Wisconsin, we see you getting wild over there, are you ok? And more importantly… why didn’t I get an invite? Lake Winnebago decided that sturgeon spearing season needed a little more spice— without putting the ice at risk, obviously. For the first time ever, there was a full-service cocktail bar on a very frozen Lake Winnebago. For any legal eagles thinking there’s something amiss, this was a legal bar on ice. State-approved chaos, not someone’s drunk uncle with an extra bottle of whiskey in his tackle box. 

So here’s what happened. Lake Winnebago is THE go to spot for sturgeon spearing season, so an Oshkosh-based distillery saw their golden opportunity. Sturgeon Spirits decided to take advantage of a 2024 Wisconsin law change that says that alcohol producers can hold a second retail license. The law didn’t specify that the bar has to be on land, and thus the first legal, full-service Wisconsin on-ice bar was born. Cocktails were served a mile offshore, but the place was so slammed that they had to restock from shore. 

If you’re a non-Midwesterner like me and don’t speak fishing, here’s your quick primer on what sturgeon spearing season is. It’s exactly what it sounds like: an annual winter tradition where thousands of people cut holes in the ice and catch lake sturgeon by spear. It’s a beloved Midwestern tradition that many residents trace back to their Scandinavian roots. Multiple generations participate in the tradition alongside each other, grandparents teaching their grandchildren (and even great-grandchildren) how to spot and spear sturgeon. Tourists plan vacations around the icy pastime, whole cities plan events around ice fishing season. In order to make sure that it’s not putting undo strain on the environment, there are harvest caps on how many fish can be caught, and the season will officially be ended early if limits are reached ahead of the anticipated time.  It’s… well-beloved organized chaos, and that’s before getting alcohol involved on the scene.

Here’s why the bar is kind of a big deal (and more or less inevitable): it’s not a pop-up dive bar, but a fully licensed and inspected operation. There are full cocktails, not just beer cans shoved into snowbanks for chilling. If you’re familiar with Wisconsin… you know that drinking is already happening during ice fishing. The state just made it possible to add a cash register and liability insurance. Basically, Wisconsin did the most Wisconsin thing ever and said “ we put a bar on a frozen lake and made it legal.” 

So now that Wisconsin’s broken the ice (you’re welcome) on serving cocktails during sturgeon spearing season, what’s next now that she’s in her slippery slope era? A pop-up laundromat where you win a free session if you find someone else’s lost dryer sock? Ice-based couples counseling sponsored by a whiskey brand? A lakeside co-working space where everyone has to wear Birkenstocks to be admitted? Honestly, someone might even get really crazy, and log in to see what Wisconsin OnlyFans creators are up to. You wanna talk about a crowd who knows how to skate by exactly on the legal side of saucy, those ladies know what’s up. 

Wisconsin didn’t ask permission to formalize ice-side cocktails. They just found a loophole and poured bourbon through it. Whether ice fishing is your thing, you’ve got to respect the moxy of the bar owners. We’ll have to stay tuned to see what they come up with for the summer!

Israel made hard tryers everywhere proud (probably) by simply showing up to race in a sport they’ve never competed in before. Did they come in last? Well, yeah. But they did it, and they’re pretty damn proud of themselves. 

In case you weren’t glued to your screen for that particular race, here’s what happened. Israel fielded their first ever Olympic bobsled team at the 2026 Winter Olympics in the two-man bobsled event. They finished dead last after two runs. There were no medals, they stood on no podium, and expressed zero confusion about the scoreboard. If you’re scratching your head about why they’re so proud of coming in dead last, here’s why: Israel has essentially zero winter sports infrastructure. There are no domestic bobsled tracks, and no alpine training culture. In order to train, the team had to travel abroad, and work to qualify through the long and very bureaucratic Olympic pathway. They’re claiming that their win here isn’t about final ranking placement, it’s about participating in a sport that they honestly had no business being in in the first place. 

Listen, I want to point and laugh as much as you do, but here’s the deal: coming in last place at the Olympics still means that you’re an Olympian, which is more than most of us eating our second bag of potato chips for the day while yelling at the TV screen will ever be able to claim. One doesn’t simply walk into the Olympics and say “Hi, I would like to compete please,” and then sign up for a race like it’s the Turkey Trot. You definitely don’t accidentally end up at the Olympics with a 1,600-pound missile shaped speed vessel on blades. Coming in last in a sport that involves sliding down an ice chute at the kind of speed that makes your lips all flappy is braver than 99.9% of people typing comments on the internet. 

