.5 million women have left the workforce over the...
“It was just a complete nightmare for us,” she says. After months of joblessness, her husband found full-time work in October. Tatum unexpectedly found herself a stay-at-home mom for a large chunk of 2020, picking up a handful of commercial gigs. She did not resume working on a TV or film set until mid-May, 14 months later.
The coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll has been devastating, shuttering businesses and forcing many to rely on unemployment benefits. The impact on women in particular is harsh: according to widely reported U.S. Department of Labor data, about 2.5 million women have left the workforce over the...
- 6/10/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
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