The Week In Links—April 10

Just in time for Tax Day: Sex workers deserve tax breaks and bank accounts! We do.  The New York Post (seriously) published a nuanced look at the city’s erotic massage scene, including a discussion of immigration and the problems with the federal definition of sex trafficking. Ontario’s Attorney General has found C-36, the bill that implemented End Demand in… Continue reading The Week In Links—April 10

The Week In Links—May 9th

Mexican sex workers march on May Day to tell people what they should already know—work is work. (Photo via Vice Magazine)

“I just want them to stop fucking with us.” VICE  talks to Mexican sex workers participating in a May Day march for labor rights in a piece acknowledging the economic appeal of sex work: “Inflation has caused Mexico’s minimum wage to decrease over the years, and many of the country’s citizens have turned to the… Continue reading The Week In Links—May 9th

The Week In Links—April 25

A poster for stripper Jeff Tetreault's movie about, er, an anthropomorphized, detachable penis (Image via Vulture)

HuffPo set up an interview with two student sex workers through Student Sex Worker Outreach Project coordinator Adrienne Graf, whom we featured in a post the other week. One of the workers interviewed was Tits and Sass’ very own contributor Red, who valiantly resisted all of the interviewer’s efforts to sensationalize stripping. Screenwriter and go… Continue reading The Week In Links—April 25

Discussing Other People’s Lives: Social Work and Student Sex Workers

(Screenshot of Graf and O'Neill's Student Sex Worker Outreach Project page on the Portland State University's Women's Resource Center's website)

Adrienne Graf and Annie O’Niell are two social workers whose focus  has been sex workers. O’Niell has experience as a sex worker and Graf is an ally. Together, they have facilitated workshops at the university, state and national level on how to work with students in the sex industry. Here, they have a conversation about… Continue reading Discussing Other People’s Lives: Social Work and Student Sex Workers

The Week In Links—February 14th

Police in Duonguang, China, arrest alleged sex workers and clients in a massive raid on the entertainment district (Photo by Getty Images, via the Daily Mail)

Trafficking survivor Jes Richardson offers a concise, helpful critique of most ‘rescue’ operations: “When someone is rescued the power, strength, courage, and control is placed in the hands of the rescuers, rather than empowering the person being rescued.” Here are a few “no duh” sex tips from sex worker Siouxsie Q. This guy read Melissa… Continue reading The Week In Links—February 14th