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  • 2 Chilean Politicians on OnlyFans, 1 Under House Arrest

    2 Chilean Politicians on OnlyFans, 1 Under House Arrest

    Like the rose motif? We borrowed it from Camila Polizzi’s Arsmate account.

    The transition from the public service sector to the “privates” sector is one that currently has all eyes on it in Chile. Not one, but two Chilean politicians have swapped out their political podium for platforms on the naughty little corner of the internet. Cathy Barriga and Camila Polizzi have taken political scandals to a whole new level with their transition to creating adults-only content on platforms like OnlyFans.

    Cathy Barriga isn’t new to being in front of a camera. The glittering former mayor of Maipú first rose to fame in the television series Mekano before she entered the political arena. Her glamorous approach to politics helped her to stand out in the election, giving her social media platform an edge over her competition. She appeared almost to be a living, breathing Instagram filter… and then the audits began. Her lavish spending during her time in office led one too many people to raise the question of what exactly she was spending so many public funds on, and thus she fell from grace. She is still under house arrest while the investigation as to whether or not she mismanaged public funds during her time in office is carried out.

    While less dazzling than that of Barriga, Camila Polizzi’s career is certainly not lacking for flashy moments. Polizzi is a former councilwoman who made a name for herself as being an outspoken member of the political left. Her progressive voice in regional politics helped to keep her career moving right on up in the political hierarchy, until she too was accused of misappropriating public funds while in office. The disgraced councilwoman needed to find another means of earning an income while also under house arrest as the investigation into her actions takes course.

    For both women, their political fall from grace resulted in needing to think quickly. The bills must still be paid, even if one is under house arrest on the political naughty list. Turns out that the naughty list is exactly where they needed to be in order to make their next lucrative career move.

    Separately from one another, both women began creating adults-only content on channels that subscribers have to pay to access on platforms like OnlyFans. Both politicians decided to leave politics behind and join the throngs of content creators on adults-only platforms. That might seem like a decision out of left field, but in today’s world? That’s really just a new approach to the old chore of needing to make sure the money keeps rolling in, and when one is accustomed to a more lavish lifestyle— no shade to Barriga, we like pretty things too— the amount of money needed to keep one comfortable while they await trial is a titch more than what you need on hand to purchase peanut butter and bread.

    The launch of their adults-only content creating careers has been largely well-received…by subscribers, anyway. The Chilean public opinion is less than thrilled about the matter, but they’re also no longer the audience that Barriga and Polizzi are trying to please. Their fans have followed, no doubt in part because of the fame attached to their names as politicians. Both women may have left office due to money issues, but the money is now definitely rolling in on their popular streaming channels.

    From misuse of public funds, to their fans definitely getting what they’re paying for, the move of both Cathy Barriga dn Camila Polizzi to OnlyFans or similar platforms is a sign of the times. Political scandals don’t necessarily end careers, sometimes they help launch a whole new venture (ask George Santos). Gives whole new meaning to keeping the public satisfied.

  • Sophie Rain’s OnlyFans Video Security Breach Calls for Increased Security Measures for Creators

    Sophie Rain’s OnlyFans Video Security Breach Calls for Increased Security Measures for Creators

    Privacy violations are nothing new or newsworthy. As long humans have been attempting to interact with one another, there have been humans ignoring boundaries that are in place to protect one person’s secrets from the rest of the village. That has always seemed to go double for humans of the womanly persuasion, who openly acknowledge that sex is a thing.Enter Sophie Rain. The OnlyFans content creator was recently the subject of an MMS video that was leaked online without her consent. If you’ve been living under a rock without WiFi, OnlyFans is a social media platform that is known primarily for its adults only content, though there’s ample content hosted there that is perfectly safe for work, should your boss happen to peek over your shoulder— granted, why are you on OnlyFans during company time? For shame.

    Anyhow, the video leak has raised concerns yet again about digital privacy in an age where more and more people are earning a living simply by showing up online. OnlyFans content creators largely make their living via subscription fees, but their video content is a titch pricier, and it’s only intended for the eyes of the person handing over the money for the video in the first place. So what does that mean when their video content is leaked online?

