Rashida Jones replied (respectfully!) to Kitty Stryker‘s post earlier this week on Tits and Sass, and the two engaged in brief dialogue. Thailand is amping up arrests of sex workers in an attempt to appear to be compliant with US regulations on trafficking. SWOP-Seattle has written an open letter to lawmakers, asking them to stop bills that… Continue reading The Week in Links—February 6th
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The Week In Links—January 23
Shannon Williams, co-chair of SWOP-USA, St. James Infirmary volunteer and Whorespeak activist, died this week after unexpectedly being diagnosed with a brain tumor. There is a fund for her three children here. Williams became briefly notorious after being arrested in 2003 for prostitution while working as a high school teacher in Berkeley. She was a sex… Continue reading The Week In Links—January 23
The Week In Links—October 24
As of this posting, Tits and Sass contributor Peechington Marie’s fundraiser to allay funeral costs for the families of young murdered Black strippers Tjisha Ball and Angelia Mangum is closing in two hours. Contribute and make those two hours count! Courtney Love and Dave Grohl buried the hatchet and made a bet about who could… Continue reading The Week In Links—October 24
The Week In Links—April 25
HuffPo set up an interview with two student sex workers through Student Sex Worker Outreach Project coordinator Adrienne Graf, whom we featured in a post the other week. One of the workers interviewed was Tits and Sass’ very own contributor Red, who valiantly resisted all of the interviewer’s efforts to sensationalize stripping. Screenwriter and go… Continue reading The Week In Links—April 25
The Week In Links—February 14th
Trafficking survivor Jes Richardson offers a concise, helpful critique of most ‘rescue’ operations: “When someone is rescued the power, strength, courage, and control is placed in the hands of the rescuers, rather than empowering the person being rescued.” Here are a few “no duh” sex tips from sex worker Siouxsie Q. This guy read Melissa… Continue reading The Week In Links—February 14th