One of the many questions OkCupid users can answer to determine compatibility with potential mates is “Should prostitution be legal?” The answer options are: Yes, absolutely Yes, only if it were regulated I don’t think so ABSOLUTELY NOT (emphasis theirs) In my four years of using the site, I’ve noticed that those who choose answer… Continue reading Nevada’s Brothels: Legalization Serves The Man
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An Extras Girl in Australia
I get into work at the strip club and put my bag down. “Who is leaving all these condoms around here? We’re not fucking whores!” “Why do people have condoms in here, it’s meant to be a STRIP CLUB, who is doing that shit?” I replied straight back, “They’re not mine, but what’s the big… Continue reading An Extras Girl in Australia
The Week in Links–March 1st
Vice mag contributor Helen Rimmel did a photo essay on South Mumbai sex workers who are peer teachers on HIV, STDs, and women’s rights in the community. Ignore Rimmel’s offensive attempts at a narrative—“Life in the red light districts is…pretty much like living in a giant toilet bowl full of syringes and awful people”—and enjoy the photos… Continue reading The Week in Links–March 1st
The Week In Links: November 30
The video above is of Jennifer Lawrence during an interview on Leno giving a clinic on how not to enjoy the American treasure that is (almost dead certainly) Atlanta’s famed dive strip club, the Clermont Lounge. She insults the strippers and asks for change! The Journal of Sex Research published “Pornography Actresses: An Assessment of… Continue reading The Week In Links: November 30
Ontari-Ho!: A Guide to the Court of Appeal Prostitution Decision
By now you’ve all heard about the decision up in Ontario regarding the laws around prostitution. The Court of Appeal (largely) confirmed that several of the laws governing prostitution are not constitutional. So yay, right? What you need to know before reading the decision: 1) Prostitution is legal in Canada. However, so many activities surrounding prostitution are illegal that… Continue reading Ontari-Ho!: A Guide to the Court of Appeal Prostitution Decision