Vegas Cam Girls

With the coronavirus forcing millions of people to stay home, a new class of women has been thrust into the spotlight: cam girls. These online performers, whose sex acts are captured on video and shared with a paying audience through chat platforms and social media, are gaining popularity even as they struggle to maintain their privacy and avoid exploitation.

Zoe Carter, also known as LittleRedBunny, is a cammer who started five years ago when she lost her job. Though she had always been interested in sexuality, she didn’t have a porn background or stripping experience. But she liked interacting with her mostly male audience and found that viewers tipped her generously for sexy actions like rubbing her breasts, spanking herself with a paddle or wearing a thong in the bathtub.

Many cam models, in addition to live shows, offer private performances, or fetish demands, such as foot-worship, role-play, and penis humiliation for an additional fee. They also make money by accepting viewer requests and from subscriptions. But they often take a hefty cut of the total revenue due to processing fees and the fact that major credit card companies don’t work with adult entertainment sites.

Vegas Cam Girls, part memoir, part essay is a complex, often harrowing, look at how online desire can be manipulated. Mazzei’s narrative, like the diaries by Anais Nin and Catherine Millet offers a selfreflexive perspective on female sexuality in a modern context.