The AVN Awards will take place this weekend in Las Vegas. Over 500 hopeful journalists were denied credentials to the red carpet event, with tickets costing $300. The Los Angeles City Council has given final approval to a law that would require condoms in pornography made within L.A. County. Politifact investigated the claim that Tampa, FL, where the… Continue reading The Week in Links: January 20
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The Week in Links: December 23
Adult film actress Aurora Snow talks about the latest uproar over Sasha Grey. Some parents are angry that Grey (a now retired porn star) was allowed to read to their children as part of Read Across America. Grey spoke with Grantland.com about her latest mainstream film role, Mark Pellington’s I Melt With You. HBO has announced that Hung will… Continue reading The Week in Links: December 23
The Week In Links: December 2
Dita Von Teese speaks out about stripping and burlesque dance: “I don’t really need any fancy terminology to describe what I do. … Yeah, I am [a stripper]; I’m proud of what I do.” Today the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition is hosting the Summit on Sex Work in the South in Asheville, NC. New York police theorize that one single serial… Continue reading The Week In Links: December 2
The Week in Links: October 21
In a New York Post advice column, Diane Passage—”former stripper turned lady of leisure”—shares her secrets for getting men to do what she wants. A “prostitute orgy” funded by Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been making headlines this week. New York Assistant Attorney General Alisha Smith has resigned due to allegations by the New York Post that she… Continue reading The Week in Links: October 21
Off the Street (2011)
I was excited to read and review Off the Street. The true story of Las Vegas vice cop Christopher Baughman, leader of the Pandering Investigation Team (PIT) and Human Trafficking Task Force, it seemed like the perfect read for a sex-work-loving, law enforcement supporter such as myself. The story begins when a prostitute on the… Continue reading Off the Street (2011)