Australia recently announced a ban on social media for anyone under 16, and the OnlyFans girlies are… clapping like a seal at Sea World with a fresh fish on the line. The idea behind the ban is that keeping kids off of social media will protect their mental health, and prevent them from making decisions online that they can’t take back. Some members of the sexfluencer set are applauding, saying that influencer culture over-glamorizes sex work, treating TikTok like a career day presentation for minors, and making the lifestyle seem easily achievable without owning the reality of having explicit content of oneself out in the world. Australia’s decided that maybe it’s time to limit minors’ social screen time before one more youngin’ tries to “duet” an OnlyFans creator’s pay stub.

So here’s the general gist of what’s happening down under: as of December 2025, anyone under the age of 16 is banned from social media apps, and must pass an identity check and age verification prior to their next TikTok binge. This is part of a broader rollout coming in 2026 that will require age verification for access to all online porn, including subscription-based platforms like OnlyFans. Australia’s essentially bringing on a digital bouncer, making sure that “no minors allowed” is enforced everywhere online. Politicians pitched it as protecting youth from “harmful content,” including influencers whose content glamorizes the lifestyle they’re able to afford due to their work in the adult entertainment industry. In short… Australian teens are about to learn what childhood felt like in 2003.

Digital sex workers have been chiming in to support the ban, with Tahalia Roe making a point to speak up early. Roe is a 19-year-old OnlyFans model who started her monetized page on the platform as soon as she turned 18. She said she was inspired by creators she saw online who appeared to be thriving due to their OnlyFans pages, and wanted that for herself. She didn’t feel tricked, but she did candidly say that her expectations were shaped by social posts from sexfluencers who omitted the downsides of adult content creation. Roe may have been 18 when she started creating explicit content, but she was seeing the glamorous lifestyle content when she was still a minor, leading her to make a career choice with serious repercussions that she can’t take back when she was barely into adulthood.

OnlyFans superstar Kayla Jade has also piped up. She’s an adult-entertainment heavyweight with no fewer than 2 million followers, making bank on OnlyFans, and keeping her mainstream social media followers engaged across Instagram and TikTok. Jade built her following by creating and sharing flashy “money-counting” videos, flexing her big earnings. Unfortunately, a large part of her audience was minors like Tahalia, who saw what Jade shared and wanted the stacks of money without having a clue what went into earning it. According to Jade, she’s since stopped posting these videos because she realized that they made sex work look like an easy and stress-free path to a luxurious life. Jade fears that young girls were seeing her content and thinking that the job was just fast cash and not, y’know, emotional labor that takes a serious toll on mental health, a digital permanence that you’ll never be able to shake, and being chronically stalked both online and off by dudes who live in their mom’s basement. Yours truly also has to wonder if these second thoughts started happening after the internet discovered earlier this year that Jade’s a mother, and went nuclear trying to find out more about the children she’d been careful to hide from any and all attachment to her name online.

The contrast between the two creators is an important piece to consider when deciding how you feel about Australia’s social media ban. On the one hand we have Kayla Jade, a creator who’s built the empire, has seen both sides of virality, and is familiar with both the pressure and the fallout that come with the adult content creation territory. She worried that her content created unrealistic expectations, and is now expressing caution and advocating for transparency while frantically making adjustments to her brand. On the other hand, we have Tahalia Roe, who is just starting out in adult content creation, and is the direct result of the influencer-to-OnlyFans-creator pipeline. She’s still learning her way around the realities of the industry, and represents the consequences that Kayla Jade has only just realized are a reality for her young followers. So we have two women on the same platform, one who is saying “hey, maybe don’t learn from me?” and the other who is saying “whoops, too late, I’m already here.”

Influencers who are producing adult content but marketing themselves as “lifestyle” creators are blurring the boundaries in a way that is harmful for impressionable young minds. Platforms’ algorithms are also pushing that content directly into the feeds of kids because it’s fun and keeps them engaged (dances, haul unboxing, “day in the life” content, you’ve seen it too). But without disclosure of what went into them being able to afford that life, there’s no context for understanding the harsh realities that go along with sex work. Teens see the glam (money, independence, luxury vacations), but have no way to access understanding the downsides (stigma, leaks, harassment, burnout, mental health strain, the never-ending permanence of explicit content, etc). Sex work isn’t a “get-rich-quick” scheme, and the public needs to see accurate representation. Australia isn’t overreacting, it’s simply protecting young people so that they don’t go blind into a line of work that will follow them forever.

