Influencer prosperity conceals structural precarity behind an opulent display

Evidence

Although we are given glimpses of their lives on our phones and computer screens (reveling in what seems to be extreme wealth, unboxing large hauls of products, organizing elaborate games and events, remodeling their homes, driving their cars, cleaning out their closets), these influencers are not our friends, even though we may imagine or desire them to be. Behind the luxury, leisure, and indulgence we witness, being an influencer involves deep precarity concealed behind an opulent veneer. — Grant Bollmer, Katherine Guinness, The Influencer Factory, 13

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the reader’s interest in the mismatch between corporate-personhood form and the actual laboring person.