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And even though, you know, OnlyFans issued statements to other outlets saying that it was not related to Bella Thorne, but shortly after all of this happened... they changed policies. So they, like, capped how much fans could tip creators. They changed payout structures.

And even though, you know, OnlyFans issued statements to other outlets saying that it was not related to Bella Thorne, but shortly after all of this happened... they changed policies. So they, like, capped how much fans could tip creators. They changed payout structures.

And even though, you know, OnlyFans issued statements to other outlets saying that it was not related to Bella Thorne, but shortly after all of this happened... they changed policies. So they, like, capped how much fans could tip creators. They changed payout structures.

And sex workers were very, very upset because they felt that someone like Bella Thorne, who, you know, is probably not what's called a survival sex worker, like, she doesn't depend on sex work to pay her bills, as far as we know, to eat, you know, on a day-to-day basis. She could sort of, like, dabble in and out of OnlyFans.

And sex workers were very, very upset because they felt that someone like Bella Thorne, who, you know, is probably not what's called a survival sex worker, like, she doesn't depend on sex work to pay her bills, as far as we know, to eat, you know, on a day-to-day basis. She could sort of, like, dabble in and out of OnlyFans.

And sex workers were very, very upset because they felt that someone like Bella Thorne, who, you know, is probably not what's called a survival sex worker, like, she doesn't depend on sex work to pay her bills, as far as we know, to eat, you know, on a day-to-day basis. She could sort of, like, dabble in and out of OnlyFans.

And it has real material impacts for everybody else who really depends on that, you know, to make a living. So... I think it's a sliding scale because obviously someone like Kate Nash or Lizzy Ngo, who's one of the other singers I interviewed, I don't think they're crashing OnlyFans in the same way that Bella Thorne did.

And it has real material impacts for everybody else who really depends on that, you know, to make a living. So... I think it's a sliding scale because obviously someone like Kate Nash or Lizzy Ngo, who's one of the other singers I interviewed, I don't think they're crashing OnlyFans in the same way that Bella Thorne did.

And it has real material impacts for everybody else who really depends on that, you know, to make a living. So... I think it's a sliding scale because obviously someone like Kate Nash or Lizzy Ngo, who's one of the other singers I interviewed, I don't think they're crashing OnlyFans in the same way that Bella Thorne did.

But definitely when you see a huge celebrity join the platform, it can have very real implications for quote-unquote regular sex workers who don't have all these fans and all the support behind them, and that can really hurt them financially at the end of the day.

But definitely when you see a huge celebrity join the platform, it can have very real implications for quote-unquote regular sex workers who don't have all these fans and all the support behind them, and that can really hurt them financially at the end of the day.

But definitely when you see a huge celebrity join the platform, it can have very real implications for quote-unquote regular sex workers who don't have all these fans and all the support behind them, and that can really hurt them financially at the end of the day.

The music industry could become a place where only the wealthy and only the ones who have this incredible financial safety net can be creative and can express themselves. We lose a lot if those are the only people who are afforded those opportunities.

The music industry could become a place where only the wealthy and only the ones who have this incredible financial safety net can be creative and can express themselves. We lose a lot if those are the only people who are afforded those opportunities.

The music industry could become a place where only the wealthy and only the ones who have this incredible financial safety net can be creative and can express themselves. We lose a lot if those are the only people who are afforded those opportunities.

Yeah. I mean, I think the understanding is that like in the 1990s, again, pre-streaming, like you could record an album, you know, your music, your physical music would sell when people wanted to listen to it. It would get radio play. If your song gets included in a movie or a TV show or a commercial, that's a really big payout for artists.

Yeah. I mean, I think the understanding is that like in the 1990s, again, pre-streaming, like you could record an album, you know, your music, your physical music would sell when people wanted to listen to it. It would get radio play. If your song gets included in a movie or a TV show or a commercial, that's a really big payout for artists.

Yeah. I mean, I think the understanding is that like in the 1990s, again, pre-streaming, like you could record an album, you know, your music, your physical music would sell when people wanted to listen to it. It would get radio play. If your song gets included in a movie or a TV show or a commercial, that's a really big payout for artists.

You could tour and make a significant amount of money from that. You would sell merch, make a significant amount of money from that. And I think the idea is that you were comfortable enough, like maybe you weren't you know, rolling in money or maybe you were still kind of living paycheck to paycheck, but it didn't feel like you were drowning the way that it seems like some musicians feel today.

You could tour and make a significant amount of money from that. You would sell merch, make a significant amount of money from that. And I think the idea is that you were comfortable enough, like maybe you weren't you know, rolling in money or maybe you were still kind of living paycheck to paycheck, but it didn't feel like you were drowning the way that it seems like some musicians feel today.