“Sexy scientist” may be a common trope in adult entertainment, but Reysuka’s the real deal! “Dino Mommy” is a creator on OnlyFans with a PhD who studies fossils by day and then educates her followers by night. This paleontologist isn’t just unearthing ancient bones, she’s also digging up the scientific community’s prehistoric ideas about women. Reysuka’s side hustle as an OnlyFans creator isn’t a problem; it’s a mirror reflecting a double standard that women in pretty much every frigging field live under.
So, Reysuka’s a PhD-holding paleontologist, a researcher, and a science communicator. On OnlyFans, she’s a content creator known as Dino Mommy. Her OnlyFans is sexy, but it’s not what most people think of when they think of OnlyFans. She’s a hottie and isn’t afraid to flaunt it, but Dino Mommy uses humor and pop culture to get people talking about her field of science. Using OnlyFans to blend education with empowerment? Wild. Because of her OnlyFans income supplementing her work as a researcher, Reysuka’s able to live comfortably as she does work that she loves (and is worth roughly $500–$1M).
As will shock approximately no one who’s familiar with the rampant sexism in STEM fields, Reysuka’s had to deal with quite a bit of blowback for her OnlyFans page. Fellow academics and armchair experts love to say she’s “unprofessional” or that she’s “hurting the image of science.” Male scientists are frequently found posting shirtless selfies or even publishing thirst-trap think pieces without being deemed “a disgrace.” When a guy does it, he’s doing a “surprise! The nerd is hot” reveal, whereas when a woman does it, she’s “unfit for tenure.” Reysuka’s critics argue that she’s “using her body” as though we don’t all sell our bodies in some form or fashion in order to make money. Society objectifies women all. the. time. Reysuka’s literally just doing what women are taught to do: she’s being pretty, confident, and engaging. She’s only guilty of having the nerve to charge a subscription fee.
The real issue here is that women are expected to perform attractiveness in their everyday lives, but when they actually know that they are, indeed, a hottie with a body? They’re punished for it. Society wants women looking in the mirror as they accept a muzzle. This is a problem across industries—scientists, teachers, lawyers—all fields in which if women are seen as too sexy, they’re seen as unserious, but if they’re too plain, they’re not marketable. For Reysuka, she’s just meeting the world’s demands for beauty, intelligence, and charisma, but she’s being dragged for coloring outside the lines drawn by patriarchal standards. She’s not corrupting science; she’s just showing that it’s OK—and even normal—for women to discuss evolution while also having a killer rack.
Can we have an extinction event for this particular double standard already? Women are required to be visually pleasing in order to be seen and heard but have to pretend it’s effortless and entirely for someone else’s viewing pleasure, or they’re not taken seriously. Men get to be sexual, powerful, and professional, whereas women are told they may pick two of those things. To pretend that women’s bodies exist only for the satisfaction of the male gaze, but not their own expression and profit, is absurd—and scientists like Reysuka are shining a bright light on that flavor of hypocrisy. If the patriarchy gets to profit from women’s looks, then so do the women being looked at. Consider it natural selection meeting modern feminism.
