For a long time, I’ve wanted to talk to other former and current injection drug-using sex workers about our experience of sex work and the sex workers’ rights movement. With every other statement from other sex workers seeming to be a disclaimer about how, “we’re not all junkies!”, pushing drug using sex workers in front… Continue reading Outcasts Among Outcasts: Injection Drug-Using Sex Workers in the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement, Part 1
The Week In Links—August 30
Brooke Magnanti picks apart the spurious statistics behind panic in the UK over Vietnamese nail salons serving as fronts for sex slavery. The LA Times published a long story about former studio executive Richard Nanula, including his habit of hiring porn performers to make “private” movies, thinking he would be legally immune to solicitation charges… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 30
Pole Dancing Doesn’t Make You A Stripper, Twerking Doesn’t Make You Black
Chanel: When thinking about Miley’s horrible performance at the VMAs, I let out a big sigh. Where do I begin? There was so much wrong with her performance. It wasn’t tasteful or well-choreographed. I wasn’t expecting her to slip back into her role as Hannah Montana and give the VMAs a sweet and boring show,… Continue reading Pole Dancing Doesn’t Make You A Stripper, Twerking Doesn’t Make You Black
Dogs & Dollars
In my opinion, this was a reasonably respectable night’s haul escorting in the Bay Area, but Winston is obviously unimpressed by the earnings of mommy’s hussy hustle—A. Sex workers, send us your pictures of your dogs and dollars or cats and stacks to info@titsandsass.com. Include the name you’d like us to use, what kind of work… Continue reading Dogs & Dollars
Activist Spotlight: Melissa Ditmore on Responsible Advocacy and No-BS Research
Dr. Melissa Ditmore is one of the sex workers’ rights movement’s most cherished academics. For twelve years, she has worked as a freelance research consultant, with an impressive list of clients that includes AIDS Fonds Netherland, UNAIDS, The Sex Workers’ Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center, and The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP).… Continue reading Activist Spotlight: Melissa Ditmore on Responsible Advocacy and No-BS Research