Kgomotso Matsunyane discusses why sex work should be legal in her home country of South Africa: “Our police can be better served focusing their energies of legitimate, violent and corporate crimes that plague our country.” Decriminalization in Taiwan hits stumbling blocks. Cities have failed to create designated districts where prostitution would be legal. Tulsa police announce… Continue reading The Week in Links: November 18
The Morning After Podcast
The one thing that all the well-adjusted, fiscally responsible, long-term sex workers I know have in common is a sense of humor. Not that I hate my job, but certain things have happened where I’ve had a choice of either collapsing into a fetal position and bawling, or folding over with laughter, with really no… Continue reading The Morning After Podcast
Downsizing My Rack: A Former Stripper Removes Her Implants
Breast implant removal is something that most ladies in the adult industry won’t even consider, and in fact fear undergoing due to implant rupture or some other emergency. But it’s a procedure I was eager to have to remove the implants I’d gotten in 2004 after dancing for four years. Like many other girls, I… Continue reading Downsizing My Rack: A Former Stripper Removes Her Implants
Bad Girls and Killer Queens: Hookers in Pop Music
Songwriters seem to love sex workers, no matter how little they may actually know about us. And on a superficial level, we seem like pretty good song material. We’re sexual, illegal, naughty, and easy to desire and pity at the same time. You want to protect us from the dirty men who pay us for… Continue reading Bad Girls and Killer Queens: Hookers in Pop Music
The Week in Links: November 11
South African strip club owner creates a line of fragrances “aimed primarily at men” called Alibis. Scents include “I Was Working Late” with the hints of coffee, wool suits, cigarettes and ink. It looks like they’re only available at the club so we can’t confirm that this is not a joke. Dr. Conrad Murray was… Continue reading The Week in Links: November 11