If you’re going to choose a place to redefine what ‘success’ is, the Olympics is one hell of a place to do it. These games aren’t just about winning medals (though, that’s got to feel pretty nice), they’re about expanding into new sports, and maintaining friendships with people in countries other than your own. And let’s be real, being bad at something publicly is one of the more important steps towards not being bad at it anymore. Israel joining the bobsled race at all is like being the kid playing catch outside of your older brother’s baseball dugout and getting invited to sit with the team. 

If you want to see some Israeli stars who know they’re number one and don’t need a medal to prove it, have I got the idea for you. Israeli OnlyFans creators are so far from last place, it’s unreal. They’re consistent, they adapt quickly when they see something needs a change, and they’re always working to improve their craft. These women have a serious growth mindset when it comes to their approach to the work that they do, their audience engagement is off the charts, and when it comes to ROI for the subscribers who are investing in them, well. It’s OnlyFans, you get what you pay for. The bobsled team finished their last run down the chute and declared last place a victory, but Israeli OnlyFans creators are seriously out here comparing daily feedback and totals so they can make sure that the next day’s content hits harder, and makes more money. One group trained for years to finish last (again, at the freaking Olympics, so still way cooler than I’ll ever be), and the other works relentlessly to climb the rankings, boost subscriptions, and dominate their chosen niches. It turns out that repetition works better than gravity. 

To bring the focus fully back to the Olympic team… the situation is a twitch absurd, but I can’t mock them. They represented a country with no winter sports culture in a sport that literally tries to eject you at top speed. That alone is worthy of a slow clap, and a respectful hat tip. Congratulations to the bobsled team for showing up, finishing, and for proudly sliding in last so that future teams can (hopefully) go up from there. Someone had to be first at being last, and Israel claimed the honor for themselves. History books may not remember that Israel won last place, but they sure will remember the moxy it took for them to compete in the first place.

The boy aquarium has exploded and a tank full of NHL stars has been unleashed on Milan. The USA men’s team has started off strong with a 5-1 win vs Latvia, and they’re now ready to take on Denmark and Germany. Yes, I’m a closet Hockey fan. Yes, it’s partially because men on skates are hot af. Yes, it’s also because there’s something so satisfying about watching fists fly on ice. Deal with it. 

The USA may be off to a strong start, but Canada is still the favorite. They’re not just here to play along, they utterly crushed Czechia 5-0 early on, and their entire roster is made up of NHL elites, with freaking Macklin Celebrini and Connor McDavid driving offense. Traditionally, Canada’s men’s teams win Olympic gold, so they came to Milan with some pretty big expectations. They have an offensive depth and the kind of disciplined defense that makes them a favorite for people who like to bet money on the outcome of games. Note: this is not me telling you to bet money on Canada’s hockey team. Gambling isn’t my thing, but you do you.

Leaving Canada’s stats for a bit, may I remind you that the USA men’s team dropped 5 goals vs Latvia in their opener? They had puck possession, skating dominance, and a shocking amount of heat for a sport that takes place on the ice (but that may have just been me and my thing for hockey players). Brock Nelson, Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, Auston Matthews… balanced scoring for them, unbalanced swooning for me. Jack and Quinn Hughes both had a multi-score game, showing off their line chemistry, and putting the USA men’s team at the top of Group C early on, tied with another top team on points, and setting up some must win games vs Denmark and Germany to secure a solid knockout berth. This team skates like they’re a constellation in the sky, and they burn just as bright. 

In case you were somehow unaware… Olympic hockey is BRUTAL. It’s short, and it’s merciless, with just a couple of wins locking in positioning, and one bad outing can fully end gold medal dreams. The USA still has some must-play preliminary opponents on deck before the knockout rounds get rolling, and Canada’s still rolling in Group A, so a medal path for the USA has the potential to be a brutal path if there’s even a single slip-up. Momentum is the real currency here, and everyone’s got their metaphorical wallet wide open and ready to spend. 

