Sex workers are furious over Bella Thorne's self-serving OnlyFans 'tourism'
the platform. The changes instituted last week by OnlyFans are a huge blow to content creators, and sex workers in particular, because they limit incomes and delay payouts. “There are people who are literally trying to survive a pandemic and you, with your privilege of working in Hollywood, are literally stealing money out of their pockets,” says Love. OnlyFan’s sudden policy change highlights the extreme tenuousness of mainstream platforms for sex work. “I don’t think OnlyFans was made for us.
, who sees it as a platform designed for mainstream influencers and celebrities like Thorne and Cardi B. “My advice to sex workers is to stay on the platform, but diversify.” Trouble adds, “When celebrities gentrify our industry, bad things happen.”taking Thorne’s research claim at face value, it’s questionable just what she could have learned from such an endeavor.
If Thorne wants to support sex workers’ rights, there are many more direct and effective ways than joining OnlyFans. “Take that money you made and give it to some sex worker-led organizations,” suggested Love,
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