<story><title>OnlyFans, influencers, and the politics of selling nudes during a pandemic</title><url>https://www.elle.com/culture/a32459935/onlyfans-sex-work-influencers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>econcon</author><text>As I read some women in the article are making as much as a talented ivy league graduate who joins a tech company.&lt;p&gt;It seems amoral to prevent them from making money, why don&amp;#x27;t we see it as a talent as we see &amp;quot;tech jobs&amp;quot; as talent?&lt;p&gt;Can it really do more damage than what tech companies specially one who pedal ads and sell customer data and give people anxiety?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>GaryNumanVevo</author><text>Sex work is work all the same. From a normative standpoint, we ought to support sex workers directly, rather than the studios and production companies that are often exploitative.&lt;p&gt;OnlyFans seems to get rid of the middlemen in the porn &amp;#x2F; cam girl industry, I think that&amp;#x27;s a massive benefit for sex workers today.</text></comment>
<story><title>OnlyFans, influencers, and the politics of selling nudes during a pandemic</title><url>https://www.elle.com/culture/a32459935/onlyfans-sex-work-influencers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>econcon</author><text>As I read some women in the article are making as much as a talented ivy league graduate who joins a tech company.&lt;p&gt;It seems amoral to prevent them from making money, why don&amp;#x27;t we see it as a talent as we see &amp;quot;tech jobs&amp;quot; as talent?&lt;p&gt;Can it really do more damage than what tech companies specially one who pedal ads and sell customer data and give people anxiety?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lovegoblin</author><text>&amp;gt; why don&amp;#x27;t we see it as a talent as we see &amp;quot;tech jobs&amp;quot; as talent?&lt;p&gt;Good damned question. Sex work is work.</text></comment>