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		<title>The Erasure of Maya Angelou&#8217;s Sex Work History</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peechington Marie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peechington Marie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Black History Month draws to a close, we thought revisiting Peech&#8217;s seminal essay on Maya Angelou would be appropriate.  Dr. Maya Angelou, American Poet Laureate, most famous for authoring I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, passed away at age 86 on May 28th, 2014. Her literary agent Helen Brann confirmed the news to&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-erasure-of-maya-angelou/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Erasure of Maya Angelou&#8217;s Sex Work History</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Activist Spotlight Interview: PJ Starr On Marcia Powell And Prison Abolition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note, 8/31/2017: In light of Trump&#8217;s pardon of former sheriff Joe Arpaio for his contempt of court conviction re: the order to cease his reign of terror against immigrants in Arizona&#8217;s Maricopa County, we&#8217;re posting an updated edition of my September 2014 interview with PJ Starr. I interviewed Starr on her documentary about Marcia Powell,&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/activist-spotlight-interview-pj-starr-on-marcia-powell-and-prison-abolition/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Activist Spotlight Interview: PJ Starr On Marcia Powell And Prison Abolition</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Boss  (2017)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay St. James]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aya de leon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Aya de Leon’s new novel, The Boss, tackles the real issues of sex work in a criminalized society without ever coming across as preachy. De Leon uses the experiences of sex workers and her own life to bring the reader into a diverse, vibrant, and intersectional world. As an isolated black femme sex worker living&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-boss-2017/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text"><i>The Boss </i> (2017)</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Gr8 Pole Deb8: PoleCon Edition</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/the-gr8-pole-deb8-polecon-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sex Work Sells]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three years ago, at this very time of year, this post came across my Tumblr dashboard.  It was the first time I had seen anything like it and I was staggered. Stripper tumblr (strumplr?) was outraged, and though responses began with the intent of being educational, they devolved quickly as the original poster, Kelly, blasted&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/the-gr8-pole-deb8-polecon-edition/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Gr8 Pole Deb8: PoleCon Edition</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Working While Pregnant Is About Survival</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/working-while-pregnant-is-about-survival/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay St. James]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Blond Leading the Blind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silly Media Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This Time, It's Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brothels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Hof]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marginalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moonlight Bunny Ranch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nevada]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, I saw the coverage earlier this month on pregnant Nevada brothel worker Summer Sebastian blogging about enjoying a few months at work at the Bunny Ranch while her (former) millionaire partner watches their beautiful twins at home. No, I didn&#8217;t get the promised message of empowerment and normalization or a real heart-to-heart on what&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/working-while-pregnant-is-about-survival/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Working While Pregnant Is About Survival</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>White Feminism, White Supremacy, White Sex Workers</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/white-feminism-white-supremacy-white-sex-workers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juniper Fitzgerald]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A provocative critique of anti-trafficking celebrity spokesman Ashton Kutcher and the rescue industry complex penned by sex trafficking survivor (and Tits and Sass contributor) Laura LeMoon is making the rounds. Predictably, white people are pissed. “Kutcher is just trying to help!” exclaim my white, cishet acquaintances on Facebook, clearly missing LeMoon’s point that “being a&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/white-feminism-white-supremacy-white-sex-workers/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">White Feminism, White Supremacy, White Sex Workers</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Feeble Attempt at Writing About Drake&#8217;s Strip Club</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/my-feeble-attempt-at-writing-about-drakes-strip-club/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josephine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tits and Sass is a Rihanna blog. This is a sound editorial decision Caty and I made a long, long time ago, and so far it has served us well. Tits and Sass has never been a Drake blog. Which isn’t to say we’re anti-Drake, we’re just not explicitly pro-Drake the same we are, say,&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/my-feeble-attempt-at-writing-about-drakes-strip-club/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">My Feeble Attempt at Writing About Drake&#8217;s Strip Club</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Starting To Show Up: An Interview With SWOP National&#8217;s President, Savannah Sly</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/starting-to-show-up-an-interview-with-swop-nationals-president-savannah-sly/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caty Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Holtzclaw]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[SWOP (Sex Worker Outreach Project) is the most recognized name in sex workers’ rights advocacy in the U.S. Currently, they have over 25 chapters around the country, and a board of directors—SWOP National. The only requirements to be a chapter are that March 3rd (International Sex Worker Rights Day) and December 17th (International Day To&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/starting-to-show-up-an-interview-with-swop-nationals-president-savannah-sly/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Starting To Show Up: An Interview With SWOP National&#8217;s President, Savannah Sly</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not About Me: Responsibility In Sex Worker Writing</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/its-not-about-me-responsibility-in-sex-worker-writing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Corvid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[New sex worker writers often justify their sex work with respectability politics. I did it. I fucked up with my very first piece, in a big venue, the Guardian, contrasting my sex work to that of hypothetical trafficked workers, so-called “miserable slaves.” Even after taking feedback about that mistake, it took me a while to&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/its-not-about-me-responsibility-in-sex-worker-writing/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">It&#8217;s Not About Me: Responsibility In Sex Worker Writing</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Naked Music Monday: Ciara&#8217;s &#8220;Ride&#8221; as a Sex Work Anthem</title>
		<link>https://titsandsass.com/naked-music-monday-ciaras-ride-as-a-sex-work-anthem/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[suzyhooker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Caty: Ciara’s given us many music and video masterpieces over the years: &#8220;Like A Boy” (is there anything better than her going soft butch?), “I’m Out” (a song that values ass shots, selfies, and texts as much as us harlots do), and “Never Ever” (cleverly riffing off syrupy 80s soft rock? Especially appealing to the sex&#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://titsandsass.com/naked-music-monday-ciaras-ride-as-a-sex-work-anthem/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Naked Music Monday: Ciara&#8217;s &#8220;Ride&#8221; as a Sex Work Anthem</span></a>]]></description>
		
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