For Immediate Release; interview to take place Tuesday February 4th 2014 at 5:30 p.m. Tits and Sass to livestream interview with Phoenix sex work activist Monica Jones, currently facing charges of “manifesting prostitution” during protests of The Phoenix PD’s Project ROSE sweeps In May 2013, a sex workers’ rights activist and Arizona State University social… Continue reading Tune In Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. For Our Live Interview With Monica Jones
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An Excerpt from Prose and Lore, Issue #3 (2014)
Prose & Lore is a literary journal published by the New York sex workers’ rights organization Red Umbrella Project. Memoir stories about sex work are collected in two issues per year (Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer.) We at Tits and Sass have been following Prose and Lore since the journal began, and the third issue is even more… Continue reading An Excerpt from Prose and Lore, Issue #3 (2014)
The Week In Links—January 24
Amnesty International gets on board with decriminalization. Unfortunately, Julie Bindel puts in her two cents (though we think they’re worth even less in her case.) Meanwhile, Amnesty’s blog follows up on continuing violence against sex workers in the Honduras’ San Pedro Sula district, “the most dangerous city in the world.” “Prostitutes Steal Millions and Walk… Continue reading The Week In Links—January 24
Dear Tits and Sass: How Do I Organize My Stripper Clothes?
Dear Tits and Sass, As a stripper, I have scads of finicky little costume pieces that are forever getting lost, natch. I live in a shithole with inadequate closet space, and all my drawers are spoken for. Do you all have any creative ideas for keeping my two pieces in one piece, and my skimpy… Continue reading Dear Tits and Sass: How Do I Organize My Stripper Clothes?
The Week In Links—January 17
Myanmar began a debate around decriminalizing sex work. The founder of the Sex Workers in Myanmar network (SWIM), Thuza Win, hopes the law will be changed before the 2015 general elections. Research by University of Michigan economics professor Raj Arunachalam conducted among Mexican and Ecuadoran brothel workers and street sex workers found that beautiful sex… Continue reading The Week In Links—January 17