For sex worker comics fans disappointed by Sex Criminals, Capes and Whips made this highly comprehensive and excellently illustrated run-down of Catwoman’s canonical career as a sex worker (with links to her backstory for those unfamiliar), covering almost 20 years and discussing the differing styles of writing, illustration, and approaches to sex work taken by the various authors in… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 1
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The Week In Links—July 11
Today marks on year since the murder of Petite Jasmine. Reading about her life and death is the most powerful argument we know against the Nordic Model. Cool, some tourist filmmakers are fundraising to shoot a documentary in Dallas strip clubs. “The project ‘was started because the strip club and stripper industry was one of… Continue reading The Week In Links—July 11
The Week In Links: April 20
Oh, right, there’s an alien stripper comic book. Why aren’t we reading this? Vince Neil should leave the pole dancing to the pros. How would robotic prostitutes change the sex tourism industry? The Magic Mike trailer is out! And there’s another male stripper movie—a comedy called Sugar Shack, set in Racine, Wisconsin. The Hustler mobile… Continue reading The Week In Links: April 20
Secret Service Agents Sacrifice Reputation For Prostitutes: Their Romanticism Goes Unheralded
Most American news outlets worked themselves into a froth this weekend over the allegations that 11 secret service agents were relieved of duty because they (or at least some of them, but not all) hired sex workers while in Colombia. The situation’s elements do indeed seem pretty juicy, particularly since they allow journalists to combine the… Continue reading Secret Service Agents Sacrifice Reputation For Prostitutes: Their Romanticism Goes Unheralded