A man asks his prostitute to “turn my life upside down with your whimsical joie de vivre” in the hilarious short “Manic Pixie Prostitute.” “I wrote you a song on this midget guitar!” The Fokken twins, 50-year veteran prostitutes in Amsterdam, are national celebrities and sex advice agony aunts after the popularity of a documentary… Continue reading The Week In Links: December 7
Portland Strippies Tonight
It’s that time of year! No, not Christmas. ‘Tis the season of The Strippies, Portland’s only exotic dancer awards show based entirely upon votes by industry workers and fans! I took a moment to speak with one of the co-creators, former dancer Hezzy Tayte, about this year’s show. What are some of the major differences… Continue reading Portland Strippies Tonight
The Sessions (2012)
The Sessions is a fictionalized account of real life writer Mark O’Brien’s foray into the sex trade—er, ahem, I mean NOT the sex trade—through the hiring of a sex surrogate with whom he can lose his virginity. The dauntingly bright, disabled Mark, played by foxy and ageless John Hawkes, finds himself in the stern yet… Continue reading The Sessions (2012)
The Week In Links: November 30
The video above is of Jennifer Lawrence during an interview on Leno giving a clinic on how not to enjoy the American treasure that is (almost dead certainly) Atlanta’s famed dive strip club, the Clermont Lounge. She insults the strippers and asks for change! The Journal of Sex Research published “Pornography Actresses: An Assessment of… Continue reading The Week In Links: November 30
Rats & Stacks
You might have thought these were the only sex worker’s rats you’d ever see—but think again! Courtesy of Pepper, a pro-dom in Seattle, we now have this shot of Amelia, celebrating money earned from the “breaking in of [Pepper’s] new speculum with a pain slut.”