    Well, aside from potentially explicit content making its way off its intended platform; when content like that is shared without the consent of the creator, that’s a serious breach of the understood social contract. No one is more fierce about boundaries and consent than sex workers. If the work that they’ve charged for is being leaked to the wider world, that’s the equivalent of sharing a pirated copy of an artist’s hard work to the general public. Not cool.

    Content creators rely on discretion from their clients— IE: the people who create the demand for the work they’re doing in the first place— in order to be able to safely go about their business. If the terms set forth surrounding privacy aren’t honored, due to society being society, the psychological and reputational ramifications can seriously hinder their careers. When the work you do is creative— and yes. Content creators are creatives, it’s literally IN THE NAME— then psychological disruptions frequently mean that you can’t work while you get your head sorted out. And reputational damage? When your entire business model is built around popularity on social media, that’s a very real danger to your bottom line.

    OnlyFans likes to pride itself on aggressively protecting the models that generate the platform’s revenue, but that doesn’t make it immune to privacy violations. Since 2022, the platform has seen multiple leaks, despite efforts to ensure that content is protected. More than that, in 2022 OnlyFans was accused of selling images that were taken without consent. OnlyFans wound up being legally protected in that instance, but that doesn’t change the fact that even a platform with as many protections in place as OnlyFans has still manages to have bad actors slip through the cracks.

    Ultimately, whenever you put an image out online, it’s not going to disappear. Once published, even with the most iron-clad firewalls in place there is no guarantee that you’ll be able to keep your content locked down. For most people, a paywall is enough to make them navigate elsewhere in the digital streets. But for bad actors? If they’re on a mission, they’ll eventually find a way.

    So how do platforms like OnlyFans protect the asset that is their content creators?

    We don’t have the answers, but we hope to see continued efforts at boosting protections for content creators, and stricter punishments for those who are caught leaking content that belongs behind paywalls. And we hope that change begins with Sophie Rain seeing better security than she’s been given in recent weeks.

  • Charlie Sheen Plays “Disappointed Dad” as Daughter Sami Joins OnlyFans

    Charlie Sheen Plays “Disappointed Dad” as Daughter Sami Joins OnlyFans

    Not too long after her 18th birthday in 2022, Sami Sheen made the decision to join OnlyFans as a content creator. Since then, the grown child of two well-known actors has had what most would consider a successful career on the platform, but not everyone is thrilled for her. The societal stigma surrounding women in sex work is extra hard to navigate when you’re a public figure, whether you became that way willingly or no. And when your celebrity dad is openly against the way you’ve chosen to make your way in this world? Your choices tend to get a bit more attention than they otherwise would.

    However.

    Charlie Sheen is the dad in question, and he really doesn’t have a leg to stand on here.

    Let’s back up.

    When Sami Sheen joined OnlyFans, she was legally an adult. It was a decision she made on her own, as an adult. By and large, she has used the platform as a means of self-expression, and has actually kept things along the lines of what most would consider “tasteful.” Full nudity isn’t really her thing— for now. She openly discusses her desire for breast augmentation surgery, believing that it would help her to feel more confident in her own body, and has expressed that she might be willing to bear it all once she’s completed the procedure.

    Sami does nothing on OnlyFans unless she wants to. Her presence on the platform is 100% guided by her own goals and preferences. That motivating factor seems to be working out pretty well for her, because between her decision to capitalize on her fame as the child of two celebrities, and her commitment to only showing up the way she wants to; she’s earning up to $80,000/month as an OnlyFans content creator.

    Now. Back to her parents.

    Her mother (Denise Richards) publicly has been nothing but supportive of her daughter’s choice to join OnlyFans and capitalize on her youth, beauty, and celebrity status. She’s stated that she believes supporting her daughter in her chosen career is supporting a positive mother-daughter relationship, and that the way she’s chosen to proceed in her support of her daughter builds trust and autonomy.

    Sami’s father, however? Charlie Sheen has been openly critical of her choices, going so far as to express disdain and personal disappointment, and frankly?

    Glass houses, sir.

    In addition to a documented history of domestic abuse with Sami’s mother, Charlie Sheen was once known to have spent over $50,000 on sex workers.

    So why would he have a problem with his daughter raking in that kind of dough sex work when he used to so willingly hand it over in exchange for services that were reportedly much more explicit than the bikini pics she’s making bank on?

    Could it be that there is some sort of double standard when it comes to sex?

    You don’t say.