Adult content creators who are in favor of the ban want people to understand the realities before joining them in the industry, and there are downsides that teens aren’t learning on TikTok. Namely that: leaks are inevitable, people assume that they own your attention because they pay $8.99/month, the content never disappears because the internet is forever (have I driven home that point yet?), and friends, coworkers, and strangers will all find your content and make their opinion about it your problem. OnlyFans creators like Tahalia who support the ban aren’t speaking out because they’re anti-sex-work, they’re just anti-misleading-content pipelines.

If you are an adult and want to be an adult content creator, fine. I think you should at least try to have a career in another industry first because transitioning out of explicit content creation is freaking impossible, but—have at it. However, minors shouldn’t be absorbing glamorized, filtered versions of sex work delivered through algorithm hacks. And if you’re a creator selling the lifestyle without presenting any reality receipts (looking at you, Ari Kytsya), you owe your audience transparency. Explicit content is forever, fame is fickle, the job is WORK, and life as an adult content creator is the furthest thing from a vacation. If the internet’s going to glamorize something, I submit that we glamorize drinking enough water. Imagine the wonders we could do to combat the ills of dehydration worldwide!

OnlyFans star Alix Lynx may have fans everywhere, but what catches people off guard is that a large swath of her subscribers aren’t exactly watching her from the comfort— and privacy— of their home.

Alix shared that a large percentage of her male fans are actually consuming her explicit content from their workplace, and have proudly told her about it. 

“I have fans who are watching me from the office, there’s someone that works as a security guard,and even a construction worker,” said Alix. “Just last night I had a fan who was watching me streaming from work and he told me he was the last one in the office, so he wanted to have some fun. I’ve had the president of a huge company video call me from his boardroom, just saying he wants to chat.” 

“I’m very confident that there are a lot of people logging on every single day to interact with me while they’re on the clock. Every single time I livestream I have people telling me they are joining in from work, and that’s just on live stream. I’ve had men jerking off to me from their office bathroom. I can guarantee that there are a lot of men engaging with my OnlyFans from their workplace.”

Alix has been in the adult industry for 13 years after starting as a webcam model. Even then, it was common for people to chat with her while on the job, and she thinks that OnlyFans’ accessibility has only made that habit more common. 

“I think a lot of people treat OnlyFans kind of like social media – you log on during the day when you’re bored or need a little entertainment,” Alix said. “I think bosses would assume that if employees are gonna be slacking off or they’re just going on Tiktok or Instagram, or even playing a game on their phone. I don’t know if OnlyFans is even on their radar, but people are definitely on it and other adult platforms.”

Alix has made a point of noting that it’s all men who are logging in to enjoy her X-rated stuffs at work, and thinks there are three reasons as to why they might feel the need to be engaging with her content, even when they’re on the job.  

Reason one? “I think watching me is kind of a break from the monotony of it all, a break from the mundane, a little pick me up in the middle of a boring day,” she said. “It’s less about being horny and more about escapism from reality.”

For her second theory, Lynx says, “They also might just be after a little human interaction. I’ve got a group chat with my girlfriends who I’m just messaging throughout the day, but I don’t know if a middle aged man has the same thing with his friends. I think interacting with my OnlyFans is a good outlet for them to get that connection they are craving.” 

And her third theory is probably pretty on the money for a lot of her subscribers. “Men probably just get horny in the middle of the day and they might get off on doing something that they’re not supposed to be doing. The taboo of it all. I think everyone has their own unique reasons, but I would be willing to bet it’s one of those three, if not all of them for everybody.”

I”m not one to begrudge anyone rubbing one out at work on the sly,  but does doing it consistently make these dudes lackluster workers? According to Lynx, nope. 

