She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans

The high-priced hustle of financial domination, where “pay pigs” send tributes to their cash masters.

To celebrate her 27th birthday, Mistress Marley, a professional dominatrix from Harlem, flew to Tulum, Mexico, where she rented a modern four-bedroom villa with a limestone pool, private beach and personal chef. For four days, she and six friends swam in the warm Caribbean waters, went zip-lining in the Mayan jungle and dined on fresh lobsters and tequila at boho-chic restaurants. Whenever she wanted money, she said, she would set up her iPhone on the coconut-filled beach and command her online suitors to chip in.