This post was jointly written by Maxine Holloway and Arabelle Raphael, co-founders of BAPS. On the morning after the Senate passed FOSTA we texted each other about whether we should remove our ads from our social media accounts. We weren’t exactly sure what to do and knew that many other people were in the same… Continue reading How To Start A Post-SESTA Emergency Organizing Group
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A Guide to Hustling on Craiglist Without the Personals
To the readers of this post, let me say first: I’m sorry, and I sympathize. I’m displaced and down in the trenches with you. I’m a ‘lower-end’ full-service and fetish worker. My way of life got taken down with the personals section of Craigslist. It’s the only platform I have ever used, and I’m taking… Continue reading A Guide to Hustling on Craiglist Without the Personals
On Backpage
At this point in the SESTApocalypse, as I finally emerge from the paralyzing fog of wtf-wtf-wtf around the death of our business model, we’re all sick of thinking and talking about it. We’re sick of wondering how the hell we’re going to manage, sick of watching high-end workers become paranoiac internet security experts, sick of… Continue reading On Backpage
Fundraisers For Sex Workers Struggling Post-SESTA
Editor’s note: Inclusion on this list does not indicate that Tits and Sass is endorsing a particular fund. Newwhoreizons is “a wealth redistribution club by [sex workers] for [sex workers].” $newwhoreizons on cash.me to donate, newwhoreizons on a private Instagram account for information—DM to request to join the club or ask for help. Lysistrata is… Continue reading Fundraisers For Sex Workers Struggling Post-SESTA
The Stormy Daniels Effect, Part II: Post SESTA/FOSTA Edition
When I first identified “The Stormy Daniels Effect” here at Tits and Sass, my theory about the power of sex worker class-consciousness, the Stormy Daniels media cyclone was just beginning to brew. This week, after her 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night, it briefly became a full on news cycle shit storm. Commentary on Daniels… Continue reading The Stormy Daniels Effect, Part II: Post SESTA/FOSTA Edition