I’m all about Stephen Colbert’s response to last week’s headline in the New York Post. I wonder how many other headlines we can make up with the word “hooker” where it makes no sense.
Category: Silly Media Coverage
Former Escort Refreshingly Less Calculating Than Former Housewife
I doubt anyone who reads this site needs my condensed Wikipedia version of who exactly Ashley Dupre is, but here it goes: After her outing as Eliot Spitzer’s—one time! Though every media outlet started calling her his “favorite”—escort, she became a national joke for her music aspirations. Because everyone knows prostitutes can’t sing, or whatever.… Continue reading Former Escort Refreshingly Less Calculating Than Former Housewife
Being A Fake Sex Worker Surprisingly Not Great For Young Woman’s Writing Career
Remember Jessica Pilot’s “Secrets of a Hipster Hooker” article in Radar a few years ago? There was quite a bit of outrage in the sex worker community over that, in the words of one blogger, “steaming pile of horseshit.” Jenny DeMilo curated quite a few of the reactions in this post. It’s been nearly three… Continue reading Being A Fake Sex Worker Surprisingly Not Great For Young Woman’s Writing Career
Donut Ho: Sex Work In The Strangest Places
By now the New Jersey Donut Ho is national news. How couldn’t she be? She was allegedly turning tricks at a Dunkin’ Donuts. You couldn’t pick a place with more cops if you were working inside an actual police station. To summarize: A woman who worked the late shift at a DD in Rockaway, NJ… Continue reading Donut Ho: Sex Work In The Strangest Places
A “Whore” of Many Colors
I just want to know what these people want from us. They argue over which term to use like we are animals, where using the wrong genus actually matters. It is not difficult to figure out. We are sex workers because we use our sexuality to make money, period. All of us: strippers, escorts, dominas,… Continue reading A “Whore” of Many Colors