    Sami Sheen is amongst the throng of content creators on OnlyFans who view their work as a source of empowerment, and a positive step for women seeking to reclaim their own sexuality, and the right to profit off of the men who are going to ogle them regardless of whether or not they’re charging for it. If men are allowed to go forth and be seen in a positive light as a result of their sexual “conquests,” then women should be allowed to make similar choices about their own bodies without being shamed for portraying themselves as the object that men want to conquer.

    At the end of the day, sex workers are workers. They are out in the world making a living by providing a service that is in high demand. If you’re going to stigmatize the women who are earning a living by charging for the privilege of being someone’s spank candy, maybe at least make sure that you aren’t famous for being the one doing the spanking. The internet has the receipts. *side-eyes Charlie Sheen*

    As far as Sami goes…get that cash, ma’am.

  • OnlyFans Models Out-Earned Professional Athletes Last Year, And Social Media Had Some Big Feelings

    OnlyFans Models Out-Earned Professional Athletes Last Year, And Social Media Had Some Big Feelings

    It’s no secret that professional athletes earn crazy large sums of money in the United States. It’s the big dream of every little kid who discovers that they’re good at dribbling a basketball. Get discovered in high school, get paid to play for a college team, get drafted to an NBA team, and make the big bucks so that you can buy that indoor pool with a twisty slide that you’ve been dreaming about since age 7.Imagine achieving that dream, and then learning that models on OnlyFans are out-earning you by quite a bit.

    Now let’s set aside the idea that you’re an NBA star— although if any of the San Antonio Spurs are reading this *tucks hair behind ear* hi!— and accept the reality that you’re probably a regular scroller of social media.

    Here’s the TL;DR: OnlyFans out-earned NBA players by more than a few zeros in 2023. Collectively, NBA players made $4.9 billion. OnlyFans models? Altogether, they made $6.6 billion. That is not a small chunk of change.

    Now… how does it sit with you to know that adult content creators made more than your favorite NBA superstars last year? Because several social media commenters had some FEELINGS about NBA players collectively not making as much as OnlyFans content creators.

    Honestly, unless you have some sort of stake in either industry, you really shouldn’t feel any sort of way about what is being earned in either, so long as everyone is being fairly compensated for their work.

    Regardless of the way people feel about a platform that is largely made up of sex workers out-earning professional athletes; the digital creator economy has forever changed the way people approach their career path.

    Go with me on a journey for a moment, won’t you?

    How do OnlyFans models earn their income? They pose. They take videos and pictures. They’re putting together sets, adjusting the lighting, editing footage. Each of these roles are jobs typically done by professional set designers, lighting designers, video editors, directors of photography, and so on. People buy access to their image. It’s selling the illusion of having access to their bodies.

    How do NBA players earn their money? They work their bodies to exhaustion playing a highly athletic game in front of a live audience. They have to attend workouts and trainings in order to do what they do, and the parasocial relationships that they have with their fans is a part of the job that they do. They’re also selling the illusion of access to their bodies.

    What’s the difference, aside from the uniforms?

    NBA players have contracts that they have to honor, and games they have to show up for. They have to rely on managers to negotiate their contracts and have to show up to training and team practice. They have to actually play the game, and interact with players on the other side of the court, regardless of whether or not they have a positive relationship with their opponent. Also, the audience? It’s right there. They can definitely hear it when someone chooses to shout insults from the stands.

    OnlyFans models are fully in control of the work that they do. They aren’t relying on a coach— unless they’re paying one to help them with… whatever they feel they need coaching on. They get to set their hours, they can record their footage hours in advance of when they need to post it. They’re on their own team, so there’s never any risk of being traded to another team. And their audience? They get to choose at what level they engage with them. Don’t feel like hearing that someone doesn’t like their eyebrows? Cool, they just don’t read the comments that day.

    Both OnlyFans content creators and NBA players are entertainers, doing it all for the applause. Both industries fare better when the entertainers that drive consumer spending remain relatively visible.

    Are there income inconsistencies within both industries?

    Absolutely. LeBron James and Corinna Kopf are making way more money the average ball player or new content creator.

    The point here, is that if you’re feeling some sort of way about OnlyFans models out-earning your favorite NBA stars? Maybe poke those feelings with a stick, and remind yourself that both industries have crowds of people handing over fistfuls of cash for the pleasure of being able to watch their work.

