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{{Blockquote|I have unwittingly created a powerful 'brand' for myself: the wild intellectual, the bluestocking in garters. {{'}}''I came for the tits, but stayed for the intellectual banter'',{{'}} remarked one of my visitors, and another stated, {{'}}''most guys aren't looking for some airbrushed [[Barbie]]. They want real, intelligent girls – like you.''{{'}}<ref name=Katzen>{{Cite news |last=Katzen |first=Anna |date=9 February 2014 |title=From Harvard to Webcam Girl |url=https://www.salon.com/2014/02/10/from_harvard_to_webcam_girl/ |work=Salon |access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> [emphasis in original, links added]}}
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the webcamming industry experienced explosive growth.<ref>{{cite news |last = Boseley |first = Matilda |date = 22 December 2020 |title = 'Everyone and their mum is on it': OnlyFans booms in popularity during the pandemic |url = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/23/everyone-and-their-mum-is-on-it-onlyfans-boomed-in-popularity-during-the-pandemic |work = The Guardian |access-date = 15 January 2023}}</ref> The popular platform [[OnlyFans]] reported $2.4 billion in transactions in 2020, a 600% increase from 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Hancock |first1 = Alice |last2 = Nilsson |first2 = Patricia |date = 25 April 2021 |title = OnlyFans feels the lockdown love as transactions hit £1.7bn |url = https://www.ft.com/content/6d4562f8-166f-4a89-a3cb-db97123a6cf0 |work = Financial Times |___location = London |accessdate = 15 January 2023}}</ref> This was driven in part by a large influx of new creators with little or no previous experience in sex work who joined the platform due to unemployment.<ref>{{cite news |last = Freidman |first = Gillian |orig-date = 13 January 2021 |date = 21 October 2021 |title = Jobless, Selling Nudes Online and Still Struggling |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/business/onlyfans-pandemic-users.html |work = New York Times |access-date = 15 January 2023}}</ref>
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