Hooking is definitely one of the better jobs I’ve had, but it’s still a job, and sometimes it gets me down. A slow week, a jerk client, a particularly gross newspaper article, being outed by a friend—it can be hard to keep your spirits up and your head in the money-making mindset amid all that… Continue reading Naked Music Monday: “What A Way To Make A Living”
The Week In Links— February 22
Deep Inside: A Study of 10,000 Porn Stars and Their Careers purports to reveal “the truth about what the average performer looks like, what they do on film, and how their role has evolved over the last forty years”, using information gathered from The Internet Adult Film Database (and without talking to any actual sex workers, conveniently).… Continue reading The Week In Links— February 22
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
Misérable Politics: Why Anne Hathaway Should Go-Away
In last year’s Les Miserables, a movie with a lot of famous people in it that will probably win some Oscars, Anne Hathaway plays Fantine, a single mother struggling to provide for her child. Fantine turns to prostitution in a moment of ultimate desperation, having already sold her hair and teeth—I know I’m not the only… Continue reading Misérable Politics: Why Anne Hathaway Should Go-Away
Dungeon or Psych Ward?: A Crazy Whore Explains It All
Being a crazy whore is kind of like being the meanest dog at the pound: out of all of the rejects, you’re the least wanted, and your very existence makes your peers look bad. I say this from experience. I used to work at a pound, and I’m definitely a bitch (HEY-O). I’m also a… Continue reading Dungeon or Psych Ward?: A Crazy Whore Explains It All