    …and maybe, just maybe; check your sexism.

  • Former Baywatch Star Finds Control, New Sense Of Self on OnlyFans

    Former Baywatch Star Finds Control, New Sense Of Self on OnlyFans

    Brande Roderick is no stranger to being in front of the camera. The model and sometime actress is most well known for her work on the television series Baywatch, and for her tenure at Playboy as one of Hugh Hefner’s Playmates. Given the current trend of celebrities choosing to take ownership of their careers rather than let a middleman make the calls, it’s no surprise that Roderick has joined the ranks of the over 40 crew of OnlyFans content creators. Carmen Electra, Denise Richards, Amber Rose, and Larsa Pippen are just a few of her peers who have not only joined the platform, but enjoyed widespread success and satisfaction in the work they do there.Why success? Well, a quick Google search will give you an idea of how many zeros these women are bringing in via running a business as an OnlyFans content creator.But the satisfaction? The money helps, yes. But that’s not the only reason so many women— former Playboy cover girls and the average citizen alike— take so much pride in the work they’re putting out into the world via OnlyFans.

    You see, unlike posing for traditional media outlets, OnlyFans gives all of the power and creative direction back into the hands of the content creators.

    When it comes to financial, creative, and physical control over what they produce, OnlyFans makes sure that their models have what they need in order to feel empowered to keep their businesses running. That sense of control has brought millions of content creators to the platform, and those content creators have made OnlyFans worth at least $6.6 billion as of 2023.

    Why is this so attractive to models?

    For former Playmates like Brande Roderick, they’ve always been at the mercy of someone else deciding whether or not they had work at all, let alone enough work to pay the bills. Says Roderick, “It’s been great honestly. Me being a single mom of two boys with no financial support from their father, I have to take care of my family.” And OnlyFans certainly allows her to do that, even if she views her work there as more of a side hustle. Here, content creators don’t have to wait for a tastemaker to decide they’re relevant or for an editor to sign off on their work, nor are they paying an agent to negotiate a fair pay rate on their behalf. While the platform does take a cut of their earnings, they don’t have to snake-charm as many gatekeepers— or a bunny obsessed magazine owner.

    Roderick has also stated that she enjoys the creative control that OnlyFans has given her. “You only put out the images that you love and that you want, you know, the world to see, whereas when you were doing Playboy, you really had no control over it. So, it’s like I’m my own Hugh Hefner, I guess,” says Roderick of being able to produce the work that she wants to do.

    The former Baywatch actress loves being able to produce what she considers her art— beautiful photographs, artfully posed— without being told what she can and cannot do.

    In an age where women whose youth and beauty were exploited for the sake of lining producers pockets, you’ve gotta love watching them have another wave of fame wash over them on their own terms.

    Good for you, Brande Roderick. Good for you.

  • Twerking Olympic Medalist: “I’m proud of what I’m achieving on OnlyFans”

    Twerking Olympic Medalist: “I’m proud of what I’m achieving on OnlyFans”

    OnlyFans has quite the collection of adult content creators. The platform has definitely grown its fanbase due in large part to the wide range of 18+ images, videos, and audio that are available there.However, the platform is also a key source of financial support for many athletes as well.

    Take, for example, Alysha Newman. Newman is an Olympic medalist who competed in pole-vaulting events for Canada, and scored herself a bronze medal this summer in Paris.

    That medal wasn’t the only thing she scored.

    The vaulter operates an OnlyFans page. When she completed her jump this summer, she knew she’d nailed it, and celebrated by faking an injury and then twerking. She claims this was to cut the tension in the air for her coaches, as they were— understandably— taking the event quite seriously. As a result of her little victory twerk, her OnlyFans page experienced so many views that it temporarily crashed.

    Since this summer, Newman has acknowledged publicly that she is an OnlyFans content creator. What’s more, she claims that title proudly, stating that she is just as proud of her work as an OnlyFans content creator as she is of her prowess in track and field events.

    States Newman, “I am proud of what I am achieving on the platform. It’s empowering… I can connect with my fans, I can inspire people and my fans can support me… This way they get to see almost every aspect of my life.”

    Instead of allowing the media or public to control her narrative, she chose to monetize it and engage with her audience on her own terms.

