Emperor’s Palm Beach is advertising that they’re taking applications from soon-to-be high school graduates. Seems like a questionable strategy, since another location operated by the same owners was sued for allowing an underage dancer to work. It sounds like the club might be a nice stop for traveling (legal) dancers, though. An article in the… Continue reading Today in Questionable Strip Club Advertising: Recruiting High Schoolers
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Toys for Tatas: Sex Workers and Charity
Over the weekend, the internet news show The Young Turks drew my attention to this story: a 37-year-old Houston escort who works under the name of Shelby is offering a discount for clients who donate a toy to Toys for Tots. For any guy who booked an hour and brought an unwrapped toy, Shelby offered… Continue reading Toys for Tatas: Sex Workers and Charity
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
The Week in Links: November 18
Kgomotso Matsunyane discusses why sex work should be legal in her home country of South Africa: “Our police can be better served focusing their energies of legitimate, violent and corporate crimes that plague our country.” Decriminalization in Taiwan hits stumbling blocks. Cities have failed to create designated districts where prostitution would be legal. Tulsa police announce… Continue reading The Week in Links: November 18
The Week in Links: October 28
Chris Myers, mayor of Medford, N.J., and the latest GOP-er to get caught up in a Rentboy scandal, claims he “doesn’t know” if the photos of him in his underwear (posted online by the Rentboy himself) are real or not. SWOP is seeking new board members—spread the word! As a new SWOP chapter is opening… Continue reading The Week in Links: October 28