No, don't touch my...you just nip flashed me!

Stand!

(bouncy music)

- Hi there, I'm Aria, and as the camming industry

continues to thrive, I figure, "What better way

"to learn more about this unique and fascinating

profession than by spending the day with a cam girl?"

Oh, that's locked.

I'm meeting Scarlet, a cam girl who, like many others,

earns money by performing online in nude cam shows.

Scarlet is also a vegan and animal

lover, who owns a dog named Ash.

- I started camming in April of last year,

so I've been camming almost a year now.

- A year, wow. After I eventually realized

that a pet store might not be the most

appropriate place to discuss camming,

we head back to Scarlet's apartment.

What is this? - Oh, it's just

one of my presents that I get.

- You get presents? - I do get presents.

- What's in it? - I have no clue.

You wanna try to guess?

What does it feel like?

- What do you say, what do you think?

- It's a pony. - It's a pony?

- It's a pony, I put that on my wishlist, you got me.

- What are some stuff you've got on your wishlist?

- My desk in my room and my carpet,

and my mattress topper was from my wishlist.

- So basically your entire house is...

- Yeah, everything. - Is there a chance

this is going to be inappropriate?

- Possibly. (ripping)

- Oh, actually, this is not dirty, we're good.

- Fantastic. - Let's see.

Aw, it's a choker! - It's a choker.

Yes. - A really cute one.

- I definitely knew what that was.

Is that a bath mat? That's a gigantic bath mat.

Rocky, you wanna come over here, give her a whirl?

How is that for ya?

What would you give that on a scale of one to ten?

- That's a good number. - That's a good number.

Scarlet then takes us into her bedroom,

where she will usually cam from.

- Can you say hi? (laughs)

This is a loveince, this is what a

lot of girls use on Chatter Bee.

Basically, this goes inside you with the tail hanging out.

So it connects to your laptop, and when you get tips

on the website, it makes this buzz,

so depending on how much you tip

is how long it buzzes for and how hard.

- She also shows more of the toys she'll often use on cam.

- Nipple clamps. - Oh my.

- I have handcuffs, whips... - This is like

a very dirty version of Mary Poppins' purse.

- Yes! I have a ball gag, it's like a...

and it nipple clamps as well.

♪ Wise men say only fools rush in ♪

- How did you get into camming?

When I was 15 my dad kicked me out because he wanted to live

with his girlfriend at the time, who didn't like me,

and so I had to drop out of school to get a job,

and I was working as a dishwasher.

I was working 10 to 14 hours a day, and I knew I wanted

to do camming, but I waited until a couple of months

after I turned 18; I figured I would just try this

and see how it goes, and it kind of saved my life,

because I was so miserable doing what I was doing.

A lot of people think that camming is just only like

having a webcam and masturbating,

but for me, for instance, it's about like

building a community and bonding with people

and getting to know people offline as well.

Growing up, for me, I was bullied,

and something that I found was helpful

was to be in chatrooms online in places where

I could talk to other people online.

So this is why I enjoy doing what I do so much,

because I'm still doing what I used to do,

like I'm just talking to people in a chatroom.

- What's it like for your roommate?

How does that work? - I had to make sure

she was okay, before she moved in, with what I did,

and luckily she is, and she's supportive of me.

For her, probably it sounds like I'm

just in a very enthusiastic Skype call.

- Soon after, Scarlet informs her followers

that she's going live. - So, right now,

people are just realizing that I'm live,

and they'll start coming in slowly.

- This person says, "Well hey Aria,

how has the day been going?"

So polite! My day is going swell.

So this is how a typical show goes?

- Yeah, so this is the warming up.

We already have almost 300 people watching.

- Scarlet currently makes up to $700 per session,

with an audience averaging around 2,000 to 3,000 viewers.

- Do you want to spank me, or do you want to be spanked?

- These are questions I didn't think

I was going to be ready for today.

(slaps)

- How many is that, three?

- God damn it, Ryan. (slap) - Alright, have a good day!

- Have a good day! (laughs)

These people are very friendly.

- Yeah, they are, this is what I mean.

A lot of rooms are not where it's just all demands

and dirty things, a lot of the time as well,

it's just like people coming in for conversation.

- As the show progresses, more requests,

specifically for me, start to come in.

- Do you want to flash your feet?

- Oh, oh!

- Nordic guy says, "Can we tip to get his clothes off?"

There's going to be no nudity here.

But luckily, as I knew I couldn't get inappropriate

on camera, I already had something up my sleeve.

You're gonna get something even better

than any show in a little bit.

- I'm really really excited for this.

- And she should be, because since I didn't want

to let her viewers down, I preemptively arranged

for a local theater company to come join me

in the camming industry's first ever

live theatrical performance of the classic 1980

musical spectacular, Les Miserables.

- I've always wanted to do Les Mis,

and not had the chance to do it before,

so I'm really excited to really nail

this version here that we're doing today.

(chanting)

- 2,000 viewers now. - They want to see a show,

we're going to give them a show.

- They're going to get something.

- We can't mess this up.

- Les Miserables! - Les Miserables!

♪ As they turn your dreams to shame... ♪

- So how did you like the show?

- I loved it, I thought it was incredible.

♪ And there's his name! ♪ ♪ Three days are all I need. ♪

♪ Then I'll return, I pledge my word. ♪

♪ Then I'll return. ♪ ♪ You must think me mad! ♪

- (Scarlet) My viewers loved it, they were writing

in the chat the whole time how much they loved it.

It's not always sexual, a lot of people come

for the entertainment value as well,

and that's what happened today.

People were joining to see the entertainment

of what was going on with the theater performance.

♪ Without me, his world will go on turning ♪

♪ A world that's full of happiness that I have never known! ♪

- (Scarlet) Can you imagine just going into a room

and just jerking off for hours on end?

That's boring, you get bored and you just leave eventually.

I have the entertainment value, so you come,

you stay for my personality, and

then you also jerk off sometimes.

Camming is more than what meets the eye.

People don't understand that there's

a lot more that goes into it.

Some days I try to think, and I'm just like,

if I could be doing anything else, what would I be doing?

And I can't think of anything else,

because I always come back to camming.

I love camming and I love video-making.

Yeah, this is one of my favorite times streaming as well,

this is the coolest thing I think I've ever done on cam.

Everyone should check it out, it's not a lonely thing,

cause a lot of people assume that only lonely guys

go on there, but it's for everyone.

So I'm going to do this as long as I can,

as long as it's making a sustainable income

and I'm happy doing it, then I'm going to do it.

There's nothing else I'd rather be doing.

♪ Do you hear the people sing? ♪

♪ Singing the song of angry men, ♪

♪ It is the music of the people ♪

♪ Who will not be slaves again. ♪