[W]hat I’m talking about today is that conference after conference happens and personality after personality is elevated to having these super large platforms where they can speak, and there is a glaring absence of color when it comes to sex work. Name me one person of color – and I’m not even talking about just Black… Continue reading Quote Of The Week
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The Week In Links—August 15th
Related to an earlier Tits and Sass post this week, “Actually, My Hand Feeds Me,” here’s more on the Annie Sprinkle kerfuffle. For anyone who’s a little behind, Fornicatrix goes in depth over the context of the whole weekend before getting to Sprinkle and Peechington Marie added her beautiful two cents in “Be Careful With Your… Continue reading The Week In Links—August 15th
Who Gets Left Out: The People Who Coined The Term—Addendum to the Respectability Politics Round Table
When we posted the Respectability Politics Round Table, Black beauty blogger and sex worker Peechington Marie immediately spoke up on Tumblr with a well-justified critique: Why, given that the term “respectability politics” itself originated within Black feminist scholarship, did the round table not include any Black sex workers as participants? We apologized for having this… Continue reading Who Gets Left Out: The People Who Coined The Term—Addendum to the Respectability Politics Round Table