When will Americans finally learn to head that old maxim “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Recently the woman formerly known as Rachel Dolezal was fired from her teaching position when it was revealed she has an OnlyFans account. It was a move that was prudish, antiquated, and completely unnecessary. You could have just not hired her to begin with, she’s Rachel Dolezal.
What a woman does with her body is her business. Whether it’s to make a little extra money or merely express and explore her sexuality, posting lewd photos on a website for consenting adults should not bar her from any other form of employment, period. Now, masquerading as a person of color and even rising through the ranks of your local NAACP chapter before being found out, that’s another story.
Firing Rachel Dolezal over having an OnlyFans page is like firing Armie Hammer over his performance in “The Lone Ranger.” There are way better reasons to fire those people! Reasons not routed in harmful slut shaming and dated notions on human sexuality.
It’s sad that America’s attitude toward sex work is so behind the times. Especially when our attitude toward blackface is apparently “Well, they can still be a teacher.” This country needs 100% less hate and 100% more horniness.
If one of my son’s teachers, say Ms. Donnavan for example, had an Onlyfans account (she doesn’t, I’ve checked several times,) I would have absolutely no problem with her continuing to educate my child. She is an adult, with agency, and I would have no doubt that she is capable of separating her professional and personal life. I would not raise a fuss, and I would pay top dollar for a video of her smoking a cigarette and talking about how a worm like me could never please her.
Now, if Ms. Donnavan was an infamous race impersonator who committed welfare fraud after the release of her book “In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World,” I might petition the school board to review her terms of employment.
If the Arizona school board has any interest in joining the rest of us here in the 21st century they will rehire Rachel Dolezal and then fire her again for the right reason.
She’s not even posing nude on her Onlyfans! Not saying she should be fired for that either, but like, could I have my $9.99 back?
Photo by Aaron Robert Kathman.