WEBINAR | Sunday 23 February 2025

What is OnlyFans? How does it work? Is it realistic for girls and young women to expect to quickly make loads of money on OnlyFans? Why do we keep hearing about women on OnlyFans, like Lily Phillips and Bonnie Blue, doing ever more desperate stunts?

These are some of the questions that this webinar addressed. OnlyFans survivor, Roxie Roots, and feminist activist, Elly Arrow, will discuss how OnlyFans works and how it is affecting women and girls more widely and what it means for society.

Speakers

Roxie Roots is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). After a life of not fitting in she ended up in the ‘sex abuse industry’, where she experienced all forms of commercial sexual abuse, including digital exploitation, as she witnessed the rise of OnlyFans. She has lived experience of how pornography shapes and fuels our culture and now speaks publicly about her experiences with a special focus on talking to youth about the marketing of ‘sexual liberation’ by educating about its harms. You can find links to her work on Linktree.

Elly Arrow is a feminist activist, who campaigns against sexual exploitation in Germany. Since 2017 she has been researching and publishing essays on how prostitution impacts on policy, the health of society and popular culture. She runs the German version of the Invisible Men project, which highlights the words used by sex buyers to describe prostituted women. Since 2023 she has been part of the Red Light Exposé podcast. You can find links to her work on Linktree.

Laura has been a member of NMN for the last year, and is passionate about fighting for the implementation of the Nordic Model. She views the relentless pornification of society through social media and OnlyFans, and what women can do to resist its onslaught, as one of the biggest priorities today in the battle for women’s rights today. Laura chaired the webinar.