2018’s Best Writing and Reporting on Sex Work

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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

2018’s Best Writing by Sex Workers

The Stormy Daniels Effect: When Prostitutes Unite, Powerful Men Tremble by Juniper Fitzgerald Is our power born from our stigma? How White Women Fuck Up Reparations by Jay St. James “Reparations don’t come due when you’ve reached your self-set level of financial comfort, they’re paid from the start of your financial independence in appreciation of… Continue reading 2018’s Best Writing by Sex Workers

2017’s Best Writing By Sex Workers

No One In The Porn Industry Likes A Broken Vagina by Andre Shakti 2017 was a year suffused with the healthcare issue, so this Andre Shakti piece was never more needed. There’s plenty of discussion about the emotional labor of sex work, but very little talk about the physical labor: what is it like being… Continue reading 2017’s Best Writing By Sex Workers

2017’s Best Writing and Reporting on Sex Work

TPM’s Josh Marshall Tweets Out Porno Link to Shock of Political Media World by J.D. Durkin Maybe this isn’t vital reporting, or even reporting at all. But it certainly was a sneak peek into the circus 2017 would be. Melania Trump’s $150 million libel suit is based on a falsehood by Callum Borchers Can’t tell… Continue reading 2017’s Best Writing and Reporting on Sex Work