Surprisingly short slideshow of sex working women who’ve run for (international) political office. Moby Chicks was an April Fool’s joke, but I think it’s a genius idea. What does maritime law say about topless dancing? Horrible article on Zimbabwean farmers who spend their profits on sex workers. A play about a “high class” prostitute (named Charlotte!)… Continue reading The Week In Links: April 8
Interview with Stoya
When I first saw a clip of Stoya in action, I was awestruck. She was the only female porn performer I’d ever seen who genuinely seemed to be enjoying it—smiling, even laughing a little, and simply radiating happiness. With her pale cheeks flushed pink and her dark hair slapping up and down around her face,… Continue reading Interview with Stoya
The H-word Is Not The N-Word
Language matters, but it’s also a lot easier to target specific words than it is to constructively address the issues behind them. And unlike a bunch of Jezebel commenters and more than one hundred Waco, Texas residents, I’m too busy being concerned with real sex worker issues to get worked up about a restaurant named… Continue reading The H-word Is Not The N-Word
T-Pain, “Booty Work (One Cheek At A Time)”
How it took so long for someone to record a song with “Left cheek, right cheek” in the refrain is beyond me. If the video’s been taken down, go here to listen. Also in stripper music this week, in the department of “fuck no, I’m not dancing to that,” two men with a history of… Continue reading T-Pain, “Booty Work (One Cheek At A Time)”
Sugarbabies Unite! (sort of.)
For some, the jury is out on whether being a sugarbaby counts as sex work, for others it’s pretty clear that it is. The ladies of Tits and Sass think it is, even if we don’t all have the same opinion on it. So, we decided to have a little Sugarbaby Roundtable on the topic.… Continue reading Sugarbabies Unite! (sort of.)