The webcam platform I used at the time, which took 40% of my earnings, largely failed to pay performers if clients cut the call after less than a minute.
It was 2020, I was in my overdraft every month, and there was little to no prospect of getting a pay rise at my ‘normal’ job any time soon, especially because of the pandemic – I felt lucky to be employed at all.
Over time, I realised that the risks to my mental health were not worth the money – I still have flashbacks to some of the grim requests I got during my year or so as a cam girl.
I was a camgirl until clients asked for racist and paedophilic content ‘Can you pretend to be a dirty little girl for me?’ the man on the other side of the webcam asked.
My ‘agent’ for adult camming services, who took 10% of my earnings, had told me that I’d get more customers for looking younger than my then-26 years.
