https://www.theflytrapmedia.com/sex-wor/
"“I did not get into porn to format .pdfs,” says Lauren Kiley, a sex worker,
long-time
Flytrap patron, and the person first on my Rolodex when I want to
talk to adult performers about their work. I had some questions for her that
have been on the minds of a lot of people visiting adult websites: Why is the
front page suddenly wall-to-wall stepmoms and stepsisters, why do searches for
relatively vanilla content turn up no results, and how are so many people
getting stuck in ovens?
The short answer is: payment processors.
The longer answer, though, is a collision of our society’s deep-seated loathing
of sex workers, right-wing pearl clutching, capitalism, and the looming power
of the tech industry over every aspect of our lives. These are issues sex
workers and organizations such as Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics, Hooker Army,
and the Sex Worker Outreach Project have been fighting for a very long time,
and they are supercharged in this political moment—one they’ve been warning
would come.
One could think of the front page of Pornhub as the landing site of a larger
cultural crisis. Anti-porn activists want you to think this is a battle to
protect women from exploitation and the soul of America, but sex workers know
that the real battle is their fight for autonomy, respect, and safe working
conditions."
Note that all of this also applies to all forms of erotic art and literature
online, not just sex work.
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Cybersecurity: September 22, 2026
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-22-170230450
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
