Comments on: Did 8 Minutes Lie to Sex Workers?

By: Emberesque

Emberesque — Wed, 13 May 2015 01:07:34 +0000

I’m glad the show was pulled so quickly, but I never got to watch it so now I’m curious: what the hell did this guy intend to say in the 8 minutes to convince women to leave the industry? If the organization isn’t able to offer them any kind of real support in finding different work or higher education or better opportunities, what the fuck was the plan?

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Thu, 07 May 2015 08:51:41 +0000

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By: Moral Hysteria as Public Spectacle | The Order of Turbulence

Moral Hysteria as Public Spectacle | The Order of Turbulence — Thu, 07 May 2015 04:38:41 +0000

[…] surface of care, concern and humane outreach was the business of spectacle. The show left the sexworkers whose lives it touched in far worse situations than it found them. It took fellow sexworkers, like @MistressMatisse to rescue a sexworker from the […]

By: Elle

Elle — Wed, 06 May 2015 18:13:17 +0000

In reply to ken williams.

It is going away! But the JVTA and the SAVE ACT are as of today NOT going away and all sex workers are greatly threatened by these laws. Much more than 8 minutes was a threat. A small battle has been won, but the war rages on! Unless decriminalization is established through the courts- sex workers live and work with bounties on their heads. No cause for celebration unless we use the momentum of this moment to pull the sex worker nation TOGETHER to fight the laws which keep us criminalized for doing what we do to SURVIVE. Let’s do it! A case has been filed in California federal court to do just this! NINE STATES would get relief! For more info go to
http://esplerp.org Thanks!

By: ken williams

ken williams — Wed, 06 May 2015 17:02:16 +0000

I watched the show a few times and it was terrible, it should just go away,

By: Goathead Monstertron

Goathead Monstertron — Wed, 06 May 2015 00:26:26 +0000

That man, Brown, is despicable. I can only assume from some exposure to the production process than many more of the production team were fully aware of what they were doing. As Brown, or production proxy, contacted women and made promises they had no intention of keeping; under the guise that this was a legitimate A&E show. Generally scope and bounds are set in how subs(contractors) or employees may invoke the name of a company in order to pose as, or speak on behalf of the company. This likely puts A&E into risk as a defendant in a civil case. I can only hope that someone with experience and strong legal credentials gets these ladies some compensation while teaching A&E an important lesson.

I do not believe any amount of compensation would make this right, but it’s completely appropriate.

Hearts and thoughts with you, sincerely.

-just a guy.

By: Linda Fe

Linda Fe — Tue, 05 May 2015 22:52:05 +0000

Always was 100% misleading title for show as NO trafficking is/was involved. In every episode, the “Pastor” uses exact same lines & makes promises that aren’t being kept. A&E & the entire cast should hang their heads in shame! Ideal promised for “story”, jeopardizing lives, making up a tagline for ratings, lying to viewers, etc. Worst of all is DECEIT given to these females & families & making a ” joke” of why trafficking really is. I stopped watching since I started disliking Pasted & the women who were allegedly ” victims. If any women WERE trafficked, they could NEVER in a million years be out in public. You’ve made this MAJOR issue a joke & won’t provide what you told them. Never believed the 2 women who came to “help” them ” out of the life”. A&E stooped to a real low (after all the great shows they have). Whose stupid idea was this?! I hope the women are safe & you keep your promises- they ARE on tape!!

By: A&E Pulls 8 Minutes From The Air — Tits and Sass

A&E Pulls 8 Minutes From The Air — Tits and Sass — Tue, 05 May 2015 18:00:29 +0000

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By: Caty Simon

Caty Simon — Tue, 05 May 2015 13:18:51 +0000

In reply to jade.

I’m unsurprised but still really pissed about how Kevin Brown and his team treated you. We’d be happy to talk more with you about this, Jade. Write us at the info@titsandsass.com e-mail.