Stephen Soderbergh, director of The Girlfriend Experience, is coming out of early retirement to make a movie about a male stripper. Mr. Soderbergh, meet Ms. Fey: you two are both certifiably Obsessed With Sex Workers! Welcome to the club. Kansas is (unsurprisingly) using trafficking rhetoric to push its (otherwise failed) attempts at restricting adult-oriented businesses. Colorado… Continue reading The Week In Links: May 6
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The Week In Links: April 29
As bodies continue to be uncovered in Long Island, LI sex workers arm themselves for work. Meanwhile, local police keep “cracking down” on prostitutes, claiming that their press for arrests was in place before the serial killer gained national attention. Audacia Ray offers a concise critique of the so called “superheroes” of New York who… Continue reading The Week In Links: April 29
Tina Fey Hates Sex Workers: Part Two of Infinity
Oh Tina Fey, you sex worker-obsessed mess. I love 30 Rock with all the passion of a fake orgasm, but sometimes it’s more in spite of you than because of you. Let’s start with last week’s episode, shall we? Once again, Tracy Jordan (played by comedian Tracy Morgan) finds himself in a strip club with… Continue reading Tina Fey Hates Sex Workers: Part Two of Infinity
The Week In Links: April 1st
AdultCon by the numbers India has already blocked the new .XXX domain. Time covers Vallejo, California’s attempts to eliminate street prostitution. (Naturally, street prostitution is a “plague.”) A Las Vegas artist enlisted strangers to interact with sex toys made in her body image “in an effort to mimic the kinds of interactions that sex workers have with… Continue reading The Week In Links: April 1st