But seriously, does anyone not have an onlyfans these days? It's probably not a good look for capitalism that seemingly 1/3 of the country has turned to sex work to make ends meet. Definitely not a dystopia.

  • Chutt_Buggins [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Before moving I was dating an anarchist journalist/special needs teacher/care worker/visual and performance artist etc, and in order to not be priced out of where she was living she had to forsake all those useful and creative endeavours she had to become a stripper.

    It's pretty fucked that you can be a 'gig economy hustler' and write great fiction or pieces that get the united states to interrogate her and detain her family and shit for exposing some stuff... but ultimately she's 'worth more' for being hot and a good dancer.

    Over that period it was really sad to see her have less energy for creative writing or special needs care work, and it took a lot to get out of that feedback loop of paid hedonism. As soon as she spent less time focusing on those things, she suddenly had more money than she knew what to do with.

    We were both of the opinions it's rather dire that a lot of 'sex positivity!' talk ultimately just serves interests of others making a profit while entrenching exploitative relationships involving sex/sex-adjacent stuff.

    Dystopic indeed.

      • Chutt_Buggins [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        essentially yes, that is the case.

        though tbf Vice pays like shit. You can make more money writing those boring ass intros to a recipe online that no one likes reading, and make more money than at vice.