JFC 😑 fucking grim.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15614667/middle-class-OnlyFans-Megan-Georgia-requests-consequences.html
It is a long way from her former life as a palliative care worker, pulling 14-hour shifts for modest pay. ‘I did actually love the job,’ she says. ‘But it was exhausting. Suddenly I had all this freedom.’ Not to mention all that cash, which has helped pay for the high-performance Mercedes parked outside.
Certainly, scroll through Instagram, and you quickly stumble upon the trappings showcased by its success stories, in the shape of penthouses, designer bags and trips to Dubai - the kind of lifestyle that would once have required a footballer husband or a City bonus. For those stuck in low-paid, high-stress jobs, it’s a seductive sell.
Talk to the creators themselves however, and an unedifying, more complicated, less glossy picture emerges: good money for some and flexibility and autonomy with it, but also relentless self-promotion and unstable income - not to mention the fact that however you dress it up, the ‘adult content’ for which OnlyFans is known is porn by any other name. Users can submit demeaning requests, prompting performers to question for how much money are they are willing to trade their self-respect. Relationships, too, suffer, with content creators struggling to find meaningful connections ‘in the real life’ as potential partners either recoil from their chosen job or see the person as little more than a sex object. And whatever they tell themselves they’re selling, the majority of those on the site make very little money at all.
https://archive.ph/LmFMK
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15614667/middle-class-OnlyFans-Megan-Georgia-requests-consequences.html
It is a long way from her former life as a palliative care worker, pulling 14-hour shifts for modest pay. ‘I did actually love the job,’ she says. ‘But it was exhausting. Suddenly I had all this freedom.’ Not to mention all that cash, which has helped pay for the high-performance Mercedes parked outside.
Certainly, scroll through Instagram, and you quickly stumble upon the trappings showcased by its success stories, in the shape of penthouses, designer bags and trips to Dubai - the kind of lifestyle that would once have required a footballer husband or a City bonus. For those stuck in low-paid, high-stress jobs, it’s a seductive sell.
Talk to the creators themselves however, and an unedifying, more complicated, less glossy picture emerges: good money for some and flexibility and autonomy with it, but also relentless self-promotion and unstable income - not to mention the fact that however you dress it up, the ‘adult content’ for which OnlyFans is known is porn by any other name. Users can submit demeaning requests, prompting performers to question for how much money are they are willing to trade their self-respect. Relationships, too, suffer, with content creators struggling to find meaningful connections ‘in the real life’ as potential partners either recoil from their chosen job or see the person as little more than a sex object. And whatever they tell themselves they’re selling, the majority of those on the site make very little money at all.
https://archive.ph/LmFMK
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