Influencers and OnlyFans models dominate US 'extraordinary' artist visas

The word "extraordinary" has some overblown connotations here. This is the only visa for artists (and it's not even an immigrant visa), and all you need is a track record of success. Which puts you above an ordinary artist, so yes, that's the definition of extraordinary. But the colloquial meaning of the word suggests it's meant to be reserved for some elite 1% of creatives which isn't true.

     Influencers and OnlyFans models dominate US 'extraordinary' artist visas

This is the most [this administration] headline I could ever imagine. It is nearly The Onionesque.

I think we should spend less time looking down on onlyfans artists. They do good work too, some of them. And like the article says you really have to be exceptional to make money with it.