Dunne's documentary, Cam Girlz, was one of the collaborations to come out of the Mansion project. In addition to the porn scam, scammers also threaten to destroy data on a person’s computer or say they’re going to come to a person’s workplace and perform an act of violence. Initially shot at the Mansion, it features the stories of 37 models—Kate and Aella among them—and showcases the dignity, opportunity, and freedom that come with camming. I didn't have a job, and I was sleeping on a friend's couch with no money," she said. "I gave it a shot by myself. But in the early years, the adult entertainment industry was dominated by large production companies like Vivid Entertainment and Wicked Pictures that signed up stars, shot their films and promoted them at industry events and strip clubs. But the same economic downtown that shrank the 401Ks of America's office workers a decade ago also gutted large porn production companies.





For one, some of the tube sites started cleaning up their acts—cracking down on copyright violators and creating ways for performers and production companies to work with them to monetize content. Soles is a relative newcomer to the industry, who started her accounts within the past month. She appeared to be sporting a baby bump on her new Facebook show 9 News Watch earlier this month. This makes a show profitable for the performer, at a relatively low cost to the viewer. There's a model for everyone in the camming world, and once a viewer finds their ideal cam model they won't stop following. Whereas Aella said, "I never have really been comfortable being seductive or sexy as a woman," and approaches camming as a sort of performance art. Aella recently conducted a survey of about 230 models on MFC, partly because she intends to write a book about the industry.



One of the most famous models in the industry is Sophia Locke, who founded an event series called the Cam Girl Mansion, and its importance cannot be overstated for model networking and empowerment. Like this one: During one session on a site called MyFreeCams, a model named Brielle sat next to still unopened gifts, describing her mundane weekend plans. There are institutions called "studios" where someone (almost always a man) provides the computer, room, and internet connection in return for a large cut of the earnings, usually for a multitude of women, and with varying degrees of legitimacy. Other performers work at large professional studios that rent space — there is one in West Miami-Dade, and even one in the heart of Los Angeles' Hollywood district, billed as the world's largest cam studio. Camming is a way to express sexuality that feels safe and insulated, and the distance created by virtual space makes possible a kind of introverted exhibitionism. While camming is considered safer than many other forms of lesbian sex gif work, cam workers certainly face their own challenges, and there isn’t a universal camming guide for performers or customers that lays out expectations and boundaries.





And as camming changes to imbue models with progressively greater agency and stake in their own business, it's also changing the nature of porn and lesbian Sex gif work in general. Most models, like 25-year-old Lisa Klark, work from home. Whenever Delannoy mentioned these "partners" or "stakeholders," she emphasized that she means models, studios, and members—LiveJasmin considers the models vested parties in a business model that needs to be increasingly symbiotic to survive. Talking with models, I wasn't surprised to hear that they have difficulty networking. With advancements in technologies viewers now have the ability to control angles at the push of a button from thousands of miles away. Most of her viewers right now are her "friends," who seem happy just to hang out, listen to her talk, and reminisce about their shared stories. Ratzlaff did all the right things, according to Eric Vanderburg, vice president of cybersecurity at Greensboro, North Carolina-based computer forensics firm TCDI.