Down the Rabbit Hole
- Bardot Smith
- 4 days ago
- 17 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
VOLUME 1 COVER STORY
VALENTINA FOX in conversation with BARDOT SMITH
PHOTOS by LAURA CORINN
STYLING by CAROLINE KELLY
SET DESIGN by AMY PILKINGTON & PENELOPE DARIO
ART DIRECTION byY PENELOPE DARIO
To exist online and be paid for it: an audacity disguised as simplicity.
Financial domination turns the unspoken dynamics of desire, power, and patriarchy into something explicit—a transaction. What’s given freely, what’s taken willingly, and what’s teased out from the depths of someone’s need says more about human nature than most are willing to admit.
In this conversation, Bardot Smith, a legend in her field, and Valentina Fox, a prolific rising star, unravel the finesse behind the ‘money for nothing’ myth: a skill, an instinct, and a craft. They discuss what it takes to build a presence worth paying for and how to weaponize desire.