The Commercial Dungeon Experience: Abusive Management And Exploitation

(Photo by flickr user sharyn morrow, via Creative Commons)

Dungeons are often a launching pad for newbies entering the industry as the work seems safer and often more socially acceptable to the general public. In recent years pro-domme, sub, and switch work has gotten more popular than ever. Meanwhile, commercial dungeon management continues to prey on people entering into the industry looking for an… Continue reading The Commercial Dungeon Experience: Abusive Management And Exploitation

Stripper Music Monday: It’s Initiation Time

Welcome to the club! (image via flickr user dustout)

Starting a new club is never easy. You have to contend with the management, the staff, and a whole new crowd of customers. It takes a while, but eventually you adapt to the new atmosphere. So long as you make it through the initiation—the unspoken way a tight group of strippers sometimes try to break… Continue reading Stripper Music Monday: It’s Initiation Time

The Week In Links—July 25

  The International AIDS Conference in Melbourne featured discussion of how laws criminalizing sex work hinder efforts to prevent the spread of HIV. This Reuters story covers counterproductive global laws. A study was presented that argued decriminalization could cut the rate of infection by up to a third. Chinese sex worker activist Ye Haiyan was… Continue reading The Week In Links—July 25

Ask Ms. Harm Reduction: I’m Dopesick

Photo taken by Silvia Escario

Dear Ms. Harm Reduction, I’m an escort with an Oxycontin habit. For the most part I can plan ahead and maintain, but sometimes supply runs out and I have to go to work when I’m in withdrawal. I serve a middle class clientele, and I’d lose clients if they found out I was a drug… Continue reading Ask Ms. Harm Reduction: I’m Dopesick

The Week In Links—July 18

  More from Vice on why the closure of MyRedbook is dangerous for sex workers. Tech Savvy Sex Workers Trade Pimps For Web Pages: despite the cringe-inducing title the article is actually a pretty good look at class stratification among sex workers and the safety offered by internet advertising. Sex worker advocate Ye Haiyan has been… Continue reading The Week In Links—July 18