Prose & Lore is the Red Umbrella Project’s literary journal, which collects memoir stories about sex work in two issues per year (Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer). The stories are original to Prose & Lore, and about 75% of the authors in each issue are previously unpublished. Many of the contributors participate in RedUP’s memoir workshops and drop-in writing… Continue reading An Excerpt from Prose and Lore, Issue #2 (2013)
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The Week In Links—July 5th
The New York Times ran a substantial piece on the still-unsolved Long Island sex worker murders by Robert Kolker, author of a forthcoming book on the same subject. Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric assassinated by a US drone strike in Yemen, “regularly visited high end prostitutes” — if you think 7 times over ten months counts as regularity. How… Continue reading The Week In Links—July 5th
Stacks & Cats
Hi there! I’m a stripper, nude model and porn blogger from Australia. It’s the end of the financial year down under and my cat Penny has been helping me do my taxes. —Charlotte x ohheygirl.com Sex workers, send us your pictures of your dogs and dollars or cats and stacks at info@titsandsass.com
Quote of the Week
I called my friend Amy and told her I feel trapped, and that I don’t think I can live my life if it’s just going to keep cycling back to having no options. And she was kind enough not to tell me why sex work is awesome, or to question my commitment to the movement,… Continue reading Quote of the Week
The Week In Links—June 28th
Registration for the Desiree Alliance Conference is still open with hotel room discounts until July 7th. Tensions over escorting simmer in rural Australian towns, where touring sex workers follow the market that transient miners create, even after the Queensland Supreme Court upheld a ruling that allows hotel owners to refuse accommodations to sex workers. Beijing… Continue reading The Week In Links—June 28th