Hustle and hype: the truth about the influencer economy

04/08/22 • 28 min

More and more young people are enticed by the glittering promises of a career as an influencer – but it’s usually someone else getting rich. By Symeon Brown. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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From the archive: ‘We believed we could remake ourselves any way we liked’: how the 1990s shaped #MeToo

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