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Offline Lives of Online Sex Workers

An illustration of a woman viewed from behind, seated on a pink bedspread in a room with purple, tropical-patterned wallpaper. She is wearing a floral, off-the-shoulder bra that she is slipping off her shoulders. She's wearing a matching skirt. A laptop displaying blurred content is placed in front of her, and the word "Embodied" appears in bold purple text at the top.
Charnel Hunter

When you make a living doing online sex work, what happens to your offline relationship with sex and your body? 

In 2020, had just lost her job and was struggling financially as a single parent. On the suggestion of one of her Instagram followers, she started an OnlyFans account. She had no idea that this would be a pivotal moment in her life — in less than a year, she would rise into the top 1% of OnlyFans creators and make her living from online sex work.

Over 300 million users subscribe to OnlyFans, seeking content from over four million creators. The popularity of the video subscription site exploded in 2020, and it has become known as a key online space for sex workers and their customers. But for those who have turned sex into a career, how does selling sexy online affect their offline relationship with sex and their bodies?

Host Anita Rao talks to Paris about her journey to creating content that runs the gamut from nude and spicy to spoofy and comical. Paris describes how sex work pulled her and her kids out of poverty and allowed her the financial freedom to pursue her dreams.

Anita also talks with online sex worker , whose work explores the intersections of kink and sex ed. He explains how important it is for him to be a trans man of color representing kink on platforms like OnlyFans, and he tells Anita why online sex work is the profession that best supports his mental and physical health.

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Audrey Smith is a writer, educator, and temporary producer of "Embodied" based in Greensboro, NC. She holds a Master's degree in Secondary English Language Arts Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2018) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Nonfiction Writing from Oregon State University (2021).
Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
Amanda Magnus is the executive producer of Embodied, a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships and health. She has also worked on other ¹ÏÉñapp shows including Tested and CREEP.