The Professional Girlfriend: Inside OnlyFans
About this episode
Mehak interviews Gracie Canaan about her experiences as an OnlyFans creator and the complexities of digital intimacy.
This week, Mehak sits down with Gracie Canaan—comedian, writer, actress, and OnlyFans creator—to go inside the world of digital intimacy from both sides of the screen. We love to judge the women who sell intimacy online, but who's really creating the demand? As one half of the six-part investigative podcast OnlyFantasy (made with journalist Leon Neyfakh), Gracie has spent a lot of time thinking about the harder questions this platform raises. Gracie explains how she branded herself the "professional girlfriend," and why she now chooses late-night OnlyFans conversations over Hinge dates. She sets the record straight on the roughly 90% of OF subscribers who are married, her half-joking mission to "save men," and why the real ick isn't being on the platform — it's being cheap on it. Plus, Mehak and Gracie disagree on whether OnlyFans counts as cheating, and the bigger lesson underneath it all: that inconvenience is the price of community, and rebuilding it starts with strengthening the social muscles we let atrophy. You can find Gracie @savegraciecanaan on Instagram, and catch her live shows and tour dates at graciecanaan.com/subscribe Listen to OnlyFantasy on Apple Podcasts…
People in this episode
Host: Mehak
Guest: Gracie Canaan
Topics covered
- digital intimacy
- OnlyFans
- relationships
- comedy
- social dynamics
- marriage
- community
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: OnlyFans, OnlyFantasy, Epidemic Sound, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music
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