The rise of subscription-based adult content platforms has disrupted traditional sex work hierarchies, yet they have also reproduced—and intensified—new forms of digital dependency. This paper analyzes the controversial online persona of “Caryn Beaumont,” a mid-tier OnlyFans creator whose content strategy explicitly marketed a “slave” dynamic to subscribers. Moving beyond moral panic, this paper examines how Beaumont’s career operationalizes the language of historical bondage as a commodified aesthetic. Through a mixed-method analysis of her public tweets, pay-per-view (PPV) messages, and leaked content descriptors, we argue that Beaumont’s “digital slavery” is neither liberation nor straightforward exploitation, but a hyper-ritualized form of parasocial labor where boundaries between performance, economic coercion, and fan entitlement collapse.
OnlyFans, digital labor, paraphilic capitalism, parasocial relationships, Caryn Beaumont, erotic submission. 1. Introduction In 2023, a pseudonymous creator known as “Caryn Beaumont” gained niche notoriety on OnlyFans not for high-production glamour, but for a raw, brutalist aesthetic of submission. Her bio read: “Your digital slave. No limits. No safe word. Pay to command.” Over 18 months, Beaumont reportedly generated $470,000 by allowing paying subscribers to dictate her daily activities—from wardrobe choices to self-harm adjacent acts (simulated, per her disclaimers) and real-time humiliation scripts. OnlyFans 2024 Caryn Beaumont Slave Leia Sextape...
Dr. A. M. Theoretique, Department of Digital Sociology & Media Studies The rise of subscription-based adult content platforms has
Most subscribers did not physically harm Beaumont. However, qualitative analysis of 200 task requests found that 68% involved emotional or physical degradation, 22% were neutral (e.g., “wear a red dress”), and 10% were prosocial (e.g., “take a break, here’s $50”). The platform’s review system did not flag degradation as abuse because it was pre-negotiated . Beaumont thus became a human shield, absorbing violent fantasies that might otherwise be enacted offline. Through a mixed-method analysis of her public tweets,