Seems Legit: Authenticity, Performativity, and Sex

Kitty Stryker with Andre Shakti. (Screencap from Ban This Sick Filth, courtesy of Kitty Stryker)

I’m in the middle of being flogged by Courtney Trouble for Banned in the UK (NSFW), an anti-censorship porn critiquing obscenity laws. It’s getting a little hot and heavy and my ass is getting red when the tails whip around and smack the cameraperson, my lover, in the face. We all dissolve into giggles. And… Continue reading Seems Legit: Authenticity, Performativity, and Sex

Tina Fey Hates Sex Workers: Part 3 of Infinity

I bet you thought that with the most recent season of 30 Rock all wrapped up, we wouldn’t have any more opportunities to obsess about Tina Fey’s mean-spirited sex worker obsession. But with our girl TF, the sex worker hate is a constantly bubbling stream. So let’s drink deep from her well with this old… Continue reading Tina Fey Hates Sex Workers: Part 3 of Infinity

Tina Fey Hates Sex Workers: Part Two of Infinity

Oh Tina Fey, you sex worker-obsessed mess. I love 30 Rock with all the passion of a fake orgasm, but sometimes it’s more in spite of you than because of you. Let’s start with last week’s episode, shall we? Once again, Tracy Jordan (played by comedian Tracy Morgan) finds himself in a strip club with… Continue reading Tina Fey Hates Sex Workers: Part Two of Infinity

Tina Fey Hates Sex Workers: Part One of Infinity

Y’all catch that joke on 30 Rock a couple of weeks (S05E13) ago? Jack Donaghy is in his office, mourning the change in GE ownership. “This is where we used to hold retirement parties. The balcony below is probably still littered with stripper bones.” HAR. One of the reasons sex workers become politicized is to… Continue reading Tina Fey Hates Sex Workers: Part One of Infinity