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It looked empowering, and I started to feel I was missing out on a fool-proof way to make some extra money. They laughed at how easy it all was, how they were turning the patriarchy on its head by making money off the (mostly) male audience who treat their bodies at objects anyway.
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Beyonce even shouted out the site in a recent song, rapping ‘On that Demon Time, she might start an OnlyFans’. Rapper Cardi B, actor Bella Thorne and influencer Megan Barton-Hanson all have OnlyFans accounts. The reason OnlyFans has soared in popularity isn’t just because it’s favoured by pornstars like Lana Rhoades, it’s rise can also be attributed to mainstream celebrities. OnlyFans takes a 20 per cent cut from creators, with anyone over the age of 18 able to join. Unlike Instagram, there are fewer restrictions to what you can post. You don’t have to post explicit content, there are fitness gurus and chef-influencers alike on there, but there’s a reason the platform is popular with sex workers. For many, that means seeing adult or pornographic material. But with ‘fans’ paying for content, they expect what creators post to be worth it. Created by Hertfordshire-based entrepreneur Timothy Stokely, 37, it’s been described as Instagram with a pay wall. OnlyFans is a British-run social media site on which ‘creators’ can sell tailored content to ‘fans’ for monthly-subscriptions ranging from £3.90 to £39. ‘My mate at my work started one and she’s made £1,000 in five weeks.’ This was near beginning of lockdown, and in the seven months since I’ve found myself getting to know a lot about OnlyFans, namely because I started one myself. ‘Do you know much about OnlyFans?’ a friend asked me over WhatsApp.
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