As a pornographer and cam ho, I don’t deal in cash the way other sex workers do. I just get boring checks and wire transfers like some kind of grown up with an office job. When I withdrew cash at the bank for a trip, I had to get a photo of some of my… Continue reading Stacks & Cats Monday
Ariel Levy’s Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture (2005)
I can’t quite say I disliked Female Chauvinist Pigs—though as a sex worker I feel like I should, as it grossly misunderstands and oversimplifies my industry. Author Ariel Levy discusses how women’s participation in modern “raunch culture” is a step backwards for both feminism and the sexual revolution. While earlier generations focused on sexual freedom as related to pleasure… Continue reading Ariel Levy’s Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture (2005)
Quote of the Week
Slavery becomes conflated in evangelical rhetoric with more divisive matters of sexual morality, from pornography and prostitution to abortion. […] In nearly every conversation I have with Christians about sexual slavery, the issue of pornography comes up. They assume that bondage and consenting self-exposure are similarly an affront to what God has in mind for us.… Continue reading Quote of the Week
The Weekly Unwrap
Kayla, a Portland dancer and recording artist, made several playlists and contributed an original track to Stripper Music Monday. Kat went to a vagina beauty pageant. Charlotte interviewed Laura Agustín. Part one and part two. Bettie finds Larry Flynt creepy. Story takes a look at Katherine Frank’s 2002 research into strip club regulars. Rocket on the particular risks of being photographed publicly as a… Continue reading The Weekly Unwrap
The Week in Links: August 5
Secrets, a London strip club, is planning to release a book on U.K. stripper slang. A St. Louis entrepreneur is struggling keep his BDSM club open, despite hostility from neighbors and zoning conflicts with the city. Eva Longoria Tweeted photos of her pole dancing bruises. A British decathlete works as a stripper to fund his training.