As a Vegas resident and sex worker for nearly a decade, the massacre there hits close to home. Too close, actually, as knowledge of the shooter’s proclivities for erotic services surface. In fact, my first response to images of the shooter was, “He looks familiar.” I chalked it up to the fact that every white… Continue reading If You Want to Understand the Violence White Men are Capable of, Ask Any Sex Worker
YER ART SUX: London Frieze 2017’s “Sex Work: Feminist Art & Radical Politics”
This year’s London Frieze art festival included an exhibit called Sex Work, a retrospective on the first wave of feminist art. “Your Art (Probably) Sux!” cried sex workers, upon realizing that the only one of us formally involved was an anonymous porn actress’ cropped pussy lips in a photo. But to be fair, we hadn’t even… Continue reading YER ART SUX: London Frieze 2017’s “Sex Work: Feminist Art & Radical Politics”
Hugh Hefner: Rapist And Revolutionary
Content warning: this post contains brief references to rape and abuse. Hugh Hefner died. Of course he did. Dude was 91. When my castmate announced it after rehearsal, I didn’t feel shock at the news. Hefner may as well have died when he stopped being the editor of Playboy magazine. Or when The Girls Next… Continue reading Hugh Hefner: Rapist And Revolutionary
The Short Life of “Feminist” Tube Site Bellesa
How can you talk about ethics when your company is posting stolen content from producers and sex workers? A tube site aimed at women did just that this month. Recently launched, Bellesa claimed it created a safe atmosphere for its users, which, unlike other tube sites, was supposedly free of “degrading” porn. However, like all… Continue reading The Short Life of “Feminist” Tube Site Bellesa
What Sex Workers Need To Know About This Month’s Anti-Trafficking Bills
As yet another terrifying resurrection of the zombie Republican health care cut bill looms over the nation, sex workers have their own nightmare legislative threat to deal with this month. That’s because, in the midst of this year’s iteration of commemorative 9/11 pomp, two anti-trafficking bills passed unanimously in the Senate which would vastly expand… Continue reading What Sex Workers Need To Know About This Month’s Anti-Trafficking Bills