    The track and field star has actually been operating the page since just prior to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She wanted a way to share her Olympic experience, and with COVID precautions, there were no live spectators there to cheer for her, so she took matters into her own hands.

    More than just sexy images, Alysha made sure to share things that her track and field followers would want to see. Her meals in the Olympic village, her exercise routines, her struggles when injured, what she chooses to wear when training and competing; all details that athletes and fans wouldn’t get to see without Newman inviting her audience behind the scenes via her OnlyFans page.

    But wanting to share her experience with an audience isn’t the only reason Newman created an OnlyFans page.

    As a female athlete, Newman has been sexualized without that being her intent. OnlyFans has given her a way to reclaim that aspect of her life as her own, and to be the one who reaps the rewards.

    When women are going to be sexualized regardless, OnlyFans offers a way to flip the script and demand payment for services rendered, while allowing them to reap the protections and benefits of being safely tucked away behind a screen. The platform also gives control back to those whose image is being used, whereas in traditional modeling or brand representation deals, women have historically been exploited, and not compensated fairly.

    While many still view OnlyFans as a platform that degrades women, Alysha Newman disagrees. Says Newman, “I know I won’t get everybody to change their mindset, that’s not my goal.”

    And it seems that she’s accomplished one thing, at least.

    Other Olympians have followed in her footsteps and have launched OnlyFans pages of their own. Elise Christie, Liz Cambage, Verona van de Leur, and others now successfully operate OnlyFans pages.

    As the platform continues to grow and evolve along with the world, people should expect to see more and more profiles of athletes— and other public figures they know and admire— pop up on OnlyFans. Given the platform’s ability to protect its creators, and allow them the capacity to make a living off of what is being done to them anyway offscreen, can you blame them?

  • OnlyFans Faces Another Class Action Suit From Five More Anonymous Plaintiffs

    OnlyFans Faces Another Class Action Suit From Five More Anonymous Plaintiffs

    Five anonymous plaintiffs alleged in a class action lawsuit against OnlyFans’ parent company that the adults-only platform subjects its users to what they’re referring to as “systemic deception.” The complaint includes allegations that paying users are unwittingly interacting with paid chatters who impersonate creators. The plaintiffs claim that this is a violation of privacy.This isn’t the first rodeo for the adults-only platform. OnlyFans has faced class action suits before, and prevailed in court after five (theoretically different) anonymous plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in California. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. The plaintiffs had argued that OnlyFans was subject to personal jurisdiction in California due to conducting business there when California residents enrolled in recurring subscriptions. The charges brought forth included:

    • Violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
    • Violations of the Federal Video Privacy Protection Act
    • Violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act
    • Violations of California’s false advertising laws
    • Violations of California’s unfair competition laws
    • Breach of contract
    • Fraud

    The question at the heart of the controversy is that of authenticity: Who are you really talking to when you choose to slide into an OF model’s DMs?

    To understand the controversy, one must first understand how OnlyFans works. Individual creators, commonly known as “models,” run their businesses through an OnlyFans account. That account primarily generates revenue through subscriptions, where followers pay a recurring fee to access exclusive content from that creator. Content creators can also choose to offer additional paid content. Think photos, videos, or personalized interactions that come at a premium. OnlyFans takes a percentage of these earnings, leaving the rest for the creators to enjoy as money earned.

    While the platform gained popularity for its adult content, it needs to be noted that creators span a wide range of industries. Fitness, cooking, and art are all genres that have a strong presence on OnlyFans. The controversy surrounding OnlyFans usually stems from debates surrounding adult content.

    That said, multiple things can be true:

    • Normal adults who are not professional porn stars can create a platform on OnlyFans, make content, and talk to fans via the OF messaging system.
    • Adult film stars can also leverage personal brands on OnlyFans.
    • Keeping up with messages from followers while attending to all other areas of running an OnlyFans business becomes difficult to do at scale.
    • OnlyFans creators are running a business with multiple products and service offerings. The “girlfriend experience” is a paid service.

    It’s not reasonable to expect someone you’re purchasing services from to actually be your partner. But a certain subset of lonely guys subscribe to OnlyFans and conflate this with buying a girlfriend.

    The rise of AI chatbots has made it deceptively easy to fall in love with a robot and confuse this for genuine connection. People get addicted to contacting a pretend partner who has no needs, remembers everything about them, never suggests you go to therapy, and always responds right away with an answer that is tailored to whatever needs the human initiating the chatting might have.