“I believe most people work hard and want to do a good job, and men, especially, often derive a lot of their pride from their work,” Alix said. “So, when they’re struggling, it might just mean they’re under a lot of stress and need a break. I might be biased because I disliked my office job, but I think that while most people want to do well enough to keep their jobs and earn a living, they aren’t necessarily passionate about what they do. I can’t imagine having a career that consumes my life for years and years. I’d probably be seeking entertainment during work too.” 

Does Alix feel guilty for distracting these men from their work? Also nope. 

“I find it hilarious, not offensive. These are grown adults with full agency. If this is what they choose to do with their free will, cool. If I were their boss, I wouldn’t be happy knowing my employees were on OnlyFans while on the clock. However, if they were also making my company millions a year, I’m purely speculating, but if a man working for me was making me millions or hundreds of thousands a year, I don’t know if I’d be upset if he wanted to talk to an OnlyFans girl for 10 minutes a day. I might be able to look the other way; it just depends on how valuable an employee they are.”

Ultimately Alix confessed that when she was working a 9-5, she would also sneak a cheeky adult beverage or chat with her friends to break up the monotony. 

“I honestly think that watching my OnlyFans is just a grown-up, naughty little secret and is harmless. That being said, whenever my construction worker fan calls in, I do hope he’s not watching me while operating heavy machinery.” 

It is not hot cousin week, and some of you are gooning too close to the sun. 

A very wise woman once said, per TikTok, “if they’re in the family tree, you should always leave them be.” 

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A bunch of Redditors over the years have confessed to subscribing to their cousins’ OnlyFans. Our very own Rainier once told me he has “some very cute cousins” but they’re “just friends.” As it should be.

Look, I write about some freaky shit, but I’m kink-shaming on this one. I don’t get how crushing on your cousins is such A Thing, and why the holidays seem to bring it out of the woodwork. But Google Trends data proves it: Searches for “cousin porn” trend up around Christmas, and they’re going up as we head into Thanksgiving:

And Mississippi leads the charge:

I know some of you like to lead up on tea and mess more than the Beige Food, but this Thanksgiving – or really, any other day – do not go snooping for your cousin’s OnlyFans. Don’t do it. 

Things you CAN do with your cousins this week:

• Take a cousin walk (IYKYK)
• Decorate the tree, but wait until Friday
• Share Black Friday coupon codes in the family group chat that doesn’t have the parents
• Wholesome activities involving football
• Blackout Wednesday karaoke in your hometown

But if you absolutely, positively cannot help yourselves, go project your fantasies onto these ladies who are running Black Friday OnlyFans deals. 

If you were looking for late-stage capitalism in one image, try this on for size. Teen OnlyFans superstar Sophie Rain told the internet to send up a flare if they needed help buying food but was fully unprepared for the verified Uber account to take her up on it. They weren’t asking for a ride. They weren’t asking her to do an Uber promo. They were asking to take her up on her offer for grocery money. When official accounts from billion-dollar brands are asking adult entertainers for money, you know that all is not right in the state of Denmark. Sophie Rain responded with grace, reminding everyone that this isn’t the first time she’s stepped up to feed the hungry.

Sophie Rain is the Florida-born OnlyFans sensation who became a self-made multi-millionaire via OnlyFans after being raised in a low-income home. She’s building a reputation for turning her viral thirst traps into a philanthropic rainstorm. She recently made $121,000 on her OnlyFans in one day, all of which she donated to Feeding America in honor of her 21st birthday. Rain’s known for a brand that can be described as “wholesome chaos,” and she has a knack for blending philanthropy with sexy irreverence. Example: “gooning for good” was how she referred to her birthday fundraiser.

With the current government shutdown, SNAP benefits weren’t paid out as they usually would be, and millions of Americans haven’t had a way to pay for food. Sophie Rain put up a post on her Twitter account inviting people who needed help paying for groceries to let her team know so she could help—and then the verified Uber account took her up on the offer. The response tweet was quickly deleted the moment the person running the account realized they’d piped up from their work account instead of their personal one. However, Sophie keeps receipts and shared a screenshot of the original message, directly calling out Uber for not paying the person in charge of their Twitter account enough to cover their cost of living expenses. It was more than a little absurd, but Sophie was quick to track down the person behind the initial call for help and make sure she covered $250 worth of groceries.

