In the face of increasing media interest and consistent pressure from sex worker activists, A&E has deleted the website for 8 Minutes from its site and pulled the next episode, which was scheduled to air this Thursday night. Tits and Sass left a message with the show’s publicist (and even spelled out the name of… Continue reading A&E Pulls 8 Minutes From The Air
Category: Cops
The Truth Will Come Out: An Interview With Jill Brenneman and Amanda Brooks
Interview co-authored by Josephine and Caty Content warning—the following contains descriptions of extreme injuries and rape suffered by two sex workers due to a campaign of violence by an abusive client, as well as an account of child abuse. Jill Brenneman and Amanda Brooks are veterans and heroines of the sex workers’ rights movement. As… Continue reading The Truth Will Come Out: An Interview With Jill Brenneman and Amanda Brooks
8 Minutes Hate: A&E Plans to Ambush Sex Workers
“Women who sell their bodies” used to be the go-to word combination that triggered my gag reflex right into action. But “hooker-rescuing cop-turned-pastor” was introduced to my life this week and has transformed my once-tranquil apartment into Lane Champagne’s Extreme Vomitorium. The man with this heinous career trajectory is Kevin Brown and he’s starring in… Continue reading 8 Minutes Hate: A&E Plans to Ambush Sex Workers
Tune In Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. For Our Live Interview With Monica Jones
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
Bob Kolker on Lost Girls (2013)
The search for the supposed Long Island Serial Killer began in December 2010, when the bodies of four women who had worked as prostitutes were found in the course of the search for a fifth who had disappeared that May. No suspect has been found to date. I spoke with New York contributing editor Robert… Continue reading Bob Kolker on Lost Girls (2013)