Why Is There No 'Intern Revolution'?

So many unpaid internships, especially in the media world, are technically illegal. We’ve known this for years, and the media has occasionally taken an interest in writing about how exploited these interns are. But it seems, Waldman writes, that there are more unpaid internships than ever.

So why aren’t interns other than Xuedan Wang, who is suing Hearst for back wages owed her for an “internship” that took 50+ hours a week, speaking out? A few reasons:

• Even if she wins her case, Wang has essentially torpedoed her chances of getting fulltime work at Harper’s Bazaar, which was, she had previously said on her website, her career goal.