Tag: drugs

Support Hos: True Detective

Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle. Don't you hate it when cops are hot?

One of my partners cautioned me that I might take issue with the treatment of sex workers in season one of True Detective. Yet somehow, I completely forgot their warning, and found myself marathoning it over a few days several months ago. The first season is a continual whorephobic, misogynistic trainwreck, so it’s difficult for… Continue reading Support Hos: True Detective

Ask Ms. Harm Reduction: Getting High With Clients

Dear Ms. Harm Reduction, I’ve been escorting and doing pro domme work for a year and a half. Sometimes I do a gram of coke with regulars, or even do drugs with new clients on occasion. I’d like to be smart about this, but I feel like I can’t ask the the sex workers I… Continue reading Ask Ms. Harm Reduction: Getting High With Clients

Big Mother Is Watching You: Mistresses of the Universe

(Carceral Feminist Cat meme by Melissa Gira Grant)

Welcome to Big Mother Is Watching You, a guide to prominent  anti-sex worker activists, most of them women. This new feature is brought to you by Robin D.,  veteran activist with SWOP-Denver. Today’s Mothers are a pair of powerful heiresses and philanthropists who, of late, have focused their efforts on influencing policy affecting sex workers. … Continue reading Big Mother Is Watching You: Mistresses of the Universe

Ask Ms. Harm Reduction: She’s Pregnant and on Dope

Ms. HR wants the best for you and your bun in the oven. (image via Flickr user trialsanderrors)

All the queries Ms. Harm Reduction answers are actual questions from readers. If you have a quandary related to drugs, sex, work, or any of the other pitfalls and pleasures of life that you need Ms. Harm Reduction’s solution for, please write in at info@titsandsass.com. Dear Ms. Harm Reduction, I’m a recovering addict/alcoholic stripper (20… Continue reading Ask Ms. Harm Reduction: She’s Pregnant and on Dope

Ask Ms. Harm Reduction: I’m Dopesick

Photo taken by Silvia Escario

Dear Ms. Harm Reduction, I’m an escort with an Oxycontin habit. For the most part I can plan ahead and maintain, but sometimes supply runs out and I have to go to work when I’m in withdrawal. I serve a middle class clientele, and I’d lose clients if they found out I was a drug… Continue reading Ask Ms. Harm Reduction: I’m Dopesick