by Jackie and Alex Jackie’s story, like that of so many, begins with domestic violence, violence she weathers with the help of her sex work. Her son’s father continuously uses abusive financial tactics, severing any ability she’s ever had to gain ground in her life. Her ten-year-long saga has kept her working under the table,… Continue reading Holy Shit: Adventures In Survival Sex Work And Stimulus Checks
Tag: International Sex Workers’ Rights Day
The Week In Links—March 6
In California, ESPLER (Erotic Service Providers Legal, Education and Research Project) have filed a lawsuit against the state’s attorney general, Kamala D. Harris, and four district attorneys. The plaintiffs, three sex workers and one client, maintain that their constitutional rights to privacy, freedom of association, and substantive due process right to earn a living are… Continue reading The Week In Links—March 6
We <3 $pread
In honor of International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, the Feminist Press is releasing a retrospective anthology of $pread Magazine today. Current and former Tits and Sass co-editors got together to write about our nostalgic love for the magazine and the way it’s inspired our work. Bettie, Tits and Sass founding editor emeritus: $pread magazine was… Continue reading We <3 $pread
The Week In Links—March 8
The prostitution crackdown in the Guangdong Province of China will continue; 363 suspects have already been detained. Strange news out of San Francisco last week as the faith-based sex workers’ outreach Solace SF was closed under allegations of fraud against founder Laura Lasky. Canadian sex worker Celine Bisette acknowledges that Canada has done a terrific job… Continue reading The Week In Links—March 8
The Week in Links–March 8th
International Sex Workers’ Rights Day was this week, on March third, and it came with a whole slew of links. Maggie’s Toronto, The Toronto Sex Workers’ Action Project, produced a press release for the occasion in which street workers demand full decriminalization of their lives. Many sex workers honored the day by creating a hash tag on… Continue reading The Week in Links–March 8th