Melissa Petro (once deemed “hooker teacher” by the New York Post) responds to the Post‘s Wednesday headline. Wendy Babcock, Toronto-based sex work activist and law student, passed away on Tuesday. There are only five days left to donate to the SWAAY Epic Step billboard. Irish sex workers rights organization Turn Off the Blue Light recently claimed victory… Continue reading The Week in Links: August 12
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The Week in Links: August 5
Secrets, a London strip club, is planning to release a book on U.K. stripper slang. A St. Louis entrepreneur is struggling keep his BDSM club open, despite hostility from neighbors and zoning conflicts with the city. Eva Longoria Tweeted photos of her pole dancing bruises. A British decathlete works as a stripper to fund his training.
The Week in Links: July 29
A City of Denver asphalt paving truck was busted at the Diamond Cabaret car wash. A friendly tourist report about Portland’s Foot Night, with a mention of Tonya Jone Miller. Kat still thinks they sound like the “Groupon of the sex industry.” Norma Jean Almodovar takes on Melissa Farley in this amazing little video. There… Continue reading The Week in Links: July 29
The Week In Links: July 22
Sex workers and anti-sex work groups clashed at the Women’s World 2011, a feminist conference held in Ottowa from July 3 to 7, particularly over an art exhibit entitled “Flesh Mapping: Prostitution in a Globalized World” The Top 5 Porn Moments You Don’t See The Charles H. McCaghy Collection of Exotic Dance from Burlesque to… Continue reading The Week In Links: July 22
The Week In Links: July 15
New York Gov. Cuomo is considering a bill that would increase penalties for those convicted of street prostitution. You can sign a petition discouraging him from doing so. Whorelover is an anthology being compiled of essays from the partners of sex workers. Today is the last day for submissions. Over the past three years, 44 women have been… Continue reading The Week In Links: July 15