OnlyFans and Cliché

Laid Off And Considering An OnlyFans

Melanie Ehrenkranz | Laid Off | 14th October 2026

Interview with a former writer who decided to get serious about selling adult content online after being laid off in 2024. The challenges were similar to other forms of internet publishing: "It became obvious pretty quickly that it’s really a marketing business." The most famous platform, OnlyFans, is "insanely saturated" and hard to crack. Niche stuff, such as VR content, has a better effort:reward ratio (2,500 words)

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The Potential Of Cliché

Harriet S. Hughes | Post45 | 28th October 2026

Magazine editorial, making the case for cliché. "Clichés express the ineradicable sociality of the self, the fraught but ever-present relationship of self to society. They are 'micro-institutions', sparking social affirmation and connection, and lubricating the working of communal life." What if cliché is not annoying repetition, but rather a common starting point for creative thought? (3,700 words)