Well that’s sad. Why can’t a professional just live from their profession ?

Literally capitalism. So the wealthy can exploit and take more from us while not being held accountable.

And it shouldn’t be lost on us that those who are often at the top and avoid accountability are most often men, white, and conservative. Go figure.

It’s still weird and kind of depressing to me. What if you are a great comics artist but you happen to care about your intimacy and not want to share it ? Guess you’re fucked. As a woman you don’t get to just do your job and get compensated for it, you also have to show le titties.

Yes, it is depressing. But also strength at the same time to continue to make these comics that challenge people’s world view. Art shouldn’t be comfortable, it should say something. But those in power don’t like being uncomfortable. Nor do reactionary conservatives. It’s icky to confront feelings and the fact that they might be bad people. So, instead, attack and victim blame. Darvo, avoid accountability at all costs as it would result in personal loss otherwise. And that’s how we get back to neoliberal capitalism. Lack of empathy, exploitation, refusing accountability. All taught and rewarded by society as it results in better profits.

Meanwhile, those with principles and/or those not on top must do what they can to survive. A noble goal like teaching? Defunded, an educated proletariat is something to fear. So, yes, just as someone forced into starvation makes a choice to steal to survive, a woman forced into a situation such as predatory debt in a capitalist society may make the decision to do something like onlyfans. Not because she wants to, just like the thief, but because it’s survival. We linked our human survival to capital, why should any of us be surprised when we make choices to survive?

That’s the depressing part. Society is built that way, built on exploitation, built to extract and pushes many of us to the brink. Better that then allowing us the time to better ourselves, better our health, better our education. Because then we would have better access to the time and tools necessary to disrupt those at the top and finally hold them accountable for the violence they commit on us everyday.