Anda has partnered with researchers from the US and the UK to explore the experiences of adult content creators. Based on the findings of this research, we will develop a support program and a resource/guide for creators, which will be published here on this site. In the meantime, you can read about the research below.
Meet the team of researchers responsible for the project
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This research project explores the experiences of adult content creators. Specifically, it investigates the reasons that our participants began making content, what the work means for their personal, professional and financial lives, how they develop their online personas, how they negotiate boundaries with subscribers and followers and other content creators, their day-to-day process in creating content, the possible empowerment they may gain from their online work, and the possible tolls they may experience.
Data collection for the project took place in August and September 2024. Fifty two interviews were conducted, of which 19 with creators based in Brazil and 33 in the USA. While the project recruited both queer and heterosexual creators of all genders and racial backgrounds, its main focus is was on queer men of colour. Participants have been recruited through X (formally known as Twitter) using convenience sampling. A distinctive feature of the project is that it was designed with content creators, as one of the researchers is an active content creator. This has not only facilitated access to participants, but also ensured that efforts have been taken to avoid stigmatisation through research.
The project will focus on several areas of analysis: a comparison of racialised experiences of participants across the two countries, a comparison of the experiences of gay/queer content creators with straight content creators, and a comparison of the experiences of male and male perceived content creators with those of female and female perceived content creators. We will aim to publish papers in all these areas.
One of the key elements of this project is giving back to the community. Thus, on this website we will not only publish our findings but will also create resources, toolkits and/or guides for content creators. The aim is be to support current and future content creators in navigating the world of online content creation – focusing on such areas as a day-to-day reality of adult content creation, dealing with followers, ethics and negotiating boundaries and creating safe working environments with other content creators, tips for beginners, and much more.
If you have any questions about the project please email: Dr Jesus Smith (in English) [email protected] or Dr Dom Jackson-Cole (in English or Portuguese) [email protected]
This research was authorised by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Lawrence University (Protocol Number: 072224_Smith). If you have any complaint about the research please call +1 915 867 0729 or email [email protected].
Is an Associate Professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Program as well as an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He received his PhD in Sociology in 2017 from Texas A&M University where he studied the
intersections of systemic racism, masculinity, and sexuality and how they influence mental and sexual health. He has published various research pieces, including peer-reviewed articles and chapters in such venues as Archives of Sexual Behavior, Aids & Behavior, and Issues in Race & Society. Jesús co-edited a collection of essays through Lexington Books titled Home and Community for Queer Men of Color: The Intersection of Race and Sexuality Currently, he has a book contract with NYU Press for his first sole authored manuscript. Alongside his academic work, he has published op-ed pieces and public sociological essays in such venues as RacismReview, Black Perspectives, and Latinx Talk.
His research has been featured and his expertise sought after in popular media presses including VICE, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone Magazine. Similarly, he has given invited talks/seminars/presentations and has won a national research fellowship, the Woodrow Wilson National Foundation Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty.
Currently works as the Early Career Academic at the University of Derby, UK. Dom has worked in UK higher education since 2007 in the fields of Widening Participation (WP) and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and combines practitioner, policymaker and researcher experiences.
Dom contributed to several nationwide initiatives to improve diversity and inclusion in UK higher education and has successes in closing the racialised awarding gap at various universities. For the latter Dom was awarded the title of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021). Dom’s PhD (2019) explored how students of colour navigate through racism in postgraduate STEM education to achieve success.
Currently Dom’s research focuses on decoloniality in higher education, as well as the intersection of sex, sexuality, sex work and sex education with race. Outside of higher education, Dom runs a successful EDI consultancy and has worked with such companies and organisations as the Global Secretariat of Amnesty International, the Wellcome Trust, HP Inc., OC&C Strategy Consultants, the British Film Institute and Manolo Blahnik.
Dom has lived in six countries, is fluent in four languages and loves travelling, having visited 53 countries and territories.
Is an Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at Lawrence University. Marcy’s research focuses on the ways that universities, NGOs, and non-profit organizations negotiate political and economic systems that constrain and empower their work.
Marcy’s current project focuses on the impact of neoliberalism on gender, sexuality, and women’s studies programs, examining how institutional priorities for efficiency, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness shape the ways that gender, women and sexuality studies programs frame their work.
Marcy’s previous project examined how Philippine anti-trafficking NGOs build legitimacy through affective narratives and the circulation of emotion. A committed advocate of community-engaged research, Marcy is co-leading the MO Ho Justice Oral Histories Project with the MO Ho Justice Coalition, a sex worker rights organization in Missouri. Co-designed with members of the sex-working community, this project aims to preserve and amplify the knowledge produced by sex workers for the broader sex work community.
She is also the recipient of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Mellon Faculty Fellowship. Marcy’s teaching interests are wide-ranging. She teaches courses on intersectional feminist theory, decolonial feminist theory, feminist non-profit organizations, and feminist methods.
Is an industrial-organizational (I/O) psychologist; she studies psychological phenomena within the context of organizations and work.
She conducts research with the purpose of understanding and improving the diverse lives and workplace experiences of individuals.
Her research focuses on various facets of identity, diversity, and inclusion in organizations. She seeks to better understand.
1) the myriad experiences of individuals in organizations across different identities (e.g. gender, age, race) and contexts (e.g. at work, at home)
2) how both individuals and organizations can promote more equitable experiences for all members of organizations.
She holds a B.S. in Psychology from Davidson College and M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences from Rice University. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Davidson College.
Is a senior at Lawrence University with a major in Ethnic Studies and a double minor in Economics and Government.
She hopes to pursue a career in the legal field post graduation and wishes to attend law school in the future.
She has loved participating in several Ethnic Studies research projects since the summer of 2024 and is excited to see how her degree can be applied post graduation.
In her free time, she enjoys being a Great British Bake-Off enthusiast and baking for her friends and family.
Is a double major in Global Studies and Ethnic Studies at Lawrence University. He is particularly interested in decolonial thought, social and political philosophy, racial capitalism, and questions of identity.
After graduating, he intends to pursue a PhD program and work toward a career as a researcher and scholar. In his free time, he is an avid reader, museum enthusiast, and harsh restaurant critic.