As much as we all love a hot meal, it’s looking more and more like late-stage capitalism is best served cold. The Uber intern’s hunger isn’t the headline so much as the fact that so many people just nodded and said, “yeah, that tracks with the times.” Even the people keeping billion-dollar brands visible in the public eye are having trouble paying for groceries now. It’s poetic, I think, that an OnlyFans creator is the one stepping in to help. The power dynamic is one that’s getting more and more common—the person with the fancy corporate gig is struggling to make ends meet, while the adult entertainers on OnlyFans are financially stable and actively looking for ways to help those in need. And power to them, because thank god someone is willing and able to show up and do what it takes to prevent hunger.

Reminder: this isn’t Sophie Rain’s first, nor even second, time paying it forward. She raised $121K on her 21st birthday that she then donated to Feeding America in her “Gooning for Good” campaign. She also donated $1 million to MrBeast’s #TeamWater initiative, effectively providing a few hundred years’ worth of clean drinking water for people who otherwise wouldn’t have access. Rain has been open about the fact that she grew up poor and that her family relied on food stamps. According to Sophie, feeding others feels like feeding a younger version of herself—and considering she was a food-stamp kid who’s now giving large sums of money both to Feeding America and directly to those who are struggling to feed themselves? Talk about a full-circle moment.

During a time when you can’t go online without seeing some truly outrageous takes about who does and doesn’t deserve food security, Rain’s brand of generosity is refreshing—and honestly, it’s giving me hope for humanity. She’s not moralizing food access; she’s just using the fruits of her work to redistribute money a little so people who need to eat can do that thing. It’s not a press release. It’s not a gala event. It’s just a young woman with a camera and a platform trying to make a difference. She didn’t shame the person behind the Uber account, just took a screenshot that has proven to be an effective mirror, letting us all know that hunger in 2025 looks like all of us.

The government may have delayed SNAP benefits during the record-breaking shutdown, but Sophie Rain made sure that someone with compassion showed up—and paid up. The brains behind the verified blue checks associated with corporations bringing in billions of dollars per year are having trouble surviving, but Sophie Rain has nothing if not an endless supply of empathy.

Once an anal OnlyFans darling, Stella Barey’s now a direct competitor. Barey, 28, is known online as “Anal Princess,” and she made a small fortune off the adults-only platform. Apparently, her kink is biting, because she’s turned around and bitten the hand that fed her. She’s coding her own OnlyFans alternative, calling it Hidden. According to Stella, she’s building Hidden to be a platform made by sex workers who are done crossing their fingers and hoping that cross-promoting their content will result in subscriptions.

Stella Barey is a 28-year-old U.S.-born creator who hit OnlyFans like a social hurricane. After a few viral TikToks, she began clocking six-figure months. Her brand has been blunt from the get-go. Think: part feminist manifesto, part “wanna see me do butt stuff? Subscribe!” However, her success came with a price. Barey found herself facing problems familiar to so many content creators: exhaustion, endless DMs from subscribers who may or may not be respecting boundaries, and the never-ending algorithm roulette. Barey decided that what she needed was power, not permission to run her own business. Enter Hidden.

Hidden launched in April 2025, is sex-worker-founded, and has a lower revenue cut than OnlyFans (18% instead of 20%). It comes with a “For You” feed similar to TikTok and allows some content banned on OnlyFans (pee play, fisting, etc.). The vibe is sort of like if you could buy ethical porn on Etsy, with resale shops, passive income, and fewer rules about what body parts can exist online behind a paywall. There’s also an anti-theft bot in the works, making it easier for creators to ensure their content is protected. In theory, Hidden is working to reduce burnout by letting content do the work for creators rather than the other way around.

Despite the name, Hidden is being anything but discreet about its target audience: Gen Z sex workers. Gen Z sex workers aren’t here just to join any new platform that’ll let them post lewd selfies. They’re here to build their own social spaces, and Hidden promises to let them do exactly that. Hidden’s feed is similar to the social media apps where Gen Z prefers to exist, but its heart is in indie-porn rebellion. We’re talking about the generation that unionized Starbucks, so think of a platform built around ethical porn, transparency, and autonomy being the driving factors rather than capitalism.

