Australia celebrated its first-ever Festival of Sex Work this week. You’re more likely to catch computer viruses perusing “religious and ideological sites” than porn sites, according to the makers of Norton AntiVirus software. Kate Middleton’s hot cousin is giving up her office job to pursue a burlesque career. Jenna Jameson can’t seem to stay out… Continue reading The Week in Links: June 1
Sex Worker Activists Targeted By Arson Attack
The fearless New Orleans organization Women With A Vision, a group that’s done considerable work for sex worker rights, suffered an arson attack at the end of last week. Their outreach resources—condoms, educational materials, HIV rapid test kits, and anatomical models to demonstrate self-care—were destroyed. This act was one of domestic terrorism; it’s on par with… Continue reading Sex Worker Activists Targeted By Arson Attack
The Week in Links: May 25
The Stop the Arrests movement is calling for a moratorium on prostitution arrests in London throughout the 2012 Olympics. Meanwhile there’s manufactured prostitution hysteria in the Ukraine preceding the Euro soccer championship. Laura Agustín links to studies that have disproven the myth that trafficking spikes around major sporting events. NYPD cop by day, stripper by night Steve… Continue reading The Week in Links: May 25
The Week in Links: May 18
How many of you have danced with a “Pocahontas”? This one is in trouble. An amazing account of R. Kelly’s performance at an Austin strip club. On dancing in Williston: “‘A lap dance is $20; of that, you keep $15,’ she says. ‘To make $2,000 a night, you’re going to have to do a hell… Continue reading The Week in Links: May 18
The Week In Links: May 11
Sarah Tressler, the Angry Stripper, has hired Gloria Allred and is suing the Houston Chronicle for sexual discrimination. This awful sugar daddy site billboard insults everyone. After being forbidden to bring a porn performer to prom, a high school student threw a “porn prom” at his house. Laurenn McCubbin is in the first class of… Continue reading The Week In Links: May 11