Megan Prescott - From Child Actor to Sex Work Advocate, Shame, and Liberation

Megan Prescott joins Eva Oh on #teakink to discuss the complexities of growing up in the public eye, navigating OnlyFans, and confronting internalized shame. She shares her journey from child acting to stripping (badly), how sex work became a financial lifeline, and why society struggles with women owning their sexuality. Megan also breaks down the fight for sex work decriminalization in the UK, her role as Chair of National Ugly Mugs, and the real dangers of the Nordic Model. Plus, the tabloid obsession with nudes, funding her Edinburgh Fringe show, and the unexpected freedom of her autism diagnosis.

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(00:00) - Welcome. What is #teakink

(00:21) - Megan Prescott and her Character, Molly

(02:00) - The Issues of Child Acting, as a Child Actor

(08:00) - How OnlyFans Started Paying the Bills as not a Good Stripper

(14:15) - Internalised Shame and How Society Distances Women from Themselves and Their Sexuality

(17:30) - The Contradictions of Denying Sexuality as a Valuable Commodity

(24:00) - Megan on Becoming the Chair of National Ugly Mugs

(28:30) - What the Decriminalisation vs Legalisation of Sex Work Means in the UK

(33:40) - The Dangers of the Nordic Model

(34:30) - Amnesty's Support of Decriminalisation

(37:40) - Nudes, the Tabloids and Funding Her Edinburgh Fringe Show

(42:10) - The Liberation in Megan's Autism Diagnosis

(43:55) - Sex Work as an Education and of Intrigue, and the Fear and Confusion in Society

(49:00) - Marriage as Sex Work

(50:05) - Megan's New Podcast