Lara from ATL (“where the playas play”) writes: “February has traditionally been the best month for me. Felt like I should celebrate before turning it all over to the bank and the IRS.” Submit your cats and stacks or dogs and dollars here.
In My Skin (2008)
In My Skin by Australian Kate Holden is an example of the “my drug whore hell” memoirs to which I am both attracted and repelled. I’m an IV drug-using sex worker but do not subscribe to the NA model of addiction-as-disease and don’t define my life as hell. Most media doesn’t show anything true about… Continue reading In My Skin (2008)
The Week In Links: February 15
Former porn star Coco Brown is training to be an astronaut. And no, journalists, it is not so she can have sex in space. In “Thank God” news, a Washington judge permanently blocked a three-time felon and current inmate’s request for personal information attached to the licenses of over 200 area strippers. The inmate described himself… Continue reading The Week In Links: February 15
The Feminist Porn Book (2013)
I’ve seen the question “where is women’s porn, made for women” before, and I’ve seen it answered, but I’ve rarely seen the question “where is black porn, made for black women?” The Feminist Porn Book asks that question and answers it, as well as others: where is feminist porn made for trans women, for fat… Continue reading The Feminist Porn Book (2013)
“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