Thread by @eredmil1

I've gotten a few questions from non-SW folks about the impact of the #onlyfans news.

Again: you should listen to SWs talk about impacts (@whoreganizer @hackinghustling @DecodingStigma @melissagira etc., see my other tweets)

But, if you're seeing this, here's a short summary:

These changes in rules can mean a huge & unexpected loss of income.

As far as we can tell from our still-in-progress research, many OF creators are new to S*x W*rk. While experienced S*x W*rkers were anticipating the realities of deplatforming, less experienced folks may not be.

While you may think of OF as a side gig, for many people, it's not.

Some examples of who will be effected:

There are people who switched to OF when they got laid off during the pandemic or lost their childcare and may have nowhere else to turn / will experience sudden drop in income that can lead to homelessness

There are foster kids who aged out of the system and decided OF was the best career for them

There are many people, including these younger folks, who may not have account for the fact that the OF content they may made now prevent them from getting jobs

And of course, there are folks who were in the industry before, but for whom OF brought much needed financial welfare who are once again faced with precarity.

Imagine if your income was suddenly cut, you're not eligible for unemployment (often the case for S*x W*rkers), & your prior work makes you ineligible for jobs & stigmatized from receiving assistance from your family or community.

This is the impact of deplatforming adult work.

And no, these folks who chose to do OF didn't make a "bad choice".

We all must do labor in a capitalist economy. These folks chose labor that is legal, for which there is a market desire, and which was the right fit for their life and circumstances.

Readings (1/2):
@hackinghustling: hackinghustling.org/research-2/
(I missed before) @KendraSerra: kendraalbert.com/blog/2021/07/2…

@melissagira on where this is coming from: newrepublic.com/article/155481…

More readings (2/2):

@TeelaSanders on how the internet improved S*x W*rk conditions: le.ac.uk/criminology/re…

@DecodingStigma on marginalization: itp.nyu.edu/thesis2020/stu…

Us on how morality encoded in tech hurts S*x Workers dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/34…

+ more that I'm sure I missed

And more great research I blanked on:
@ZahraStardust on what tech can learn from s*x W*rkers: medium.com/berkman-klein-…

And another critical piece foreshadowing all of this (thanks @melissagira for the pointer!):

https://twitter.com/CharoShane/status/1428504183741812739

And books on sex work as labor (and much more than labour)
@drjonessoc Camming, @DrHeatherBerg Porn Work

And on the insidious ways our morality effects youth:
@amyadele Sexting Panic
+ @kkatot scholarship

Please keep sharing literature! (Including your own work.)

And for a full list of literature by sex worker scholars (pop press, academic, & general writings) see this amazing repository assembled by @drjonessoc @DrHeatherBerg

https://mobile.twitter.com/drjonessoc/status/1407778572463489032

And another reading list with a lot of great background reading on SW in general from @princessjack
plasticdollheads.wordpress.com/2021/05/28/cri…