Dear Tits and Sass, I’ve been a worker for around ten years now and have been full time for around the latter half of that. Navigating having a partner while being a worker is nothing new to me. However, I’ve been with my current partner for around a year and over the last few months I’ve… Continue reading Dear Tits and Sass: Boundaries
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Dear Tits and Sass: The Client Boyfriend
My BF is a former client. When I first met him I was in my early 30s and really popular. I saw him once or twice… I missed a couple appointments and he stopped seeing me. Over the years my business slowed down. I operated UTR, mostly relying on regulars…After almost eight years my client… Continue reading Dear Tits and Sass: The Client Boyfriend
Loving Don Draper: Economics and Intimacy in an Abolitionist World
I Let’s admit it; the job does follow us home. Instead of protesting otherwise, we should claim the potential insight and knowledge of using what we learn and practice while working in our personal lives . While we rightfully contest the ways in which abolitionists frame us as the walking dead—victims who must disassociate to perform… Continue reading Loving Don Draper: Economics and Intimacy in an Abolitionist World
Neon Wasteland: On Love, Motherhood, and Sex Work In A Rust Belt Town (2011)
Susan Dewey conducted fieldwork for her academic study at a strip club she calls “Vixens” in a town she calls “Sparksburgh” in the post-industrial economy in upstate New York. She describes interacting with approximately 50 dancers but focuses on a few: Angel, Chantelle, Cinnamon, Diamond, and Star. Some names were changed, but these pseudonyms will… Continue reading Neon Wasteland: On Love, Motherhood, and Sex Work In A Rust Belt Town (2011)
Quote of the Week
Individuals arrested as “pimps” during “rescue” operations are not necessarily abusers, traffickers, or exploiters; in fact, many are friends, family members, partners, etc. who happen to provide room, transportation, mentoring, security, and other assistance to people in the sex trade, or are financially supported by them, even though they are not abusing, coercing, exploiting, or… Continue reading Quote of the Week