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
Tag: lily fury
Call #FreeBambi What You Like, It’s Racism
Editor’s note: All references to “Bambi” and “#FreeBambi” below only refer to Lily Fury’s fictitious and stolen persona. There is a real Bambi out there who deserves our respect and consideration. It’s 3:45 PM Eastern Standard Time and, thankfully, I’m off work from my job at a grocery store—this means, just like on any given,… Continue reading Call #FreeBambi What You Like, It’s Racism
Fabrication Used To Scam Sex Worker Community Funds
5/22: THIS WAS A FABRICATION. WE ARE DEEPLY SORRY, ESPECIALLY TO OUR READERS WHO ARE SEX WORKING WOMEN OF COLOR, AND TO THE WOMAN WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH WAS USED FRAUDULENTLY. SEX WORKER COLLECTIVE FUND LYSISTRATA HAS STATED IT WILL RETURN ANY DONATIONS GIVEN TO THEM FOR THIS. LILY FURY IS A FORMER CONTRIBUTOR, AS WERE HER… Continue reading Fabrication Used To Scam Sex Worker Community Funds
2016’s Best Sex Work Writing
Caty’s picks: Media Coverage of Sex Workers Erases Our Voices by Lily Fury Tits and Sass contributor Lily Fury’s Establishment piece confronts a problem which we’ve devoted thousands of words to on this site: the flattening, sanitizing, and sensationalizing of sex workers’ stories by the mainstream media. The quotes she elicits from interview subjects like Shagasyia… Continue reading 2016’s Best Sex Work Writing
Activist Spotlight: Ceyenne Doroshow on The Red Umbrella Diaries, Recipes, and Resilience
Ceyenne Doroshow originally made a name for herself on stage as one of the seasoned performance artists and audience favorites of the Red Umbrella Diaries’ storytelling nights. She is featured as one of seven sex workers who tell their story on the newly released documentary The Red Umbrella Diaries, which will have its world premiere… Continue reading Activist Spotlight: Ceyenne Doroshow on The Red Umbrella Diaries, Recipes, and Resilience