Currency of one’s self-brand can trap producers in unhappy life situations

Evidence

It really, really, really got into my life and showed me the terror of that when I had the conscious decision of, “I am so unhappy in my marriage, but I can’t get a divorce because it will destroy my blog. My divorce is purely, business-wise, a bad decision. Bad for business.” And I remember thinking, “Oh, my God, how fucked up is that?” — Brooke Erin Duffy, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love, 553

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: the cost of making one’s life the product — when leaving a bad marriage is a business decision.
• XREF: connects to: A content creator’s crafted persona can outgrow her private self — Brooke Erin Duffy, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love:…, 328; Self-branding imposes significant emotional and temporal costs on practitioners — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 508; Self-branding success is unsustainable for most and structurally excludes marginalized workers — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 444

Broader Connections

• Self-branding imposes significant emotional and temporal costs on practitioners #expands (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 508
• Self-branding success is unsustainable for most and structurally excludes marginalized workers #expands (0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 444