The tagline for American Courtesans describes it as a “documentary that takes you into the lives of American Sex Workers” and telling “a different kind of American story…” The film is (thankfully) less ambitious in scope, focusing on high-end escorts instead of the entirety of the sex trades. What American Courtesans does, and does powerfully,… Continue reading American Courtesans (2012)
The Week In Links: November 23
Transgender Day of Remembrance was this past Tuesday, the 20th, and it’s hard to observe without highlighting that trans women are a particularly vulnerable group, doubly so if they’re women of color, and even more so if they engage in the sex trade. TDOR was founded in 1998 to memorialize the still-unsolved murder of Rita… Continue reading The Week In Links: November 23
Interview: Sophia St. James
Sophia St James is all smiles. The former stripper and current queer pornographer, activist, and sex educator, had taken a seat on the soft couch of the quiet, NE Portland feminist bookstore. The perpetually busy James had found a few minutes from her day to meet with me and I was thrilled. So, how would… Continue reading Interview: Sophia St. James
The Week In Links: November 16
An obituary for an Albany strip club owner: “Sal DiCarlo was laid to rest on Friday, a strip club owner who was fondly remembered as a father figure to two generations of exotic dancers.” Male prostitutes outnumber their female counterparts 2:1 in Sweden. Even more interesting is this: “Half of the clients of male and female prostitutes under the… Continue reading The Week In Links: November 16
Stacks & Cats
“i’m kittykat, and these are my two kittens, squiffy (the orange one) and steve (the tortoiseshell…and incidentally, she is a GIRL. yes, a girl named steve. kind of like a boy named sue, except the opposite). i am an escort who lives in the southern u.s…i have five cats total, so needless to say, quite… Continue reading Stacks & Cats