Terry Dresbach, a costume designer and longstanding member of IATSE Local 892, has spent three decades working in what she considers to be an abusive system. Makeup artists, set builders, and camera operators—the blue-collar labor force that keeps Hollywood running—work inhuman hours, and then entertainment companies profit massively while pretending they can’t afford to do better. That status quo has held throughout Dresbach’s time working on shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Outlander, a STARZ drama that earned her two Emmy nominations.