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Something that has been on my mind: while it’s v important for those of us who do sex work -- especially those of us who are new to it -- to acknowledge that the work we do *is* sex work, it’s also important for us to steer clear from wholly claiming a space that we didn’t create
, but rather was made available for us by the many sex workers who worked, fought, and put their lives on the line (and sometimes lost) before us.
Sex work is kind of ~in~ right now, and while it’s amazing to see people embrace and promote sex work, I think we should make sure we check our privilege as we do. Not all sex workers have the privelge of visibility, and being able to openly and publicly promote my onlyfans on
this website is a huge privilege. Plus, online sites like onlyfans were made possible by sex workers before us, and now that it has certain buzz, a lot of us are able to hop on and reap the benefits. And for someone like me, whose twitter following has grown from comedy, i’m
able to reach an audience there and bring in subscribers in a way that is really beneficial for me.
I started camming in 2018, stripping in 2019, and made an OF when the strip clubs closed down due to covid. I’m still new to this. Veteran strippers taught me how to do pole, how to hustle, what to look out for, which hosts to steer clear of, how to cope with a slow night,
what certain words are code for, and so much more. I owe everything I know and have learned to SWers who took the time to teach me.
It’s important that we support each other, and it’s important that we don’t erase the work done before us by acting as if our work and identity as sex workers exist in a vacuum of our own making.