However, there are some potential pitfalls for Hidden that Stella’s going to have to figure out. For one thing, they’ve already encountered banking and payment challenges—because if banks don’t like your business, your morals matter not one iota to Visa. OnlyFans already has a user base the size of a small country, and getting fans to migrate is going to go over about as well as that one time people decided to give Mastodon a try (remember that clunky Twitter alternative?). The branding surrounding “ethical porn” sounds all fine and good, but morality rarely covers hosting fees, and even the most well-intentioned platforms can break under the weight of bureaucracy, burnout, and wonky payment processors.

Regardless of whether Hidden succeeds in the uphill battle to be an actual competitor to OnlyFans and Fansly, the message behind its building is coming through loud and clear: sex work is valid work, and those workers deserve safety tools, fair pay, and fewer middlemen. Whether you’re coding your own hosting platform or selling access to bikini pics on one that already exists, boundaries are important and should be honored. Stella Barey’s endeavor isn’t just about who gets naked for money online. It’s about who gets the authority to decide how they do it.

Camilla Araujo’s trending again, this time because of her reaction to being recognized by a child in public. She was a bit panicked about a child recognizing her as an OnlyFans star, and the internet has had quite the time with the whole thing. Though her panic has been widely mocked, she has a valid point—one that’s a bit diminished by the fact that she’s worked hard to make sure she’s showing up everywhere online, including spaces that aren’t exclusive to adults.

A viral clip is making the rounds online showing Camilla’s startled reaction when a child recognizes her. The video isn’t verified and might have been staged, but if the internet can be relied upon for anything, it’s that it’ll run with a story before it’s confirmed to be true. Before I continue, here’s a bit of background on Camilla: she’s a Brazilian-American social media influencer whose career jumpstarted after she went viral on MrBeast’s “Squid Game.” She leveraged her fifteen minutes of fame into a full-time career as an adult content creator on OnlyFans. She’s part of the Bop House, a collective of young women influencers who blur the lines between adult content and influencer culture. Given that she got her start on a platform marketed as family friendly, you can’t be part of the crossover club and be shocked that people who aren’t in the 18+ club recognize you.

When she was allegedly recognized in the wild by a child, she had a bit of a meltdown. Her emotional response was valid but maybe a titch socially overblown. On the one hand, she’s right—kids shouldn’t know her for her work on OnlyFans. That’s an adult space where adults consume adult content they’ve paid for with adult money. However, Araujo doesn’t exclusively exist in the 18+ bubble. She’s been doing interviews on other platforms, attending branding events that aren’t adults-only, and even filming TikTok collabs that can’t exactly be hidden from young eyes if those eyes have access to social media. When one is building an empire on Instagram, one can’t be shocked when the internet neighborhood notices. Virality doesn’t exactly have an age limit. Her instinct was protective—wanting to shield kids from adult exposure makes sense—but her response came off as dramatic because she’s part of the same algorithm stew as all the family-friendly influencers. Her reaction wasn’t wrong, per se, just maybe a titch disingenuous in a reality where privacy went out the window three Wi-Fi updates ago.

Araujo initially became famous from her viral appearance in MrBeast’s “Squid Game.” She used that moment to build a following on OnlyFans that led to major financial success—at least six figures annually. She operates her personal brand like a company, using OnlyFans for premium content that stays behind a paywall and keeping her public social media pretty PG. However, because she shows up on mainstream social media, podcasts, and YouTube, she’s a public figure now, not just an adult entertainer. She didn’t trip and fall into the mainstream; she strutted into it wearing heels and adjusting her lipstick.

