Complex is an ironic name for such a shallow publication. When your major “News” categories include “Rides” and “Girls” alongside “Sneakers” and “Video Games,” it doesn’t bode well for thoughtful commentary. So reading “10 Downsides to Being a Gigolo” didn’t really surprise me: most media discussion of sex work is divided between horror stories and… Continue reading 10 Upsides to Being a Gigolo
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Research Proves Men Come to Strip Clubs to Relax
This is the first review on Tits and Sassof an academic research article on stripping. Before I get to the review proper, I wanted to qualify this post with some thoughts on academia’s relationship to stripping. First off, in the spirit of showing all my cards, I used to do academic social science research. Secondly,… Continue reading Research Proves Men Come to Strip Clubs to Relax
Top 10 Anti-Sex Work Billboards
Have you heard that SWAAY has an Epic Step campaign to create the first sex workers’ rights billboard in America? Epic Step is like the Kickstarter of billboards, so they need your donations in order to make this happen. Just look at how many anti-sex work billboards there are. 10. I feel like twitter is… Continue reading Top 10 Anti-Sex Work Billboards
“Two and a Half Men” Meet a Prostitute
I don’t purposefully watch “Two and a Half Men,” but like many popular sitcoms, it eventually becomes part of the cultural atmosphere and thanks to the public ubiquity of TVs, even the unwilling breathe it in. I first caught wind of an episode involving a prostitute when I was with a client. (Of course.) He… Continue reading “Two and a Half Men” Meet a Prostitute
MTV’s True Life Confirms that Sugarbabydom is a Hassle
The popularity of the sugar baby/sugar daddy relationship in the media is a bit of a recession phenomenon. It’s a grey-area of sex work lite that women with no experience in the sex industry can dip their toes into before they realize that if something sounds too good to be true, it is. The odds… Continue reading MTV’s True Life Confirms that Sugarbabydom is a Hassle