Speaking of spending… have you ever wondered how professional athletes fund the grind? I don’t know if you know this, but training the way you have to in order to achieve Olympic glory costs money. Lots of it. Training is expensive, relentless, and for most athletes, it’s unpaid. Between facility rental (especially for athletes who compete on the ice), coaching, traveling, recovery time, and nutrition needs, the costs add up fast. It’s so pricey that some athletes have even begun to rely on OnlyFans to supplement their income with direct fan interaction so that they can afford to keep training full time. If you don’t believe me, go check out what Athlete OnlyFans creators are up to. It’s not gossip, it’s economics, and fans have the capacity to provide real support for athletes who are needing more autonomy over their image, income, and time. For young Olympians, platforms like OnlyFans have the capacity to fund expensive gear, camps, and a chance at being able to show up at all for the games. 

The American boy aquarium is buzzing in Milan, Canada’s the early favorite, but the USA is firing on all cylinders and is ready to make some NOISE. I am wishing all of the USA teams the best of luck (not just hockey… women’s speed racing’s also on my radar). Remember: root hard, celebrate fully, and if it’s your thing… support them financially. 

The internet loves to call a successful woman a liar, which is why Sophie Rain spoke the algorithm’s native tongue in her clapback: receipts. The wildly successful OnlyFans creator recently shared that she’s hit $101 million in earnings from her OnlyFans page, but then, in her flex video proving to her naysayers that she isn’t lying, she warned other would-be teen creators that it isn’t “easy money.” Nothing makes the internet angrier than a financially successful woman… except maybe a financially successful woman who’s a girl’s girl. 

Here’s a quick breakdown of the facts: Sophie Rain is a Florida born and raised OnlyFans creator and viral social media influencer who found almost immediate success on the adults-only platform without caving to pressure to bang someone on camera. Her latest big money claim is that she’s broken the $100 million milestone due to OnlyFans, and shared her dashboard in video showing roughly $101,209,778.70 gross from her time on the platform. Quick reminder for those who don’t speak money: ‘gross revenue’ isn’t take-home pay, but Rain’s gross revenue is still a number that is high enough to make accountants need a minute to catch their breath. In 2024, she made headlines in mainstream entertainment outlets for reported earnings of $43 million, and that bottom line has clearly only continued to grow rapidly. However, her results are far from typical, and people who are new to the industry should not anticipate the same outcome. 

Sophie Rain was incredibly smart about how she built her following. She gained attention on mainstream channels first, and then managed to direct that audience towards OnlyFans where they had to pay a subscription fee for access. Attention turned into conversion that she built on consistently, and that’s basically her whole formula for success. She’s also unique in OnlyFans land in that she’s a devout Christian, and claims to be saving her virginity for marriage. She has never had sex on camera, and most of her content can be described as “steamy” rather than spicy, and yet her followers love the tease and can’t seem to get enough of it. Did she get lucky with how popular she became so fast? Yes, but she  also did the work to build a funnel so that she would be able to capitalize on her audience as soon as they showed up. 

As always happens with Rain, skeptics have been raising eyebrows at her financial claims, not believing that it’s possible that a woman as young as she is could possibly make that much money on a digital platform. Sophie did what Sophie does, and essentially said “here, look at my dashboard, see for yourself,” and showed the receipts. She shared a video on Instagram where she shows her OnlyFans dashboard, and even refreshes it multiple times so that the audience can see her onscreen gross earnings figures for themselves. Regardless of your feelings on Rain and her line of work, she’s absolutely become the poster child for the top 0.1% of creators on the platform. 

Her clap-back video, however, wasn’t all celebrating her success. Rain got her start as a Teen OnlyFans creator, and many newly legal teens who would follow in her footsteps perceive what she does as “easy money.” Sophie makes it very clear that that is not the case, and warns people that her results aren’t typical, and not to assume they’ll hit the same numbers she has. Most people don’t, and that level of visibility comes with a very heavy cost that most teenagers— yes, even those who have crossed the threshold into legal adulthood— lack the age and experience to comprehend. OnlyFans content leaves a permanent digital footprint that can never fully be undone, especially once you factor in the risk of your content being stolen from the platform. Doxxing, harassment, and unwanted attention from obsessed fans (or haters) is another very real risk, as is the possibility of familial or future employment blowback. Money management is a problem that many younger creators don’t know how to tackle, as is the pressure to escalate the intensity of your content in order to compete with other creators for audience attention. The internet pushes a “get rich quick” fantasy, but the minute someone does, it’s ready to punish them for cashing the check. 

