Because the barriers preventing sex workers from being heard are already high enough. Writers have professional training in one arena, sex workers have professional training in another arena. Sex workers aren’t always equipped with the skillset to pitch to traditional editors. TAS functions as the middle ground, bridging that gap. Traditional publications interested in publishing… Continue reading Why We Don’t Vet Stories, Sources, and Contributors The Way Traditional Reporters Do
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2016’s Best Investigative Reporting on Sex Work
Murder in the Bayou, by Ethan Brown Eight murdered woman from Jefferson Davis parish in Louisiana had two things in common: a background in drugs and/or sex work. The police blamed a serial killer. But Brown discovered something else the victims had in common: they had all worked as informants for law enforcement of some… Continue reading 2016’s Best Investigative Reporting on Sex Work
2016’s Worst Sex Work Stories
The new normal: why television has chosen to humanize sex workers The headline says it all, folks. And yet, when the author attempts to answer her own question, it gets worse: “Sex sells, and it always has. But now being woke sells, too. By humanizing these characters, by providing them with a rich inner life… Continue reading 2016’s Worst Sex Work Stories
Sex Trafficking: A Media Guide
Sex trafficking is when evil men steal little girls from the mall and keep them chained to beds where they are forced to service 100 men a day. Sex trafficking is when you ask your husband to sit in the next room while you see a new client, just in case. Sex trafficking is when… Continue reading Sex Trafficking: A Media Guide
Stay In Your Fucking Lane, Male Reporters
The past week certainly was a banner one for record lows in sex work journalism, wasn’t it?