How A Group Of Dancers Sparked A Unionization Effort At A Los Angeles Strip Club
The women hope to make Star Garden the first unionized strip club in 25 years.
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These Strippers Are Planning To Unionize
The dancers at Star Gardens in Los Angeles would be the only unionized club in the country.
These Strippers Are Protesting For Safer Work Conditions In Hollywood. Instagram “Mistakenly Removed” Their Account.
Strippers United had planned protests over unsafe working conditions and the firing of two dancers.
Asian Sex Workers Want To Decriminalize Unlicensed Massage Work One Year After Atlanta Shootings
Chinese and Korean migrant women made up the majority of arrests for unlicensed massage in New York City.
How An OnlyFans “Dick Rating” Request Wound Up In Court
Lawsuits from Sarah Stage and Jessica Quezada say they became targets of bullying and threats when they tried to leave Unruly.
The Dilemma OnlyFans Creators Face When They Say No To Fans
Though the site has tried to expand to include a wider range of creators, audience expectations for sex content has driven some performers off the platform.
OnlyFans Creators Say This Agency Trapped Them In Exploitative Contracts And Published Nudes Without Consent
Clients said their contracts threatened six-figure penalties if they left, and account managers said they felt pressured to clock as many as 100 hours a week.
Guidance Counselors Sent The Alleged Michigan School Shooter Back To Class Before The Attack. The Superintendent Says They Didn’t Have All The Facts.
The counselors “did not have all the facts we now know,” Superintendent Tim Throne wrote in a letter to the Oxford community.
Police Say The Fiancé Of Missing "Van Life" Influencer Gabby Petito Has Disappeared Too
"All of Gabby's family want the world to know that Brian is not missing, he is hiding," the Petito family attorney said.
“I Needed To Film Today And I Physically Can’t”: Online Sex Workers Are Burning Out
The platform’s brief prohibition of sexual content was unsurprising to many workers who often feel they’re treated as disposable and say their livelihoods have become increasingly precarious even as the site’s popularity has exploded.
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Terabytes Of Stolen Adult Content From OnlyFans Have Leaked
An OnlyFans spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that no breach occurred, but sex workers are outraged.
Her Colleagues Watched Her OnlyFans Account At Work. When Bosses Found Out, They Fired Her.
In a recording, the young mechanic's boss can be heard telling her the OnlyFans account "might encourage [her coworkers] to approach you with unwanted sexual conduct or comments."
Pornhub Purged Almost 80% Of Its Content — More Than 10 Million Videos — From Its Site
The takedowns are the latest in a series of sweeping changes that have shocked the adult industry.
Porn Stars Vs. Instagram: Inside The Battle To Remain On The Platform
Sex workers and Instagram tried to make peace over takedowns in a meeting this summer. Then porn star Jessica Jaymes’ account was incorrectly removed — after she died.
“We’re In Hard Times Right Now.” Meet The Nursing Students Turning To OnlyFans To Get By.
“At the end of the day, nobody is paying my rent for me, nobody’s gonna pay my car insurance, my phone bill, my cat food. Nothing.”
How An OnlyFans “Dick Rating” Request Wound Up In Court
Lawsuits from Sarah Stage and Jessica Quezada say they became targets of bullying and threats when they tried to leave Unruly.
They Blamed A Victim For Her Own Murder. Here's How Women Are Responding.
“Every woman deserves to be heard,” Instagram user @2day4night told BuzzFeed News. “And I think Russian women are little heard.”
Everyone Is Making Porn At Home Now. Will The Porn Industry Survive?
Even Beyoncé is rapping about OnlyFans.
Naomi Osaka Beat Serena Williams In A Chaotic, Controversial Final Of The US Open
In a match marked by a blowout argument between Williams and tennis officials, the 20-year-old Osaka is the first Japanese-born woman to win a Grand Slam final.
Black Trans Sex Workers Want People To Say Their Names — While They’re Alive
"Everybody takes to the streets, and they rally, they protest. But where was that same energy when that lady was alive?"