To make one thing clear, the Teen OnlyFans creators who are taking a shot at following in Sophie’s footsteps are all 18 – 19 year old adults, not minors. OnlyFans is 18+, and is very strict about verifying the ages of the creators sharing content there. There are many successful Teen OnlyFans creators and even Free Teen OnlyFans creators who make a decent amount of money from the content that they create and share, and no shade to these young women for collecting the money on the table for what they’re offering! 

The issue that Sophie is cautioning against is getting into OnlyFans believing that it’s a free ticket to a life of wealth without understanding the hidden costs associated with it, especially if you’re a young adult whose brain is still developing. If your plan for making money on OnlyFans involves crossing your fingers for virality while simultaneously hoping that strangers who don’t know you behave themselves online, then you need a business plan that is actually a business plan. I’m all for young women getting their bag, but I’m with Sophie on this one, and the fantasy math needs to go. Get after that money, just don’t confuse one lucky woman’s jackpot with a guaranteed paycheck. 

We are in the season of love. That beautiful time when lovers everywhere are reminded just how lucky they are to have one another while grocery stores sell “bare minimum” bouquets of flowers like hot cakes. Couples (and throuples… we don’t judge here) are all coming up with ways to show their special someone just how much they love them, and for lovers with a fetish? It’s time to shine. 

Let’s be so for real, those of us concocting Valentine’s Day plans and surprises are doing so with the hope of getting laid that night. Odds are that if your partner has a fetish you’re aware of, you’re making some plans that allow you to incorporate said fetish into your bedroom play on Valentine’s Day. Do you know what your partner’s fetish is? If not, hello. Please ask them, as communicating about needs and desires for your bedroom play is an important part of any adult relationship. 

However, if you’re just curious about fetishes in general, Clips4Sale has done the legwork to break down which fetishes are most popular from state to state. Does your fetish align with the general freaky interests of the rest of your state population? Do you even know what half the things on this list are? Some of them are pretty standard (feet, facesitting, etc), but some of them might shock you. 

For example, did you know that there’s big money to be made if you’re a farting OnlyFans creator? Per Clips4Sale spokesperson Avery Martin, “Farting has become huge money in the US. In addition to being the most searched for fetish in major states like New York and Virginia, it generates more income for fetish creators than almost anything else, aside from bondage. Over the past few years, its impact has steadily and stealthily spread.” Of course it spread stealthily, that’s what farts do. 

Want to take a shot in the dark and guess which state is into chastity (being denied orgasm)? Says Avery Martin, “While people might not think of Florida as a bastion of chastity, this is chastity fetish, which is quite different — most often, it involves a man being denied orgasm by a powerful woman. Florida has long been one of the centers of kink and fetish in the US.” Florida man strikes again… and then has to wait. 

And what about ball-busting? I’ve dated more than one dude who was into ball-busting, but to my knowledge, neither of my exes who enjoyed it wound up in politics. However, guess the fetish that reigns supreme in our nation’s capital? “Could there be a more appropriate fetish for Washington, DC than ballbusting? Politics is a high contact sport and politicians, it seems, have an almost limitless capacity for pain and humiliation.” I hear ya, Avery. In order to make in politics in that city, you’ve got to get off at least a little on pain and humiliation. 

It’s not just New York, Virginia, Florida, and Washington D.C. that have favorite fetishes state-wide. Turns out that people all over these United States are into some freaky shit. We don’t have time to dive into the whole list, but let’s break down each of the top 10 fetishes. For science. 

