Linda Holmes

There's not a lot of startup expenses for me as a content creator in this context.

It doesn't feel dangerous because she doesn't have to see people in person.

And so sort of other than some idea that you should be embarrassed by it or that you should be ashamed of it, for her, this is a thing that makes sense as a way to make money.

And television and film have such a long history of being so bad at talking about sex work and dealing with sex work.

There have been some good shows, I think P-Valley on Starz, which took place at a strip club, which is obviously very different from OnlyFans, but it is also a kind of sex work that I think,

People felt like that was a better portrayal in terms of the fact that it was a little fuller in terms of the characters.

You know, this to me is an example of how to talk about a thing that is a real part of a lot of people's lives without either eliding the fact that there can be difficult things about it.

Because obviously she is not eager to have everybody find out for a variety of reasons.

Right.

But, like, it doesn't present this as an incredibly grim thing because she has this circle of people that she cares about, her roommates, but also she ends up with, you know, these kind of coworkers, these other women who work as creators who kind of form a little collective with her.

Yeah.

I like this portrayal of the work that she does.

And I think she feels very in control of this business.

Like, when she sets this up, it's like, I will do the things that I want to do to make money for myself.

It is to make money.

You know, regardless of that, you still do have a story about a young woman who is trying really hard to make ends meet.

It's not easy to make ends meet.

It's not easy to have...

the life that she wants.

She does worry about her kid, but also partly because she's got all these other things going on.