The Ladder Isn't Real

"For these misfits brought into these creative spaces with really powerful people, the ladder is not real because we're having to make up everything as we go," she says. "A lot of these misfits are broke in the meantime, so it's all a ruse." I often hear from my friends, you know, who are creators, very successful creatives that nothing they do will ever be enough, writes Nneka Ogbonnaya. 'I think it can lead us into quite dangerous places'