    OnlyFans terms of service don’t specifically allow the use of chat services, but their terms do caution against using “OnlyFans to engage in misleading or deceptive conduct, or conduct that is likely to mislead or deceive any other User.”

    It is generally understood that the actors in adult films are putting on a performance. As with any performance, the audience is encouraged to suspend disbelief. In other words: everyone sets aside their critical thinking skills and knowledge of how the real world operates while they’re enjoying a performance, because reality would wreck the story. Intellectually, you might be aware that there are dozens of people on a film set even though there are only two actors on screen. But when you’re watching a movie (pornographic or otherwise), you’re not thinking about the director of photography or the costume designer. You’re focused on the actors giving a performance. The difference is that on OnlyFans, you can interact with the leading lady when she’s not in the middle of a scene.

    And so does everyone else who pays for that privilege.

    When your favorite local coffee shop gains popularity, and needs help keeping up with demand, the business owner hires additional baristas to help make lattes. Businesses that grow need support staff to continue to meet the needs of consumers – especially when those consumers demand 24/7 attention. It only makes sense that a model who amasses thousands of subscribers would need some customer support staff to help her care for every thirsty user. That’s what OnlyFans chatters are. Support staff.

    So what options does this leave OnlyFans consumers who want to guarantee that their favorite model is indeed the one speaking to them? The only way to be sure the original creator is the one behind the screen is to order a custom video.

    The end of the story is this: OnlyFans content creators are business owners protecting their bottom line. You might be interesting, but talking about your cat isn’t going to be fascinating enough to get them to give you their focused attention for free. If you want that attention, and it’s important to you that a bot isn’t on the other side of the chatbox, understand that you’re asking a business owner to provide a service. No business is in it for free.

    With sending private photos to beautiful strangers on the internet, as with all things: Caveat emptor, some restrictions may apply.

  • OnlyFans’ Favorite Missouri Teachers Inspired New South Park Special

    OnlyFans’ Favorite Missouri Teachers Inspired New South Park Special

    Former St. Clair High School teachers Brianna Coppage and Megan Gaither were already having quite the 2023 when, this week, they went Hollywood — or at least South Park, Colorado.

    Side by side

    Coppage and Gaither taught English and English Language Arts at the rural Missouri high school until October, when they were separately outed as OnlyFans performers — and swiftly forced out of their classrooms. Their stories made headlines worldwide, drastically increasing their subscriber counts on the adult website and making what had been side hustles far more lucrative than their 9 to 5 ever was.

    Now they can add one more line to their CVs: inspiration for a South Park special.

     

    OnlyFans' Favorite Missouri Teachers Inspired New South Park Special

    RFT STAFF

    Streaming on Paramount+, the 45 minute-long South Park (Not Suitable for Children), begins with a revelation that an art teacher at South Park Elementary is moonlighting making adult content. Naturally, once the parents of the fictional small Colorado town get wind of this, they gather in the school cafeteria for a PTA meeting to express their outrage over the teacher who “makes close to minimum wage as a teacher but on OnlyFans makes an extra $10,000 a week.”

    The parents blame the teacher because their kids will see her naked online. The teachers blame the parents for buying their kids smartphones.

    “We can’t control what our kids drink or what they watch. They’re your kids,” yells Stephen Stotch, father of the hapless Butters, to a group of South Park Elementary teachers and administrators. It would be great satire if it were still possible to exaggerate reality for satirical effect.

    The RFT caught up with Coppage, who said that she enjoyed the special.

    “I have to laugh about it poking fun at me!” she texted.

    Gaither said that thought the trailer was hilarious and planned to watch the full show soon.

    “We knew they took inspiration from us immediately,” she said.

    In November, Coppage said she’d already pulled in close to $1 million from her OnlyFans subscribers. Gaither tells the RFT she’s making “five figures” weekly.

    Coppage resigned in late October, a few weeks after school administrators suspended her from her teaching job. Gaither has been put on administrative leave but despite the school wanting her to do so, she tells the RFT she isn’t resigning.

    “Thus far, I’ve refused,” she says.

