Famous for being helmsman Hikaru Sulu of the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek series, actor and author George Takei is America’s clever gay grandfather. Takei currently plays to an audience of thousands via social media and is known for quotable and insightful Facebook and Twitter posts on everything from politics to gender issues… Continue reading You’ve Got Problems: George Takei
Category: This Time, It’s Personal
“Getting Away” With Hating It: Consent in the Context of Sex Work
I’ve been selling sex in one form or another for nine years, which is a long time. Most people in the sex trade pop in and out as their financial situation warrants, and few think of it as their career. For me, however, among the straight work I’ve pursued concurrently, prostitution is my profession and… Continue reading “Getting Away” With Hating It: Consent in the Context of Sex Work
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beerholder
I am 28 years old. I am 5’4″. I weigh 155, about—I actually have not weighed myself for years, but I have worn the same dress size since I was fourteen years old. I figure as long as my clothes fit, there is no need to keep track of my actual weight. I ride my… Continue reading Beauty is in the Eye of the Beerholder
“Some People Won’t Want It”: Cameryn Moore on Telling Sex Work Stories Onstage
Cameryn Moore is an award-winning playwright/performer, sex activist and educator, and, oh yeah, a phone sex operator. Her work in theater, literature, and activism/advocacy is both a challenge and invitation to adventurous audiences everywhere. She is the creator and performer of a trilogy of sex- and kink-positive solo shows: “Phone Whore “(2010), “slut (r)evolution” (2011), and… Continue reading “Some People Won’t Want It”: Cameryn Moore on Telling Sex Work Stories Onstage
My Date With SF’s Douchebag PUA With A Rape Van
So, by now many of you have probably seen last Friday’s article on Jezebel about “Jeffy,” AKA jlaix, Captain_Derp on OkCupid (although he seems to have deleted his account), or Jeffrey Allen. Jezebel was inspired by a post on Mission Mission, concerning spottings of his “rape van,” emblazoned with hand-painted portraits of Tupac and Pedo-bear. Katie J. M. Baker found… Continue reading My Date With SF’s Douchebag PUA With A Rape Van