Tag: emotional labor

Everybody Has Their Own Hustle: An Interview With Jacq The Stripper

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Jacqueline Frances has drawn attention and acclaim with her deceptively simple cartoons of everyday strip club doings.  The simplicity of her comics draws you in, and before you know it, you’re seeing men and masculinity from a sex workers’  view that few people can bring themselves to take on consciously. Frances toured last year with her… Continue reading Everybody Has Their Own Hustle: An Interview With Jacq The Stripper

What Does Amalia Ulman’s Instagram Art Mean for Sex Workers?

(A screenshot from Excellences and Perfections)

‘Up-and-coming’ no longer describes Argentine-born Amalia Ulman. Her recent work– a secret Instagram photo series mimicking the online persona of an L.A. sugar baby–made some huge waves. Ulman is quickly gaining ground as an artist whose accomplishments extend well beyond speaking at the respected Swiss Institute and showing at Frieze and the 9th Berlin Biennale.… Continue reading What Does Amalia Ulman’s Instagram Art Mean for Sex Workers?

The Peculiar Political Economics of Pro-Domming

“So, I figured out what happened to Jane,” the dungeon manager said. “Oh?” “My friend ran into her the other day. She’s a cop now.” “I guess that makes some kind of sense ,” I said. “Mmhhmm. She can beat-up people legally now.” That’s the punchline. Do you get it? Let me take all the… Continue reading The Peculiar Political Economics of Pro-Domming

Chi-Raq (2015)

(Screenshot from the film)

Imagine Lysistrata—the classical play you probably read in Greek Lit class —but in the hood. In this fictional but all-too-real version of Southside, Chicago, the women of Chi-Raq, lead by Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris), opt to withhold sex as a negotiating method to force an end to the gang related violence their men engage in. Lysistrata is… Continue reading Chi-Raq (2015)

On Performing Capitalism

Does your client look like this? (Trade Union Magazine, 1925, via Wikimedia)

I recently had a realization about my work after returning from an international trip with one of my sugar daddies. I was only gone for four days, but I felt like I had just spent a month with one of the worst bosses from one of my straight jobs. I was a ball of stress… Continue reading On Performing Capitalism