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The Week In Links: April 8

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suzyhooker
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Disturbing! And not at all related to news.

Surprisingly short slideshow of sex working women who’ve run for (international) political office.

Moby Chicks was an April Fool’s joke, but I think it’s a genius idea. What does maritime law say about topless dancing?

Horrible article on Zimbabwean farmers who spend their profits on sex workers.

A play about a “high class” prostitute (named Charlotte!) is running right now in LA.

Cool resource, bro. No, seriously—cool resource. This website compiles studies on sex worker populations across the world.

An exotic dancer puts all her money toward her no-kill animal shelter.

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Interview with Stoya

By
Charlotte Shane
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When I first saw a clip of Stoya in action, I was awestruck. She was the only female porn performer I’d ever seen who genuinely seemed to be enjoying it—smiling, even laughing a little, and simply radiating happiness. With her pale cheeks flushed pink and her dark hair slapping up and down around her face, she made little pleased noises instead of letting out a forced litany of “dirty talk” while some male performer (can’t remember a thing about him) went to town. I’m not an expert on her body of work, which has earned her AVN’s 2009 Best New Starlet award, but I do know that both those in the industry and casual fans alike all seem to regard her as intelligent, multitalented, and sincere. You can confirm this for yourself by checking out her twitter feed or her tumblr.

She graciously agreed to answer the following questions over email.

Stoya in a self-made skirt at AVN. Photo by Jeff Koga.
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The H-word Is Not The N-Word

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Charlotte Shane
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Language matters, but it’s also a lot easier to target specific words than it is to constructively address the issues behind them. And unlike a bunch of Jezebel commenters and more than one hundred Waco, Texas residents, I’m too busy being concerned with real sex worker issues to get worked up about a restaurant named “Fat Ho Burgers.”

Can we please agree that the name doesn’t make any sense? The title isn’t fundamentally offensive; it’s fundamentally confusing. Prostitutes and hamburgers? That’s a combination I’ve not seen before in the sex work world, although maybe I just haven’t been hired by the right rock stars. According to the owner, “ho” is a noun sometimes employed to indicate all variety of inanimate objects. Her examples of common usage are “that ho is big” and “that ho is tight,” neither of which clears the issue up or makes the name seem less sex-centric. (“That ho is tight” is really her best defense?)

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T-Pain, “Booty Work (One Cheek At A Time)”

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Bubbles
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How it took so long for someone to record a song with “Left cheek, right cheek” in the refrain is beyond me. If the video’s been taken down, go here to listen.

Also in stripper music this week, in the department of “fuck no, I’m not dancing to that,” two men with a history of mistreating women have some strip club tracks upcoming. There’s the R. Kelly remix of Travis Porter’s “Make It Rain” and Chris Brown recording strip club-targeted track called “Spend it All.”

Sugarbabies Unite! (sort of.)

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Bettie
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For some, the jury is out on whether being a sugarbaby counts as sex work, for others it’s pretty clear that it is. The ladies of Tits and Sass think it is, even if we don’t all have the same opinion on it. So, we decided to have a little Sugarbaby Roundtable on the topic. What could be better than the opportunity to share experiences, especially when the subject at hand is generally treated like a secret?

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