Four years ago, I quit my full-time teaching job to be a whore—to travel the world and to make art. […] These days I continue to work as an escort in LA, but I am at the tail-end of my sex work career. Burnt out and jaded, I have seen and done it all. In the… Continue reading Quote of the Week
Tag: Melissa Petro
The Week in Links: October 7
Melissa Gorga of Real Housewives of New Jersey denies rumors that she is a former stripper. Two Pakistani police officers got caught on the wrong side of a sting operation. They were arrested at the Multan brothel, where a madam claimed that they had been extorting money. Courtney Love has announced that she’s working on a memoir—we hope… Continue reading The Week in Links: October 7
The Week in Links: August 12
Melissa Petro (once deemed “hooker teacher” by the New York Post) responds to the Post‘s Wednesday headline. Wendy Babcock, Toronto-based sex work activist and law student, passed away on Tuesday. There are only five days left to donate to the SWAAY Epic Step billboard. Irish sex workers rights organization Turn Off the Blue Light recently claimed victory… Continue reading The Week in Links: August 12
The Week In Links: May 6
Stephen Soderbergh, director of The Girlfriend Experience, is coming out of early retirement to make a movie about a male stripper. Mr. Soderbergh, meet Ms. Fey: you two are both certifiably Obsessed With Sex Workers! Welcome to the club. Kansas is (unsurprisingly) using trafficking rhetoric to push its (otherwise failed) attempts at restricting adult-oriented businesses. Colorado… Continue reading The Week In Links: May 6