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I've noticed a cultural shift in my 8 years in sex work. When I started, it was taken as a given that your content would get leaked eventually. And the obvious norm was, you couldn't justify selling that content anymore, because people could find it for free. 1/

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Men would get mad if you sold them something that had already been leaked, and it was sort of 'your fault' if you did that. Girls worked hard to keep their leaked content off the web so they could keep selling it. Today, I'm starting to see a shift of norms where 2/

10:03 PM · Jul 28, 2020

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the leaked content of sex workers is 'nonconsensually viewed', and you're still obligated and expected to pay for it if you viewed it without the consent of the worker, and if a sex worker sells you something that was leaked before, this is okay and people don't get mad. 3/

Aella

@Aella_Girl

Jul 28, 2020

I've even seen people voluntarily asking how they can pay for my content they've seen leaked online. This is mind blowing - I *never* got that when I first started sex work. It's crazy to see how the emphasis on consent is hitting consumers of porn. I kinda like it. 4/4

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