Many people think of whores as being as far from God as possible. We are seen as “fallen women,” people whose moral deficiency has put them at odds with God. When God, morality, and religion are discussed in tandem with sex work, these conversations often promote religious dogma which serves to justify the marginalization of… Continue reading Are You There, God? It’s Us, Sex Workers
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I Heart Sex Workers (2012)
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The Week in Links: April 6
Churches in Kentucky and Tennessee have joined forces to protest a bar on the state border that features gogo/pole dancers. A local pastor has stated that he hopes to keep the community safe “from the filth and degradation that just ruins people.” Did we mention that these aren’t even strippers, just gogo dancers? Meanwhile, an Ohio… Continue reading The Week in Links: April 6
The Week in Links: February 17
Swiss fragrance company Givaudan is working on a new scent for Lady Gaga, which will make you smell like an “expensive hooker.” Kandy Klein (of PsychoStripper.com) writes about stripping on Valentine’s Day. Here are twelve bad reasons not to legalize prostitution (beware: this will involve bible verses). Illinois State Sen. Toi Hutchinson has proposed a statewide tax on… Continue reading The Week in Links: February 17
The Week in Links: December 16
Pole dancing may soon become an Olympic sport. Art Hage, pastor at the Hurricane Bible Church and Ministries in West Virginia, has big pans for a nearby abandoned building that used to be the Pink Pony strip club. Hage will transform the former “haven of evil” into another church, if only he can raise $800,000.… Continue reading The Week in Links: December 16