1. 1. Giantess – Step on me, mommy. Coming in hot at number one is people who like to feel like they’re very smol and their girl is very… not. Think roleplay in which the woman is made to look larger than life so that whether she’s sitting on someone, fucking them, or simply dominating her space, her partner in naughtiness has no choice but to bask in her very large shadow. It’s so popular that plenty of women are making a killing on Giantess OnlyFans.
   2. Wrestling – Sometimes you just wanna be overpowered. People with a wrestling fetish are really into grappling, holds, or the idea of being overpowered. If you or your partner has a wrestling fetish, you might consider going to a live wrestling show to set the mood. Just be aware that you’ve got to keep your actions PG until you’re back in the privacy of your own home (or a rented hotel room. That works too). 
   3. Tickling – It’s just the right amount of silly. If you have a tickling fetish, it likely appeals to you for a variety of reasons. The physical sensation of a feather-light touch on sensitive places, the lack of control when being tickled, the way the dominant/submissive relationship takes a turn for the playful, the sense of vulnerability and trust required to engage in tickling safely. Whatever the reason, if you or your partner has a thing for tickling, make sure you’ve got a feather tickler handy. 
   4. Vore – This one actually ties back to America’s number one fetish! Vore is when someone gets all hot and bothered at the idea of being eaten whole, or watching someone else be eaten whole. This one is (obviously) not exactly feasible irl, so it’s all about the fantasy of being swallowed whole and then being safely alive in the belly of the giantess who swallowed. Plenty of giantess OnlyFans creators actually specialize in creating vore content. 
   5. Ballbusting – This one is exactly what it sounds like. People with a ballbusting (or BB) fetish find it sexually arousing to have their testicles hit, squeezed, kicked, or otherwise stimulated. Given that this one involves physically striking a vulnerable zone, make sure you communicate very clearly what you do and do not want happening if you’re going to be incorporating ballbusting into your sexual activities. 
   6. Diaper – This one is exactly what it sounds like. Generally speaking, diaper fetishists fall into one of two categories. One is that of a diaper lover, someone who enjoys wearing diapers or seeing a consenting partner wearing a diaper. The other is that of adult baby, which is when someone enjoys roleplaying as a baby or toddler, someone who needs extensive caretaking.
   7. Fart – Another one that is exactly what it sounds like. People with a fart fetish find sexual gratification from the sound, smell, act, or just the mere idea of passing gas. Personal suggestion: if your special someone has a fart fetish? Give them a fart in a jar for Valentine’s Day. So they can save it for a rainy day.
   8. Wedgie – Who would’ve thought that enough people enjoy wedgies enough for them to make this list? The fine people of South Dakota, at any rate, know how to turn a wedgie into a good time. People with a wedgie fetish enjoy giving, receiving, or watching someone get a wedgie.
   9. Facesitting – And the booktok girlies say “duh.” Facesitting involves… well. Sitting on faces. Women sit on a partner’s face, and said partner goes to town on them until they’re well-satisfied, and everyone is feeling messier than they were when they began.
   10. Pantyhose – She’s got legs, and she knows how to use them. Someone with a pantyhose fetish is sexually aroused by the sight of someone in classic pantyhose. Yup, those sheer nylon tights that you put on when it’s your turn to take grandma to church? Those.

There are plenty of other fetishes to explore on the list. Socks, vampires (looking at you, Louisiana), and who knew that CPR was searched enough to earn its own category? One thing is for sure: regardless of where you call home in this country, people around you aren’t afraid to get a little freaky. 

Whelp, another teacher lost her job over OnlyFans, but this situation’s a little… different. This time around, the teacher people were getting hot for was a part of the granny niche on OnlyFans, creating sexually charged content centered around her being older than your average content creator on the adults-only platform. While she was most definitely a consenting adult at least 3 times over, the primary school she taught at didn’t so much like that she was going from shaping young minds in the classroom to blowing everyone’s mind in the bedroom when she clocked out. 

Basically, here’s what happened. Lyndi Corston was a teacher at the Rye Community Primary School in East Sussex. She was also creating and sharing content on her OnlyFans page in her private time off the clock. However. Apparently another teacher got an OnlyFans notice on their phone one day, and the creator featured in the content on the other end of the notice? Corston. And because apparently the teacher who clicked on the notice had never heard the phrase “snitches get stitches,” they went to admin. The agency that Corston taught through (Engage Education) decided that while teachers do have a right to a private life… Corston’s activities on OnlyFans were at risk of marring the image of the teaching profession. 

At 61, Lyndi Corston is more than capable of making her own decisions. One of those decisions was to become a teacher, a position that required her to sign a contract stating that she would agree to meet certain professional standards in order to successfully execute the running of a classroom. Another of her decisions was deciding to create an OnlyFans page where she would create and share sexually explicit “granny” content from behind the safety of a paywall. All teachers have private lives outside of school, and Lyndi Corston is no exception.

