Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

If being criticized for selling out rankles you, you were "always already" (to use a bit of Discourse) aware your sales depended on us buying your benevolent bullshit. Me? All I've ever wanted to do, my entire life, is get paid for work. Selling out? My earnings are an open book

Every byline listed on my website that's appeared since 2014 has been in exchange for money. I work a day job. I ruthlessly pursue free products from PR flacks. I used to share a Google doc with pay rates for major pubs. It's all monetized. I can't afford to do anything else

When you're rich, you can afford to work for free. Me? I've got a family. I'd like to see a massive easing of these capitalist pressures, through actual wins in Politics (because the govt controls the purse strings and the nukes), but until then, I just do the work. Here for it

Someone was like...from your webpage to your videos to your tweets to whatever, it's so obvious you're selling yourself. No shit! I'm not rich enough to do things for my health (unless healthy things make me money). A chunk of the stuff I've sold is about what I'll do to make $