OnlyFans creator gives advice to students about online content: “The permanence of that visibility carries real consequences”
Recently, Professor Nicole K. McNichols brought in OnlyFans content creator Ari Kytsya to speak to her class to see “the full picture” of the real world.
Nicole K. McNichols, professor of human sexuality at the University of Washington, recently sparked a conversation when she posted on Instagram about a special guest she had come in to speak to her students, Ari Kytsya. The 24-year-old is a well-known OnlyFans content creator and influencer on social media.
While the educator was expecting to get people engaged in the conversation with the post, she wasn’t expecting it to go as viral as it did. Over 2 millions people have since seen McNichols’ Instagram post with some making supportive comments but others highly critical of her decision.
McNichols wrote an article in Psychology Today to give her unfiltered explanation on the purpose and context of Ari’s visit firsthand.
Ari Kytsya is not the first sex worker to speak to McNichols’ students
McNichols explained in Psychology Today that she often has various people come speak to her students throughout any given quarter from a professional dominatrix and a porn star to panels of trans guests and people in polyamorous relationships. These visits to her class allow the guests to share their lived experiences to pair “science with humanity so students can see the full picture, not just the sanitized or simplified version.”
The professor of the largest human sexuality course in the nation said that Ari’s “online presence is very different from what many people imagine when they hear ‘OnlyFans model’.” McNichols described Ari as “warm, grounded, funny, and thoughtful” and pointed out that unlike many other female content creators on OnlyFans, Ari has a large female following.
“Her audience sees her as a whole person, not a stereotype,” explained McNichols, which was exactly why she wanted her students to learn from Ari.
OnlyFans star shares insights about her profession
Ari shared with McNichols’ students that she didn’t accomplish her popularity on social media out of sheer luck, but through “years of effort, brand-building, strategy, and emotional labor.” Additionally, one needs to learn to navigate scams and exploitation as well as developing boundaries, which she “fiercely” protects.
Unlike mainstream porn, performing on OnlyFans gives her the ability to control the content of her videos. “For a woman to reclaim that autonomy in a historically exploitative industry is meaningful, and students found it eye-opening to hear it directly from someone who lives it,” explained McNichols.
Ari is well aware of the career path she has taken and gave “blunt, important advice” to McNichols’ students: “Only pursue this work if there is truly nothing else you want to do. Online content lasts forever, and the permanence of that visibility carries real consequences.”
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