I Thought OnlyFans Would Bring Financial Freedom. That’s Not Exactly What Happened.

For creator Anna Blake, making online sex videos has made her want to do it less and talk about it more.

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Anna Blake started an OnlyFans account, not as a pleasure project, but to achieve some financial stability. When she found out she hated the work and made little money, her relationship to sex – and to money – had to change.

This week on the show, she talks to Anna Sale about being homeschooled as a kid, having few job prospects as a young adult with a G.E.D., and the class conversation that she feels is missing from the discourse about sex work.

You can read Anna Blake’s writing at nothingseriousbyannablake.substack.com , or you can follow her on TikTok at tiktok.com/@nerdnextdoorbabe .

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Anna Sale is the creator and host of Death, Sex & Money, the podcast about “the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.” After debuting at the top of the iTunes chart in 2014, Death, Sex & Money was named the No. 1 podcast of the year by New York magazine in 2015. Anna won a Gracie for best podcast host in 2016, and the show won the 2018 Webby and 2021 and 2026 Ambie for best interview show.