Currently, Corston is under a permanent ban from teaching, though she can file to have her case reevaluated in 2028, so the ban is less permanent and more of a “go sit in time out until we feel like you’ve learned your lesson.” According to the Teaching Regulation Agency, Cornson’s actions on OnlyFans wasn’t technically against her contract, but because she was sharing “granny schoolteacher” content, the TRA had concerns that her actions could negatively influence students, or damage trust in the profession of teaching. 

And this is the part of the story where I remind everyone that OnlyFans is paywall protected, and users must past age verification in order to log in— especially in the UK, where the age verification process is stricter than most. If people are seeing naked pictures of someone on OnlyFans, it’s because they have paid money to do so, and I think that’s what’s really grinding my gears about this story. Teachers are allowed to have private lives, and they’re allowed to have side-hustles outside of their teaching jobs. What Corston was doing was work that is in demand, because yes. There is absolutely a demand for granny OnlyFans content, so why is Corston being punished for someone else paying up to see what was behind her paywall? There is also the issue of teachers in the UK facing many of the same hurdles that teachers in the US are facing. Being overworked and underpaid with an ample dose of unpaid overtime results in teachers— especially teachers who are 55 and older who are getting increasingly aware of their need to save for retirement— to look for side-hustles where they can work outside of teaching hours. Given that OnlyFans allows creators to set their own rates, schedules, and expectations, it makes sense that it’s a natural fit for teachers who are struggling to make ends meet. 

Are teachers held to a higher standard than most other humans? Yes. However, if Corston isn’t allowed to have an OnlyFans, but was outed to her employer by another teacher who looked at that OnlyFans, why is the only person facing consequences the person who makes money consensually creating the content, and not the people who went poking around to see what exactly she was creating on a platform that is fully legal for adults like Corston to utilize? Also, if the Teaching Regulation Agency doesn’t want teachers to turn to OnlyFans, maybe they should consider paying them more? Just an idea on some practical ways to avoid punishing teachers for what they do in their private time in the future. 

Did you know that Texas is so famous for everything being bigger there that they have their own size distinction? Texas-sized. Well, OnlyFans has received the Lone Star treatment, and got a Texas sized payoff when subscribers across the state contributed to Texas’ nearly $250 million spent on the adults-only platform in 2025. Apparently the new state motto is “go big, then go home and subscribe.” Data from OnlyGuider has Texas ranking #2 in the United States for total dollars spent on OnlyFans, with Houston coming in at number 11 globally. Per person data has Texas ranking 21st, because once you adjust for the population of such a huge state, things are a titch more spread out, but that doesn’t change the fact that Texas being the number 2 spender in the country on the internet’s favorite naughty website is some pretty sweet irony. 

Texas is huge. It’s essentially several states in a trench coat held together by a massive belt buckle. The final spend number is also huge, but not exactly a mystery. With the population being massive, and there being internet widely available across major metropolitan areas, it shouldn’t really be such a surprise that Texas has spent a quarter of a billion on OnlyFans. If that is surprising to you… have you just never been bored and had access to Wi-Fi?

For the math geeks in the audience, here’s the city-by-city breakdown in OnlyFans spending: 

1. Houston spent $32.0 million
2. Dallas spent $26.2 million
3. Austin spent $17.5 million
4. San Antonio spent $17.4 million
5. Fort Worth spent $10.2 million

Houston proudly got the best grade in “spend money on OnlyFans” class, everyone else… well. They passed the class with a solid B+ or higher. Point being, Texas cities aren’t just spending a lot locally, they’re showing up to make an impression on the world stage. With Houston ranking number 11 globally for OnlyFans spending, Texas isn’t just dabbling on vacation. It’s fully in the chat. Think global domination, but make it paywalled. 

It shouldn’t really be such a huge surprise. Courtesy of Texas age verification laws, Pornhub, everyone’s other favorite source of digital spice, has been banned in Texas as of March 2024. When you take a peek at consumer behavior, and realize there’s less friction spending on a subscription platform than there is fighting a ban… it makes sense. Close one door, and Texas gooners will simply build a bigger door and put a credit card reader on the keypad. 

