St. James Infirmary is launching a new media campaign with sex work PSAs on San Francisco Muni buses, similar to the Turn Off the Blue Light campaign in Ireland. If you’re a sex worker in San Francisco, check out the Media Launch Party this weekend. The Second Annual American Pole Fitness Championships are taking place in… Continue reading The Week in Links: October 14
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Spoiler Alert: Girlvert by Oriana Small AKA Ashley Blue (2011)
This is the first book I’ve read that I had to set down because it caused me to have a heaving fit (on two separate occasions, actually). As in, certain muscle groups in my body involuntarily contracted in a desperate attempt to push something that I had read out of my throat. Those were just… Continue reading Spoiler Alert: Girlvert by Oriana Small AKA Ashley Blue (2011)
The Week in Links: September 30
Two Brazilian pole dance champs held an “impromptu dance-battle” at a Rio de Janeiro dance studio. Sino Weibo, the Chinese version of Alexa DiCarlo, was outed as a 31-year old married man living in Hangzou. He was fined 500 renminbi (about $79) for “cheating the public with fabricated facts” and “disrupting social order.” Pervs from around the country convened last weekend… Continue reading The Week in Links: September 30
The Week In Links: September 23
Days after her naked photo scandal erupted, Scarlett Johannson was spotted partying with Kieran Culin at famed Parisian strip club Crazy Horse. NYC cabbies who object to strip club ads on moral grounds can now refuse them Porn performers Andy San Dimas and Bobbi Starr appear in Drive, which stars Ryan Gosling (who sadly is not… Continue reading The Week In Links: September 23
HIV Scare in the Adult Industry Gives Michael Weinstein Another Chance to Act Like a Hypocrite
On August 29th, my shoot was cancelled, and I had the day off from work because someone in Florida had tested positive for HIV. This is the bizarre result of working in an industry in which we necessarily disclose our sero-status to our coworkers, and negative STI test results are prerequisite for employment. A few… Continue reading HIV Scare in the Adult Industry Gives Michael Weinstein Another Chance to Act Like a Hypocrite