Why We Don’t Vet Stories, Sources, and Contributors The Way Traditional Reporters Do

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Because the barriers preventing sex workers from being heard are already high enough. Writers have professional training in one arena, sex workers have professional training in another arena. Sex workers aren’t always equipped with the skillset to pitch to traditional editors. TAS functions as the middle ground, bridging that gap. Traditional publications interested in publishing… Continue reading Why We Don’t Vet Stories, Sources, and Contributors The Way Traditional Reporters Do

Some New Year Odds and Ends

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Happy New Year to our readers! 2015 was a long, hard year for us at T&S HQ and we’ve decided to take a small break. Don’t get too excited, though; you can’t get rid of us that easily! We’ll only be gone for one piddly month, which means we’ll be back with bells on (whatever that… Continue reading Some New Year Odds and Ends

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The Ten Most Popular Tits and Sass Posts of 2015

Bringing you the sex worker coverage you and your cat want to read since 2011. (Photo by jit bag via Flickr)

10.”How Sex Work Got Us This Far In Gay Liberation” by Hawk Kinkaid, 7/29 9.  “Having The Option: Alissa Afonina/Sasha Mizaree On Her Case And Being A Disabled Sex Worker” by Caty Simon, 3/16 8. “The State Is A Trafficker: Why Alaska Arrested Amber Batts” by Tara Burns, 7/17 7. “A Tunnel, Not A Door: Exiting Conditioned,… Continue reading The Ten Most Popular Tits and Sass Posts of 2015

The Ten Most Popular Tits And Sass Posts of 2014

Faithfully bringing you media by and for sex workers since 2011. (Photo by Flickr user carterse, "Winston Retrieves The News")

1. “The Erasure of Maya Angelou’s Sex Work History,” by Peechington Marie, 5/29 2. “The Fifth Annual Vagina Beauty Pageant: A Judge’s Notes,” by Elle, 8/8 3. “Discussing Other People’s Lives: Social Work and Student Sex Workers,” by Annie O’Neill and Adrienne Graf, 4/11 4. “I Don’t Care About Clients,” by Olive Seraphim, 2/19 5.… Continue reading The Ten Most Popular Tits And Sass Posts of 2014

Don’t Forget: We’re Recruiting!

Val was so edgy.

Here’s your reminder: Tits and Sass is searching for a co-editor. Are you the one? We will be accepting applications until June 1, 2014. We will have made our selection by July 1, 2014. Potential candidates should: – understand the fundamentals of journalism – have a strong grasp of the English language – be able… Continue reading Don’t Forget: We’re Recruiting!