So it’s come to this.

Hannah Smothers reports at Fusion.

Girls gone wired: Why college women are embracing online sex work

For just a dollar, you can send your first message to Valerie, a 22-year-old college student living in southern Georgia. If she responds, you can spend more money to keep chatting. Maybe you’ll discuss literature, her tattoos—or whatever is on your mind. Eventually, you might feel comfortable enough to request a video of her doing an exotic dance (one of her favorite hobbies). Every dollar you spend will help her pay her tuition.

Valerie is one of more than 10,000 female members on MyGirlFund, where men pay women to chat, send custom fetish photos and videos, and perform for them via live webcam. An agriculture student with a full course load, she decided to become a “cam girl” on the site when the two part-time jobs she held down weren’t providing enough of an income.

“I used to be a manager of an adult store, so I guess I always played around with the idea of camming or any kind of sex work,” Valerie told Fusion. (She requested that we not use her real name for privacy.) “My family has no money, so when this opportunity came up, I was like, ‘Wow this is real, I can do this, I’m comfortable with it, it’s really gonna make a difference.’”