While Araujo’s response to being recognized by a young’in might have been a bit much considering her presence in public social media feeds, she does bring up a very valid point. Young teens and children are roaming the social media streets without supervision at far too young an age to protect themselves from seeing things that could be psychologically damaging to their still-developing brains. Algorithms don’t give one fuck how old the viewer is—they care about engagement. When kids are scrolling freely on platforms meant for adults but that don’t enforce age restrictions, they’re going to end up seeing content that doesn’t technically violate the terms of service but is really intended for adult eyeballs. Parents hand their kid a smartphone intending to help them connect to the world but miss the fact that their child is seeing content on Instagram from OnlyFans stars who are just trying to promote their business to their intended audience—the adults who show up on social media. Camilla’s content isn’t the disease; it’s a symptom of a digital world with insufficient guardrails for protecting minors online. Parents desperately need tools that will let them improve their own media literacy so they can set boundaries at home that better protect their children online. Basically, panic helps no one.

Here’s what the solution isn’t: censorship. Whenever the conversation surrounding children online comes up, someone always foolishly suggests that maybe we make adult content online illegal. That solves approximately nothing and, if anything, makes things even more unsafe. Adult content creation is going to happen regardless of legality, and keeping it legal means that the guardrails already in place remain in place—preventing minors from being exploited in shady back-alley productions. The real fix is digital literacy, not puritan filters. Censorship punishes adults for being adults, but digitally literate parenting allows children to stay children until they’re ready to grow up. If every OnlyFans page disappeared tomorrow, kids would still find something to warp their brains because it’s not the women—it’s the Wi-Fi.

Was Camilla wrong to be worried? Absolutely not. She’s right that children shouldn’t know who she is beyond a clean feed, but since she’s playing in public digital spaces, the occasional awkward recognition from a young person is an occupational hazard. The real headline isn’t her reaction but our collective lack of tools for digital parenting. Camilla’s response didn’t prove that we need more censorship online—it proved that parents need better passwords and children need closer supervision when wandering the internet.

The internet lost its collective chill again, and this time it’s over a TikTok video featuring a former OnlyFans model and a pair of grey sweatpants. Teen Mom’s Tyler Baltierra was fully prepared for grey sweatpants weather, and one well-placed camera angle has reminded us all why we look forward to this time every year. This, friends, is what men’s fashion is all about.

Tyler Baltierra was one of the stars of MTV’s Teen Mom. He’s husband to Catelynn Lowell and one of the OGs of the franchise. The pair may have had a rocky start, but they’ve turned their early fame into a stable marriage, multiple kids, and a few different side hustles — including an eyebrow-raising stint on OnlyFans. He went from being a teen dad to being an adult content daddy and made pretty good money during his time on the platform.

So. Let’s talk about the bulge heard ‘round TikTok. Catelynn told Tyler about a trend going around the internet and suggested he participate. He said, “I only live to serve,” and obliged his lady love. There wasn’t a ton to it — just some casual dancing with a little hip movement… while wearing grey sweatpants. Nothing explicit, but giving the audience everything at the same time. Fans were openly gawking at his very visible enthusiasm for his performance. This isn’t the first time Tyler’s had a “whoa!” moment. He once donned a Superman costume that had people doing double takes as they clocked exactly what it was that made the man so super.

And this is the point in the article where I educate you about the glory of grey sweatpants. No one knows when they became the official thirst-trap uniform, but they did, and we love men in them. Every fall, you see the memes go around the internet about how grey sweatpants are the male equivalent of a sundress. Women have been objectified since the dawn of time in whatever we wear, and honestly? It’s kind of nice to see a bit of equality served up in a cotton blend. Tyler didn’t invent the grey sweatpants craze, but he raised the bar on our expectations of what goes on when those bad boys are involved.

Tyler’s no stranger to being ogled online. His (now inactive) OnlyFans page brought in at least six figures, with Catelynn running the account. Both of them claimed it was a fun and empowering thing for them, and that they enjoyed creating content and working together right up until he decided it was time to retire from adult-content land. He’s been gone for a while now, but his audience clearly hasn’t forgotten him, because they’ve been eating up his viral video. Perhaps he might consider starting the monetized thirst-trap business again?

Grey sweatpants don’t lie. They can’t! The algorithm is a little more nebulous, but the viral response to Tyler’s video seems to be the real deal. If the world’s going to ogle Tyler Baltierra anyway, it makes sense that he decided to show up and cash in for a while. Regardless… fall is here. The people are thirsty, and those grey sweatpants are just begging to go dancing.