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
Category: Silly Media Coverage
CNN: Make $2K a Night Stripping in North Dakota!
If I’ve ever danced in a club I didn’t expect to see on CNN.com, it’s Whispers in Williston, North Dakota. But here it is, with some pretty amazing claims about the money to be made there. $1500 on a slow night? Damn! Williston has been a solid stop for traveling strippers for years. But these… Continue reading CNN: Make $2K a Night Stripping in North Dakota!
Sex Work in the Strangest Places: Detroit’s Booty Lounge Seized
Detroit’s entrepreneurial spirit was alive and well in the Booty Lounge, a mobile strip club. The Lounge, despite tailgating Lions games since 2005, recently became a target for the Motor City’s anti-stripper brigade when local news station WDIV sent its “Defenders” into the Booty Bus with hidden cameras (jerks!). The bus was seized last Monday during… Continue reading Sex Work in the Strangest Places: Detroit’s Booty Lounge Seized
Rosamund Urwin, You Strip Journalism Of Its Dignity
Rosamund Urwin, writing for The London Evening Standard, was sent on assignment to visit Secrets’ Covent Garden club, or rather, as she refers to it, “Tits R Us.” The article begins with a clear bias: “The clubs that strip women of their dignity.” Immediately, Urwin seems determined to give her article credibility by describing herself as a… Continue reading Rosamund Urwin, You Strip Journalism Of Its Dignity
Fair Trade Lapdances, Free Range Escorts, and Organic Porn
Having long said that lapdances are a low-impact renewable resource, I was tickled to read this Utne Reader reprint of Anna Simpson’s article from Green Futures about an imagined sustainable sex industry. Obviously the desire to buy a product made by workers who are treated well is an established trope in sustainability/free trade circles, so eliminating… Continue reading Fair Trade Lapdances, Free Range Escorts, and Organic Porn