Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

If you get a book deal off a thumbsucking viral hot take that makes you look like a fool...that advance better be halfway decent, is all I'm saying.

Also if you're getting it as the "spokesperson" for some class of people and you aren't even in that class, you should probably let someone who is do it. Especially if you argument involves increasing representation of people in that class.

Because building your Advocacy Brand on the backs of people who aren't even really in your life, who are online abstractions you use to get influence...is slimy, to say the least

If you're reminding others to be good to people ***you are other-izing in a benign way*** and this is somehow the way you get money, you should find another way to get money. There are many and all are less degrading