My friends and I always joke about selling feet pics online.

As economically strained youth, online sex work seems like a low-effort way to earn some pocket change or even gain financial freedom. We’re not alone.

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Through its proliferation of online sex work, OnlyFans has cemented its place as an era-defining part of our digital landscape. It was only a matter of time until it made its way to popular television. The latest season of HBO’s “Euphoria” and Apple TV ’s new show “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” take varying approaches to exploring the innards of the OnlyFans model. While “Euphoria” is sensationalist and voyeuristic, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” is grounded and honest.

Differences aside, both shows understand what it’s like to exist in 2026, where an unforgiving job market makes stripping for the camera seem like a path to easy money.

Depiction or demonization?

The first shot we see of Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) in Season 3 of "Euphoria" is a close-up of her bare buttocks in a dog costume. As the shot widens, we see Cassie, adorned with dog ears and a tight corset, bending over and lapping up water from a bowl on the ground. We later see her dressed up as a baby with a rattle in her mouth and pigtails in her hair, holding her legs open on the couch in a sheer pink shirt.

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