New sex worker writers often justify their sex work with respectability politics. I did it. I fucked up with my very first piece, in a big venue, the Guardian, contrasting my sex work to that of hypothetical trafficked workers, so-called “miserable slaves.” Even after taking feedback about that mistake, it took me a while to… Continue reading It’s Not About Me: Responsibility In Sex Worker Writing
Author: Margaret Corvid
Margaret Corvid, also known as Mistress Magpie, is a writer, lifestyle kinkster, and professional dominatrix living in the South West of England. She writes on the politics of kink and sex work from a feminist, socialist perspective. She blogs for the New Statesman and tweets at @mistress_magpie.
Still Learning: On Writing As A Privileged Sex Worker
I work as a writer and a pro-domme. For me, the first stems from the second; the financial independence I earned from my pro-domming gave me the confidence and clarity to think and write. In my writing, I am out as a sex worker. My byline is a name, Margaret Corvid, that I consciously link… Continue reading Still Learning: On Writing As A Privileged Sex Worker