Yesterday, we posted Part One of an interview with Sex at the Margins author Dr. Laura Agustín. Today we present our second and final segment. It’s incredibly common now to see abolitionists argue that when prostitution is legal, as it in Amsterdam, trafficking only increases. What does the most current research actually suggest? Everyone wants… Continue reading “There Can’t Be Numbers:” An Interview With Laura Agustín, Part 2
Research Proves Men Come to Strip Clubs to Relax
This is the first review on Tits and Sassof an academic research article on stripping. Before I get to the review proper, I wanted to qualify this post with some thoughts on academia’s relationship to stripping. First off, in the spirit of showing all my cards, I used to do academic social science research. Secondly,… Continue reading Research Proves Men Come to Strip Clubs to Relax
Y’all, Larry Flynt Is Kind Of Creepy.
Did everyone else know this? Have I been in the dark? Apparently so because this interview didn’t seem to make waves at all, but when I read it I got legitimately creeped out by this legitimately creepy portrayal of a man who is, apparently, legitimately creepy. It’s not even the beginnings as a “hillbilly” or him losing… Continue reading Y’all, Larry Flynt Is Kind Of Creepy.
“There Can’t Be Numbers:” An Interview With Laura Agustín, Part 1
Upon the publication of her book, Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labor Markets and the Rescue Industry, anthropologist Laura Agustín became a hero to many sex worker activists. Her research cuts through the usual moral hysteria and emotionality invoked by the idea of trafficking to radically revise discussions about migration and sexual labor. Both her blog (linked above)… Continue reading “There Can’t Be Numbers:” An Interview With Laura Agustín, Part 1
I Went To An Actual Vag Pageant
I feel nothing but pity for people who don’t “get” Twitter, anyone who has ever rejected me, and most of all, those who missed the 2nd Annual Vagina Beauty Pageant that happened this past week at Club Rouge in Portland, OR. I generally have a strong disdain for gimmicky strip club events and formal exotic… Continue reading I Went To An Actual Vag Pageant