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Source: https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/3aznbw/so-you-want-to-become-a-cam-girl-during-quarantine
School is out. High schoolers have packed away their textbooks, wondering if the ‘college experience’ will be another rite-of-passage to surrender come September. As reward for four years of sweat and tears, university seniors contend with delayed gratification: a 2021 graduation. But despite the weather warming, many young opportunists will still be studying -- just not bio or English lit. There’s a new course, with almost guaranteed payoff, that might be worth sacrificing summer for: ‘Intro to Cam Modeling.’
In the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the sex industry is enjoying a unprecedented second cumming. While retail stocks plummet beyond prediction and tourism is in tailspin, vibrator sales have continued to soar, lingerie brands are reporting record takings and porn, well, let’s just say heightened engagement is likely here to stay. With lockdown leaving us few avenues to alleviate tension, cybersex has become inevitable -- as have leagues of aspiring entrepreneurs with webcams and nothing to lose.
Finding success as an online sex worker in the age of digital fluency already meant rising above a sea of competition, but now, with 36 million newly unemployed who are mandated to stay-at-home, the stakes are even higher. For the most part, however, the overnight windfall frequently depicted in mainstream media (think Euphoria’s 17-year-old Kat offered hundreds in exchange for half an hour session within weeks of beginning her cam career), is familiar to very few industry newcomers.
As such, a new revenue stream has emerged for veteran cybersexuals: showing the new girls the ropes. Spring-boarding off a robust social media following, Romi Chase dedicated herself to securing regulars and within a matter of months, reached the top 0.4 percentile of OnlyFans creators (there are roughly half a million cam girls operating on the site). Now, the Poland-native is sharing her success with others, creating an online workshop for women with a set of visual resources that detail how to get ahead on cam platforms, as well as a live chat feature for personal questions. Between camming and her online courses, she now rakes in roughly $10,000 dollars a month.
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