Ryder Vale, journalist and writer for Only Fans Insider Magazine There’s a specific kind of modern fame that looks like freedom until it doesn’t. One minute you’re a 20-year-old creator with a recognizable look, a recognizable car, a recognizable name—moving between cities, building a brand across platforms, turning attention into income the way this decade taught a whole generation to do. The next minute, you’re a headline. According to El País, Nicole Pardo Molina —known online as “La...

Written by Ryder Vale, journalist and editorial writer for Only Fans Insider Magazine When Joseph dropped the Forbes link in my inbox, it came with his usual half-joking, half-serious energy: “Read this. Then tell me what’s actually going on.” I clicked it at my kitchen table with a coffee that had already gone cold, the kind of morning where your phone feels heavier than it should. The headline glowed back at me like a neon sign on a rain-slicked street: “Creator Startup Fanvue Raises $22...

By Ryder Vale, staff writer and this week's gossip columnist (?) As soon as the Instagram Reel went live from creator @PiperRockelle, something interesting happened online: within about 34 minutes, fans began commenting not on the content itself, but on what they perceived as a bruise on her right upper arm. Comments like: “Does anyone see her bruises on her arm???” — @betsey_burghardt “Piper what happened to your arm?!?!!?!” — @y0_karma_ started piling up on social media soon after. There’s...