The rise of OnlyFans managers, the footsteps of Frida Kahlo and what you should actually store in the fridge
1. The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’ View image in fullscreen Andrew Tate (left) and Markuss Hussle have both
1. The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’ View image in fullscreen Andrew Tate (left) and Markuss Hussle have both sold courses offering tips on managing women on OnlyFans. Composite: Guardian Design; @hussreels; Tasos Katopodis; allanswart; Vladimiroquai/Getty Images double quotation mark If you try to leave them they threaten to sue you, or they do sue you, or they threaten to post all your content somewhere else and make money off of you. As the pornography platform has exploded in popularity, a side industry has emerged: middlemen who encourage young women into the industry, then take a large cut of their earnings. Amelia Gentleman looked in depth at the world of OnlyFans management. Read more View image in fullscreen ‘I am the subject I know best’ … Kahlo and her pets in Self-Portrait with Monkeys, 1943.
Photograph: Archivart/Alamy The bar she drank at, the bed she recuperated in, the canals she day tripped to, the studio she stormed out of, the easel she painted her final masterpiece at … ahead of a major Tate show, Andrew Gilchrist found Kahlo’s spirit alive in Mexico City. Read more 3. ‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion View image in fullscreen ‘Personal taste has been seriously debased – if not completely destroyed – by technological advancement.’ Illustration: Elia Barbieri/The Guardian We know the internet has radically altered the way we form our opinions and beliefs. Now we’re waking up to another sobering truth: it has wrecked our capacity to form our own preferences. Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality – but the algorithm has made us all sheep.
Rachel Aroesti met the style rebels fighting back. Read more 4. Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’ View image in fullscreen ‘Campaigners say they were misled by local authorities who closed the Blue Lagoon in 2022 with a promise to reopen in 90 days.’ Photograph: Destinee Condison/The Guardian Activists argue that a multibillion-dollar all-inclusive tourism business model is “plantation tourism” designed to benefit rich visitors and the elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans. Natricia Duncan and Anthony Lugg spoke to some of them. Read more 5. The cold, hard truth: what you should actually store in the fridge – from red wine to nuts View image in fullscreen Chocolate, eggs, tomatoes and red wine: what should you keep in the fridge and what is best at room temperature?
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