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The Week In Links: January 4

"Christmas in the Brothel" by Edvard Munch, via
“Christmas in the Brothel” by Edvard Munch, via

It’s possible that this piece could have made its argument for the repeal of laws that ban drug felons from receiving food stamps without using “because they might turn to prostitution” as its main argument.

Unsurprisingly, former Olympian and recently outed former escort Suzy Favor Hamilton was uninvited from a speaking engagement at the Disneyland Half Marathon.

Former Suicide Girl Olivia Black was fired from the pawn shop where she worked, featured on the History Channel’s “Pawn Stars,” after her past work came to light. Because pawn shops and reality television have REPUTATIONS to uphold, people.

New proposed porn filtering laws in the UK might include asking computer purchasers whether or not there are children in the household.

Not gonna lie: we’re linking to this article about licensing strippers in Indiana because we can’t believe the owner of the infamous Hip Hugger (known for being a crazy rural free-for-all with weird racist policies) is named Don Draper.

That customer who sued the New York Hustler club over his $28,000 bill was found responsible for his tab and ordered to pay up.

The Week in Links: December 30

We couldn't dream of a better place to put a strip club

Finally, America will get its first strip club inside an actual casino (no points for your ridiculous lede, WaPo)! And, naturally, Donald Trump is a part of this pioneering effort in Atlantic City; it will be at the Trump Taj Mahal.

Alternet figures out that some sex work doesn’t involve actual sexual intercourse in this article about professional domination.

A sex worker outreach organization in Vancouver spends Christmas with street workers and in brothels.

The Rhode Island stripper who was robbed of $700 by a police chief files suit.

Stacks & Cats

Meet Paddington, Appoline’s “pimp cat,” takin’ his dues. Appoline is an independent British part time escort, biker, blogger—and cat supporter.

Sex workers, send us your pictures of your dogs and dollars or cats and stacks at info@titsandsass.com

The Week in Links: December 23

Adult film actress Aurora Snow talks about the latest uproar over Sasha Grey. Some parents are angry that Grey (a now retired porn star) was allowed to read to their children as part of Read Across America.

Grey spoke with Grantland.com about her latest mainstream film role, Mark Pellington’s I Melt With You.

HBO has announced that Hung will not be returning for a fourth season. Star Thomas Jane clarifies rumors from earlier this year that he was a gay prostitute in his earlier years. The rumors had started after Jane gave this quote to the L.A. Times in October: “When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless, I didn’t have any money and I was living in my car. I was 18. I wasn’t averse to going down to Santa Monica Boulevard and letting a guy buy me a sandwich. Know what I mean?”

Sex workers gathered to protest Google’s donations of millions to anti-trafficking groups whose activities can be harmful to sex workers.

Toys for Tatas: Sex Workers and Charity

Over the weekend, the internet news show The Young Turks drew my attention to this story: a 37-year-old Houston escort who works under the name of Shelby is offering a discount for clients who donate a toy to Toys for Tots. For any guy who booked an hour and brought an unwrapped toy, Shelby offered a second hour for free.

Cenk Ugyur condescendingly calls her “an escort with a golden heart” before launching into his incredibly twisted analysis of the “consequences” of Shelby’s offer: “There’ll be a lot of guys who take their kids’ toys to go get a second hour free with a prostitute. … It seems like she’s doing a good deed, but think of how those guys get their toys.” His sidekick, Ana Kasparian (who rarely offers anything new to Cenk’s analyses), agrees immediately that it’s “disgusting” and makes her “sick to her stomach.”