Photo/design, courtesy of community consultant

It’s a Shame is a digital site-specific performance that takes place on OnlyFans, and offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the complex realities of being a sex worker. It situates sex work as simply that–work. It’s a Shame digs into that familiar tension so many of us feel between the need to work and provide for ourselves, while also trying to balance self-compassion, rest and care.

Conceived by Lucy Coren, and co-created by Lucy and Nevaeh, a sex worker and birth worker in Toronto, this work is performed by Nevaeh and is a composite of elements of her own life, as well as material generated by interviews with other folks in the sex work industry in the city.

Lucy Coren – Co-creator and Director
Nevaeh May – Co-creator and Performer
Rinchen Dolma – Performer
Brandon Lorimer – Performer
Miquelon Rodriguez – Broadcast Designer
Community Consultants: Riley, Shawtay, Christina