Stormy Daniels’ Make America Horny Again is the tour that won’t stop—as she chugs from city to city, local coverage follows. Dozens of cities later, the coverage of her tour is getting a bit formulaic. Here’s the formula local writers tend to use when covering a Stormy appearance: cursory explanation of Stormy’s newsworthiness + ironic… Continue reading The Maine Millennial: The Charming Columnist that Casually Understands that Sex Work is Labor
Donna Dalton, Jill Filipovic, And The Eternal Lightness of Anti-Sex Worker Feminist Being
On August 24, a police officer on duty with the Columbus, Ohio police department named Andrew Mitchell shot and killed sex worker Donna Dalton, leaving her two children motherless. Like others who habitually inflict state sanctioned violence onto the bodies of marginalized people, Mitchell says he “feared” for his life, despite friends describing Dalton as… Continue reading Donna Dalton, Jill Filipovic, And The Eternal Lightness of Anti-Sex Worker Feminist Being
Michael Kimmel, #MeTooSociology, and Feminist Betrayal of Sex Workers In Academia
I’ve made an entire alter ego out of the things people hate most about women: bodily autonomy and self-determination in the form of sex work and body modifications, among other things. The recent allegations against prominent sociologist Michael Kimmel, a man known for his scholarship on masculinity and masculine entitlement, unveil the things people love… Continue reading Michael Kimmel, #MeTooSociology, and Feminist Betrayal of Sex Workers In Academia
Saving Face
He was the perfect client. Well dressed and freshly showered, he brought me a small gift in which my precious dollar bills were discreetly enclosed, and our session finished before I was even fully undressed. “How did you find me?” I asked him over cacio e peppe. I needed to recreate whatever marketing techniques scooped… Continue reading Saving Face
Actually, the Detroit Police Department Visited Stormy Daniels First
Stormy Daniels’ performance in Columbus, Ohio last week wasn’t the first to get interrupted by a vice squad. On April 18, her performance in Detroit was also paid a visit by the Detroit Police Department Vice Squad. They appeared between her first and second performance, shortly after the majority of journalists had already left to… Continue reading Actually, the Detroit Police Department Visited Stormy Daniels First