We’re Not Crazy For Doing This: Sex Workers With Mental Illness

"Patients Waiting To See A Doctor, With Figures Representing Their Fears" by Rosemary Carson (via wikimedia)

Most people have some form of a lurid narrative about drugs, exploitation, childhood abuse, and mental illness come to mind when they imagine the life of a sex worker. However, sex workers’ relationships to their identity are far more complex and difficult to characterize than that trite narrative allows for. When it comes to sex… Continue reading We’re Not Crazy For Doing This: Sex Workers With Mental Illness

On Survival

(Photo by Flickr user Nasrul Ekram)

Last month, I woke up to the news that a friend of mine had overdosed and died. I’d never met her, but I’d known her for almost 15 years online. We’d found each other back in the days of Livejournal, back when it was a shock to my system just to be able to read… Continue reading On Survival

My Sex Work Bucket List: Lori Adorable

I’ve opened every Tits and Sass article I’ve written by talking about how disgruntled I am. Let’s not stop now. To reiterate, I got into this industry largely out of desperation, found the niche I hate the least (pro-switching) and currently spend half my time building my business and the other half trying not to… Continue reading My Sex Work Bucket List: Lori Adorable