Thank you for this piece. We can always count on you for a levelheaded and well reasoned critique. I also agree that a newsletter embedded in a website is a way to go, but you deserve to be paid for your writing so maybe using patreon for those of us who want to keep following? Back in the day, a paypal tip jar on a blog would do the trick but I don’t think that hits the way it did in the early days. Wherever you end up, I will follow. 🥰
Totally relatable. The only celebrity I follow in the home space on Substack is @shiragill, who gets it, and took the paywall off her newsletter. She may be leaving money on the table, but it's a generous and germane way to build a community and extend her brand without asking for more money.
I agree with your thoughts on someone with a huge following, massive platform, and ability to afford a multi-million dollar home setting up a paid-for blog. But of course, this is how the system is set up. The whole "You have to spend money to make money" adage is something wealthy people put out there so they can hoard wealth.
This is my favourite take on this whole debacle. Thank you for this, because I had my own feelings about it, but having those feelings mirrored back to me with energy that didn't align with my integrity was confusing for me.
Thank you for this piece. We can always count on you for a levelheaded and well reasoned critique. I also agree that a newsletter embedded in a website is a way to go, but you deserve to be paid for your writing so maybe using patreon for those of us who want to keep following? Back in the day, a paypal tip jar on a blog would do the trick but I don’t think that hits the way it did in the early days. Wherever you end up, I will follow. 🥰
Totally relatable. The only celebrity I follow in the home space on Substack is @shiragill, who gets it, and took the paywall off her newsletter. She may be leaving money on the table, but it's a generous and germane way to build a community and extend her brand without asking for more money.
I agree with your thoughts on someone with a huge following, massive platform, and ability to afford a multi-million dollar home setting up a paid-for blog. But of course, this is how the system is set up. The whole "You have to spend money to make money" adage is something wealthy people put out there so they can hoard wealth.
This is my favourite take on this whole debacle. Thank you for this, because I had my own feelings about it, but having those feelings mirrored back to me with energy that didn't align with my integrity was confusing for me.
Thanks so much, Effy! I’m glad it resonated!
You know that she left Substack though already, right?
Yes, I write about that… if you read the full piece.