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Adult Content Creators Confront Misogyny from Livestreamers and Podcasters

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Adult film star Willow Ryder and others faced harassment from livestreamer Clavicular (Braden Peters) at a Miami party, sparking a wider conversation about the objectification and humiliation of sex workers by 'manosphere' influencers.

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Adult film star Willow Ryder didn’t immediately recognize the man who entered the Miami party she was at earlier this month, but she knew he wasn’t part of the sex work industry. [...] Update: 5/29/2026, 11:15 AM EDT: WIRED updated the article post publication with a comment from Ryan Pownall.

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