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Nia Òla
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The Disabled Sexplorer.

Writer. Womanist. Heaux Extraordinaire.

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I know I’m not okay everytime I choose to rewatch Power.

Anyway, the theme song is soooo catchy
The title card of the show “Power”
February 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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I’m ovulating… oh no
A woman sat spread legs on a couch, djing both ways
January 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Also, I was supposed to end my time on TikTok throwing ass, but they wouldn’t let me upload a video for my last hour so I’ma just put it here. Enjoy.
January 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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So I wrote a new essay, an attempt to explain why I refuse to name my personal politic.

I’d appreciate it if you gave it a read.

open.substack.com/pub/thatdeep...
A screenshot of a substack article published by That Deep titled “Terms, Refined. Why I have no politic”
January 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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So this actually means a lot to me.

Stumbling across videos & following me is one thing but choosing to seek out my writing is much more intimate and moving for me.

I’ve always had shit to say & seeing that quality be supported in such a grand way is lovely.

To a thousand more in the new year!
A substack shareable image that says [1,000 subscribers] “You did it. That Deep by Nia Òla has reached its first thousand subscribers”
December 24, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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Just uploaded a video on TikTok about today but all I’ll add is…

Sex work saved my life, I’m not being hyperbolic. Had I not been afforded economic agency & a robust community willing to ride for me, I’d have died in a very violent, home 10 years ago.

I love us and will see to our freedom someday
A pencil drawn woman against a pink and lighter pink background with the words “December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers” on it
December 17, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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What portal has the world walked through my guy
A screenshot of a deleted tweet made by the official Nintendo of America account stating “free him.” With a photo of Mario Kart’s Luigi below. The tweet has since been deleted
December 11, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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What’s not to love about dating apps? 🙃🙃
A screenshot of a response to a hinge prompt. The prompt reads “confess which historical figures we think get too much flack” The response reads “controversial one, Richard Nixon”
December 10, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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Oh my Ori KNEW I was going to end my relationship this summer, she was preparing me 😭😭
A photo a Spotify Wrapped graphic it reads, “My January” in small header text with “Sweater Weather Permanent Wave Indie” in large bold letters beneath. Below that reads “Listening to artists like Arctic Monkeys, Faye Webster, and The Neighborhood” A photo a Spotify Wrapped graphic it reads, “My June” in small header text with “Psychedelic Guitar Rock Blues” in large bold letters beneath. Below that reads “Listening to artists like B.B King, Joe Bonamassa, and Gary Moore”
December 4, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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Huh 😶😶
The word “millionaire” written in bold black text against a white background The word “depressed” written in bold black text against a white background
November 26, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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Some of my favorite passages from my latest essay. Can you tell the All Roads Lead to Sex section was the easiest to write?

open.substack.com/pub/thatdeep...
An excerpt from Nia’s recent essay, Into The Ethernet: how terror shapes the future of the internet and thus, the world. It reads as follows “The crusade to abolish sex work is a shared goal amongst conservatives and radical feminists alike, leading to collaboration between the two across the decades?. The refusal to engage with the realities of sex/ work as a question of labor rather than morality means the only people they need to consult on abolition and criminalization, are each other. The through line is clear and awfully paternalistic, the people engaged in the "harm" aren't considered reliable narrators on what exactly is harmful, and subsequently, how to mitigate that harm. This logic is applied similarly to deny Queer & Trans people the right to a dignified public existence.” An excerpt from Nia’s recent essay titled Into the Ethernet: how terror shapes the future of the internet and thus, the world. It reads as follows: When attempting to curtail marginalized people with few rights and protections already, the optics matter. In such instances, people need an easily identified villain for the hero to save. The well meaning civilian is less inclined to question abolishing "sexual slavery" vs "prostitution" because slavery is universally acknowledged as bad, people feel comfortable hating it. Saving someone who's enslaved is morally sound, always, yet the whore comes with more interrogation because of their occupations moral ambiguity. For the civilian class, it's as much about what sex/work (and thus the whore) represents symbolically as the material realities the whore is working to survive. If the language associated with the prostitute has clear criminal connotations though, then those complex questions are flattened, in deference to law & order— this tactic is widely successful and continues to expand.”
November 16, 2024 at 2:39 AM