At this point in the SESTApocalypse, as I finally emerge from the paralyzing fog of wtf-wtf-wtf around the death of our business model, we’re all sick of thinking and talking about it. We’re sick of wondering how the hell we’re going to manage, sick of watching high-end workers become paranoiac internet security experts, sick of… Continue reading On Backpage
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The Stormy Daniels Effect, Part II: Post SESTA/FOSTA Edition
When I first identified “The Stormy Daniels Effect” here at Tits and Sass, my theory about the power of sex worker class-consciousness, the Stormy Daniels media cyclone was just beginning to brew. This week, after her 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night, it briefly became a full on news cycle shit storm. Commentary on Daniels… Continue reading The Stormy Daniels Effect, Part II: Post SESTA/FOSTA Edition
Post-SESTA/FOSTA Self-Censoring for Twitter, Reddit, and other Social Media
In the immediate aftermath of SESTA/FOSTA passing, before it’s even been signed into law, we’re already seeing discussion of sex work on the internet hit. Some companies, like Patreon, seem to have preemptively changed their policies last year while the legislation was being written. Others have started publicly changing their policies today and it should… Continue reading Post-SESTA/FOSTA Self-Censoring for Twitter, Reddit, and other Social Media
Sex Workers Are Not Collateral Damage: Kate D’Adamo on FOSTA and SESTA
Both sex workers’ rights and anti-trafficking organizations have been watching a bill winding its way through Congress for a while. Here at Tits and Sass, we’ve had plenty to say about it. SESTA, the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act, the Senate version of the bill, would have been disastrous enough—it would create a trafficking-related loophole… Continue reading Sex Workers Are Not Collateral Damage: Kate D’Adamo on FOSTA and SESTA