Possibly cancelled A&E reality TV show 8 Minutes reneged on its promise to help sex workers. Some argue that their lives were made worse after filming. The subsequent backlash has attracted a lot of negative press for the show; representatives from the show don’t seem to be responding to any journalists’ inquiries, including our own… Continue reading The Week In Links—May 8th
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A&E Pulls 8 Minutes From The Air
In the face of increasing media interest and consistent pressure from sex worker activists, A&E has deleted the website for 8 Minutes from its site and pulled the next episode, which was scheduled to air this Thursday night. Tits and Sass left a message with the show’s publicist (and even spelled out the name of… Continue reading A&E Pulls 8 Minutes From The Air
Did 8 Minutes Lie to Sex Workers?
UPDATE 5/1/15 Kamylla’s GoFundMe was taken offline and replaced with a Tilt fundraiser, which has also now been closed down. We will update if we hear news of another fundraising effort. 5/3/15 Here’s an updated fundraiser link. There’s been no shortage of coverage of A&E’s 8 Minutes, the ostensible reality show in which cop-turned-pastor Kevin… Continue reading Did 8 Minutes Lie to Sex Workers?
The Week In Links—April 3rd
The publication of the $pread book is spawning so many articles about that dearly beloved magazine! This week we’ve got one in the The Atlantic featuring a thoughtful interview with Rachel Aimee and Eliyanna Kaiser. Community activists in Toronto are organizing in an effort to protect sex workers, injection drug users, and homeless people, from the usual brutal… Continue reading The Week In Links—April 3rd
The Week in Links—December 20th
You can contribute to longtime sex worker activists Jill Brenneman and Amanda Brooks to help them pay their medical expenses using the email abrooks2014@hush.com through Giftrocket. Brenneman and Brooks were abused and terrorized by a client over a span of two and a half years—they discussed their devastating story with Tits and Sass co-editors Caty and… Continue reading The Week in Links—December 20th