The Week in Links: August 5

Secrets, a London strip club, is planning to release a book on U.K. stripper slang. A St. Louis entrepreneur is struggling keep his BDSM club open, despite hostility from neighbors and zoning conflicts with the city. Eva Longoria Tweeted photos of her pole dancing bruises. A British decathlete works as a stripper to fund his training.

Y’all, Larry Flynt Is Kind Of Creepy.

Did everyone else know this? Have I been in the dark? Apparently so because this interview didn’t seem to make waves at all, but when I read it I got legitimately creeped out by this legitimately creepy portrayal of a man who is, apparently, legitimately creepy. It’s not even the beginnings as a “hillbilly” or him losing… Continue reading Y’all, Larry Flynt Is Kind Of Creepy.

The Week in Links: July 29

A City of Denver asphalt paving truck was busted at the Diamond Cabaret car wash. A friendly tourist report about Portland’s Foot Night, with a mention of Tonya Jone Miller. Kat still thinks they sound like the “Groupon of the sex industry.” Norma Jean Almodovar takes on Melissa Farley in this amazing little video. There… Continue reading The Week in Links: July 29

Newsweek Embraces Melissa Farley’s Unscrupulous Crusade

It’s common knowledge ’round these parts, and in every sex worker activist circle I’ve ever bumped up against, that the work Melissa Farley does is misleading, ill-intentioned, and downright vile in the way it determinedly misrepresents the whole truth. She’s a self professed “abolitionist,” meaning she wants sex work (and by necessary extension, sex workers)… Continue reading Newsweek Embraces Melissa Farley’s Unscrupulous Crusade

The Week In Links: July 15

New York Gov. Cuomo is considering a bill that would increase penalties for those convicted of street prostitution. You can sign a petition discouraging him from doing so. Whorelover is an anthology being compiled of essays from the partners of sex workers. Today is the last day for submissions. Over the past three years, 44 women have been… Continue reading The Week In Links: July 15