     

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  • Missouri Teacher Brianna Coppage Is OnlyFans’ ‘Favorite MILF’

    Missouri Teacher Brianna Coppage Is OnlyFans’ ‘Favorite MILF’

    COURTESY OF BRIANNA COPPAGE

    St. Clair High School teacher Brianna Coppage is leaning into her side gig on OnlyFans.

    Last week, 28-year-old Brianna Coppage was put on leave by the St. Clair High School, the rural Missouri school where she taught English Language Arts to ninth and tenth graders. The reason? Coppage had a side gig working on OnlyFans as BrooklinLovexxx, where she promises paid subscribers a glimpse at everything from “squirting” and “anal” to “cream pie” and “solo play.”

    St. Clair is a town of about 4,700 an hour southwest of St. Louis. A school administrator there said that the district had been recently notified that Coppage “may have posted inappropriate media on one or more internet sites” and an investigation into the matter was being undertaken. In the meantime, Coppage is barred from the classroom.

    The public outrage was swift — not against Coppage, but at the school for acting so aghast that an employee they paid $42,000 a year would work to supplement that income. Her story has made headlines all across Missouri and even across the Atlantic.

    We caught up with Coppage, who markets herself on OnlyFans as “your favorite MILF,” to talk about how she got started on OnlyFans, society’s changing attitudes toward sex work and what the last few days have been like.

    This conversation has been edited for clarity and length.

    You’d been a teacher since 2018, and got into OnlyFans earlier this year. What made you want to give adult work a try?

    I’d always heard the success stories about people who made money. It was like, “You can pay off your student loans and whatever else.” So it was those stories that made me think, “Wow, I want to try that and see if it would work for me.” That’s how it started.

     

    Coppage goes by "BrooklinLovexxx" for her online gig. - COURTESY OF BRIANNA COPPAGE

    COURTESY OF BRIANNA COPPAGE

    Coppage goes by “BrooklinLovexxx” for her online gig.

    And you’ve enjoyed it, it sounds like?

    Absolutely. I do enjoy it. I think it gives people the ability to express themselves and just do something that maybe even gives them a chance to be their authentic self.

    I read that you’re making $10,000 a month on the platform. Were you at all surprised by your success after just a few months on OnlyFans?

    I definitely was. It definitely didn’t happen immediately. It didn’t blow up until I collaborated with some other creators who have a big following in St. Louis. And that’s really when things started taking off for me. It’s been a lot of trial and error. OnlyFans doesn’t do any marketing for you. They don’t have a “for you” page when you can go to discover people. So you have to do a lot of marketing in other, different spaces.

    A subscription to your page is $10/month. How many followers do you have?

    Well, it’s really blown up recently. We’re getting close to 1,500.

    I don’t want to say that what’s happened has been good, but it sounds like there’s a silver lining?

    Absolutely. I mean, I really had two choices. One was to delete everything and hide from it, and my name was still going to be out there anyway. I knew that I wasn’t going to go back into education. So it was either run and hide, or lean into it. And at the end of the day, I still have bills to pay and I still have like a family to provide for. So it was not really a difficult choice to just lean in.

    What’s the overall reaction been like?

    The reaction has been very, very supportive. I’m honestly surprised. Many people are saying, “Leave her alone, this is her personal business.” A lot of people are pointing out this wouldn’t happen if we paid teachers a livable wage. The support has honestly been overwhelmingly positive. There’s always going to be those negative comments that are out there. But they’ve been few and far between.

    Someone reached out to me and they said they were an administrator at a Catholic school. They said, “You do you. You’re doing awesome. You deserve all the support.” That was surprising.

    Has there been anyone where it’s been especially tough for them to find out?

    I’m not embarrassed for myself. I’m really not even worried about myself. But it is tough to have these conversations with your family. That’s never easy.

    What has their reaction been like thus far in general?

    Shocked, at first. But then supportive.

    What do you make of the way people in their 30s and younger think of work on platforms like OnlyFans versus an older-school mentality?

    Everyone has their own moral compass, and what someone deems as acceptable is obviously going to vary from person to person. I do think that, after 2020, wen OnlyFans kind of exploded, there were suddenly a lot of younger creators coming out like every single day. So I don’t know, it does seem like it’s becoming more acceptable. That being said, I’m not saying I would want to promote it [as a line of work] to a younger generation. But people are becoming more accepting.

    What’s next for you?

    I’m just going to lean into my online presence and try to make the most of it.

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