“I was never accused of having done anything wrong, but rather I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”—Paul Davis “What’s the difference between a hooker and a politician? There’s some things a hooker just won’t do.”—an old joke I first heard from a lobbyist Regardless of your opinion on reproductive justice, single-payer… Continue reading Going Negative In The Champagne Room: 2014 Gubernatorial Edition
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The Week In Links—May 23
Donate before June 8th to Tits and Sass contributor Mariko Passion’s Whoriffic Cabaret at the Hollywood Fringe Festival on June 16th. Read trans and sex workers’ rights activist Ava Talley’s tribute to Mariko’s work and the upcoming festival here: “Sex/Love workers of all persuasions will have the opportunity to showcase their talents at Whorrific Cabaret,… Continue reading The Week In Links—May 23
The Week In Links—March 14
Sex workers’ rights activist and social work student Monica Jones was due to defend herself in court today after cops set her up on charges of “manifesting prostitution” when they targeted her for attending a SWOP-Phoenix protest against oppressive Arizona State University social work school diversion program Project ROSE. However, the trial was postponed until April… Continue reading The Week In Links—March 14
A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free: Phone Sex On And After 9/11
I will forever associate foot fetishism with terrorism. Although George W. Bush had been in office for almost a year, 9/11 was when “the Bush years” really got rolling. I’d been politically curious my whole life, and activism-oriented in recent years, energized and excited by the emerging global trends that were dubbed the “anti-globalization movement.”… Continue reading A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free: Phone Sex On And After 9/11
Lonely Little Red Umbrella: Sex Workers’ Rights in the Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Pledge Hearing
On April 22nd, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. concerning whether the Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath (APLO), written into the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), violates the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. The contested legislation is the U.S.… Continue reading Lonely Little Red Umbrella: Sex Workers’ Rights in the Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Pledge Hearing