The newest influencers? Porn stars.

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

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Summary

Sex sells. So does outrage. That's why these sex workers are making rage bait.

In the past few months, UK and Australian-based OnlyFans creators like Bonnie Blue and Annie Knight made headlines for their extreme sex stunts, most notably for sleeping with over 100 men in one day. But in addition to these stunts, they also appear on controversial podcasts to gain traction, or do day in the life vlogs - much like your average everyday influencer. And they're making bank. So how did we get to this point?

Brittany wanted to know more, and find out why this matters for those of us who don't consume this content. So, she sat down with New York Magazine writer Rebecca Jennings and writer and author Charlotte Shane to discuss the blurry lines of sex work, influencing, and rage bait. For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR,
0:07.6	a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.
0:19.8	Sex sells.
0:22.1	It's an age-old adage.
0:24.9	But online, there's something that sells just as much, if not more, than sex.
0:30.9	Outrage.
0:33.1	And what happens when you put the two together?
0:36.4	Well, in the past couple of months, we've seen a lot of tabloidy headlines of a few only
0:42.9	fans creators who are doing what could reasonably be called like rage bait porn, which is
0:47.9	they do these extreme sex stunts where they're having sex with, you know, up to
0:53.0	100 guys in a day or even a thousand guys in a day.
0:56.0	And as you can imagine, people have a lot of feelings about it.
0:58.6	That is Rebecca Jennings, features writer at New York Magazine.
1:01.9	I actually see it as like not very sexual at all.
1:04.6	I think it's more similar to something like a Mr. Beast video.
1:07.2	This confluence of influencer and sex work prompted Rebecca to write why rage bait
1:12.9	only fan stars like Bonnie Blue have success for Vulture. She spoke to creators Bonnie Blue,
1:19.7	Lily Phillips, and Annie Knight about how they've used rage to capitalize on the shock and awe
1:25.2	of these stunts. To be a successful only fans model, you do have to have what I usually call like content
1:30.8	creator brain or influencer brain where like you are always trying to talk yourself.
1:37.3	The OnlyFans discourse pushes people's buttons so effectively.
1:42.1	It really brings out everything they feel, their desire,
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