“A literary novelist writing a genre novel is like an intellectual dating a porn star. It invites forgivable prurience: What is that relationship like? Granted the intellectual’s hit hanky-panky pay dirt, but what’s in it for the porn star? Conversation? Ideas? Deconstruction?” That’s Glen Duncan, over at the New York Times on Colson Whitehead’s “zombie novel,”… Continue reading Ho-(Book)Bag: The Tits and Sass Book Club Begins with Zone One
The Week in Links: October 28
Chris Myers, mayor of Medford, N.J., and the latest GOP-er to get caught up in a Rentboy scandal, claims he “doesn’t know” if the photos of him in his underwear (posted online by the Rentboy himself) are real or not. SWOP is seeking new board members—spread the word! As a new SWOP chapter is opening… Continue reading The Week in Links: October 28
Behind Portland’s Dancer-Run Awards Show, The Strippies
For a city known for its strip clubs, it’s almost surprising that Portland didn’t have a cohesive red carpet-style industry awards show before last year. The PDX Strippies are the brainchild of LA (by way of Portland) occasional stripper/current burlesque lady, Hezzy Tayte, and Portland stripper and “one-woman production company” (not to mention Tits and… Continue reading Behind Portland’s Dancer-Run Awards Show, The Strippies
10 Upsides to Being a Gigolo
Complex is an ironic name for such a shallow publication. When your major “News” categories include “Rides” and “Girls” alongside “Sneakers” and “Video Games,” it doesn’t bode well for thoughtful commentary. So reading “10 Downsides to Being a Gigolo” didn’t really surprise me: most media discussion of sex work is divided between horror stories and… Continue reading 10 Upsides to Being a Gigolo
We Know You’re Reading This
Hey there. In case we haven’t reminded you enough recently: we are always interested in submissions from our faithful readers who are current (or former) sex workers. Just get to get your creative juices flowing (ugh, sorry), here are some topics we are interested in right now: Warrantless searches of cell phones in California and… Continue reading We Know You’re Reading This