Sex writer Melissa Gira Grant published a piece in the Guardian last week questioning the rhetoric of anti-sex work activists—particularly Ashton Kutcher, who’s been collaborating with wife Demi Moore in a highly publicized “Real Men Don’t Buy Girls” campaign. (Kutcher and Moore’s “activism” has been discussed previously in several other Tits and Sass posts, like… Continue reading The Language of Selling Yourself
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Hookers Stand Up
Last Sunday, BDSM community site FetLife did what a lot of popular sites do every once in a while—it crashed. And the person running FetLife’s Twitter account made a poorly chosen joke: “Whoops… FetLife just went down like a drunk hooker…”, later saying that they “Couldn’t think of anything better to say!” and “I make… Continue reading Hookers Stand Up
A New Sex Work Activist Organization: SWAAY
Redoubtable blogger, agent provocateur, and ecoporn pioneer Furry Girl launched her new activist group earlier this month, SWAAY (Sex Work Activists, Allies, and You). The site’s tagline is: “SWAAY is a not-for-profit project whose aim is connecting people with resources to learn more about sex work, and to encourage involvement with activism for sex workers’… Continue reading A New Sex Work Activist Organization: SWAAY
New T&S Comment Policy: Don’t Be Obtuse
Hi, Tits and Sass readers! We have had really good luck with our site comments so far. Aside from a few notes about how we should understand that dead hooker jokes are a necessary and funny part of modern humor, we haven’t received too many comments that suggest we all deserve physical harm for being… Continue reading New T&S Comment Policy: Don’t Be Obtuse
It’s International Sex Workers Day
June 2 marks International Sex Workers Day, commemorating a 1975 sit-in staged by French sex workers and allies at a church in Lyon. How do we celebrate this, exactly, and what can we expect from it? Holidays like this can be a good way to start a conversation or rejuvenate your own commitment to activism, but other… Continue reading It’s International Sex Workers Day