“It’s your life story!” a friend texted me on April 24th along with a screenshot of Netflix’s new show Bonding. It was one of five or six texts I received that day from friends and clients making sure I’d heard about this new program that follows a dominatrix/grad student in and out of the dungeon.… Continue reading Bonding (2019)
The Massage Parlor Means Survival Here: Red Canary Song On Robert Kraft
As we gathered on the busy street corner in front of the Queens Public Library in Flushing on Friday March 29th, over one hundred community members heard our cry: “性工作是真工作!” Sex work is work! The police had blockaded Red Canary Song members from the library steps, protecting the carceral narratives that were being pushed inside… Continue reading The Massage Parlor Means Survival Here: Red Canary Song On Robert Kraft
Leave Cardi Alone
Like, I had to go strip. I had to go, ‘Oh yeah, you want to fuck me? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, let’s go to this hotel,’ and I’d drug ni**as up, and I’d rob them. That’s what I used to do! Nothing was motherfucking handed to me, my ni**a. Nothing. Full disclosure: I don’t actually… Continue reading Leave Cardi Alone
The Racism of Decriminalization
Since I began writing this piece, both Scarlet Alliance and SWOP NSW have issued an apology to migrant sex workers for their part in the SEXHUM research. This is an unprecedented move in the right direction for peer organizations. I hope that there will be more attempts in the future to empower migrants and POC,… Continue reading The Racism of Decriminalization
2018’s Best Writing and Reporting on Sex Work
How August Ames’ Suicide Is Changing the Porn Industry by Tina Horn After the tragic death of August Ames left workers reeling, a sprawling industry realized it needed to do better. Don’t Ask Sex Workers to Solve the Problems of Violently Angry Men by Gaby del Valle Sex workers are not ethically obligated to fuck… Continue reading 2018’s Best Writing and Reporting on Sex Work