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Getting Hooked on Quitting

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Liberal Arts Cuts Are Dangerous

Is College Necessary?

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Dying Parents Costing Millennials Dear

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Investing SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters ‘Dark’ Personalities Drawn to BTC

SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters

‘Dark’ Personalities Drawn to BTC

Reviews Lifestyle The New Sober Boom Getting Hooked on Quitting Education Liberal Arts Cuts Are Dangerous Is College Necessary? Finance Dying Parents Costing Millennials Dear Gen Z Investing In Le Creuset Crypto Investing SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters ‘Dark’ Personalities Drawn to BTC

Lifestyle The New Sober Boom Getting Hooked on Quitting

Getting Hooked on Quitting

Education Liberal Arts Cuts Are Dangerous Is College Necessary?

Liberal Arts Cuts Are Dangerous

Is College Necessary?

Finance Dying Parents Costing Millennials Dear Gen Z Investing In Le Creuset

Dying Parents Costing Millennials Dear

Gen Z Investing In Le Creuset

Crypto Investing SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters ‘Dark’ Personalities Drawn to BTC

Investing SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters ‘Dark’ Personalities Drawn to BTC

SEC vs Celebrity Crypto Promoters

‘Dark’ Personalities Drawn to BTC

On “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and “Euphoria,” the body is the hustle

OnlyFans is just one of the gigs featured on two shows that depict how capitalism extracts its dues from our flesh

Published May 4, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)

It’s been a minute since most of the public heard from Shannon Elizabeth. Remember her? Elizabeth was an early aughts sex symbol, launched to fame by breakout roles in “American Pie,” “Scary Movie” and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.” She’s appeared in Maxim and cleaned up in poker tournaments when that was a thing. Aside from a string of small roles over the last decade, Elizabeth hasn’t given people much to talk about — until last month, when she cleared $1.2 million during her first week on OnlyFans.

Her debut on the adult content streaming platform was carefully promoted and justified in a People magazine exclusive published one day before her page went live on April 16. “I’ve spent my entire career working in Hollywood, where other people controlled the narrative and the outcome of my career,” she told the magazine, later adding, “I really do think this is the future.”

If a college degree is no longer a sure path to a comfortable middle-class lifestyle, high school diplomas are worth even less. All that any of us can offer in exchange, then, is ourselves – our identities, yes, but also our muscle and our flesh.

Maybe the future is now. Elizabeth has jumped into a pool where “Wild Things” star Denise Richards and Carmen Electra have been swimming for some time. Besides, there are few better indicators that the previously taboo has gone mainstream than when........

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