The popularity of the sugar baby/sugar daddy relationship in the media is a bit of a recession phenomenon. It’s a grey-area of sex work lite that women with no experience in the sex industry can dip their toes into before they realize that if something sounds too good to be true, it is. The odds… Continue reading MTV’s True Life Confirms that Sugarbabydom is a Hassle
The Great Happiness Space (2006)
One of my favorite male sex worker movies is The Great Happiness Space. The documentary film from 2006 follows the work lives of the staff members of Stylish Club, Rakkyo, one of the top host clubs in Osaka, Japan. The film was shot at a time when male host clubs were becoming more popular and… Continue reading The Great Happiness Space (2006)
Newsweek Embraces Melissa Farley’s Unscrupulous Crusade
It’s common knowledge ’round these parts, and in every sex worker activist circle I’ve ever bumped up against, that the work Melissa Farley does is misleading, ill-intentioned, and downright vile in the way it determinedly misrepresents the whole truth. She’s a self professed “abolitionist,” meaning she wants sex work (and by necessary extension, sex workers)… Continue reading Newsweek Embraces Melissa Farley’s Unscrupulous Crusade
The Making of a Strip Club Story
Susannah Breslin inspires strong reactions. Three times I have mentioned her to friends and received a variation on this response: “She’s mean.” We don’t even agree about her at Tits and Sass! Since I’m prone to being wrongly interpreted as mean at times, I feel a kinship with her. Full disclosure: Breslin employed me as… Continue reading The Making of a Strip Club Story
Dogs & Dollars Monday
There are some friends of Tits and Sass out there who wanted to contribute photos for Cats & Stacks, except for one problem: their cats are dogs. So for our inaugural Dogs & Dollars, welcome Ecowhore’s pal. “I think my dog meets the legal definition of being my pimp,” she says. Want to submit your… Continue reading Dogs & Dollars Monday