The irony here is also just too beautiful. The state’s political brand and private spending habits do not match AT ALL, and it’s very funny. Texas is politically and socially conservative (according to them as is in charge there), and its also a top spender on a platform that culture-warriors spend way too much time scolding. It’s the classic combo of public virtue signaling and regularly deleted private browsing history. It’s almost as if morality speeches and age verification screens don’t uninstall desire, and normal human behavior. Who could have seen that coming? Well, other than Texas content creators. They’re well-versed in what Texans want to see when searching for spank bank material, and are making bank off of making sure they deliver. 

Everything really is bigger in Texas, including the contradictions. Whether you call it hypocrisy, capitalism, or just the free market doing what it does; numbers don’t lie. Texas is lining OnlyFans’ digital pockets in a big way while trying to keep things buttoned up publicly. How very on brand. 

Breaking news: man is shocked to learn that paying a small monthly fee doesn’t unlock everything on an OnlyFans page forever. There’s a new class-action lawsuit against OnlyFans out in the world, this time accusing OnlyFans of “bait-and-switch” subscription practices. Let’s be real, this is not so much a scandal as it is a basic misunderstanding of how capitalism works. I get it, I too didn’t realize I had to buy into the fancy Disney+ subscription when my niece wanted to watch Inside Out 2 the minute it was available for streaming. …ok, it wasn’t my niece, it was me, and I watch that movie no less than once a week. Worth the subscription upgrade, friends. 

The lawsuit was filed by a California subscriber as a proposed class action, and it claims that subscribers were misled into believing subscriptions meant they’d have “full access” to everything a creator had to offer. The plaintiff alleges that creators post teasers, then charge extra for PPV messages, custom content, and have the audacity to ask for tips. As bogus as it sounds, they may actually have a case because since they filed in California? They’ve got the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act (the one that guards against misleading advertising claims) backing them up. The plaintiff says that he was expecting exclusive content and personal interaction, not constant upsell messages. I guess he didn’t get the memo that this is how every platform works, right down to Patreon and DoorDash. 

To go ahead and spell out the quiet part, OnlyFans is a marketplace, not a Netflix experience. The business model is based on subscription fees, which are more of an entry fee than they are an all-inclusive pass on a naughty resort. PPV, tips, custom content, those things are all additional revenue layers that creators rely on to hit their financial goals. How many times have you downloaded a free-app, only to find out that in-app purchases are heavily pushed? Not a person reading this has purchased concert tickets, then been flummoxed that you have to pay for merch at the merch table, nor have any of us ever questioned a bartender charging us more for the top-shelf stuff. OnlyFans doesn’t sell “unlimited access” to creators. Creators sell temptation, and there are plenty of people willing to pay more money to give in to said temptations. If consumers want to avoid paying more after a subscription fee, they can easily solve that problem by subscribing to free OnlyFans pages. 

I really have to wonder if the plaintiff in this case has just… never heard of marketing. Upselling is a part of the gig, no matter what’s being bought and sold. You give the customer a taste, and then sell them on the rest. OnlyFans creators frequently keep their subscription fees low (between $5 – $15 per month for access), and the platform takes a 20% cut from anything they make. PPV content and customs are frequently how OnlyFans creators pay rent and stock the fridge. Creators are independent business owners. They’re not employees, and they’re certainly not vending machines. If you don’t like spending more money for more content, then don’t! Nobody’s tricking you, you’re just being marketed to. 

However, as with so many lawsuits, there are some hefty implications here for OnlyFans creators, depending on which way the cookie crumbles. If it succeeds or scares platforms, it could pressure creators into over-disclosure, or sanitizing their marketing language. They could face serious risks on their creator autonomy, and be subject to even more platform rules in order to make sure they’re “in compliance.” The big fear here is that creators will get punished because some dude in California didn’t read, and didn’t like that he had to pay more for exclusive content. To zoom out even further… this is a case of consumer protection laws colliding with adult platforms, and sex work always goes under the microscope before anything else.

So many subscribers understand exactly how this works, then still get mad when they have to pay more money for the fantasy to seem a little more real. This isn’t confusion, it’s entitlement, and it’s important to label it as such. OnlyFans creators are under no obligation to give an unlimited sense of intimacy for $9.99/month. This isn’t fraud, it’s marketing. If buyers want a flat-fee with no upsells or flirtation, then they’re on the wrong website. OnlyFans creators are running businesses, and being in any business— even vanilla business— involves tempting the client base to spend more.