Tits and Sass Stands With Black Lives Matter

UPDATED FROM 2016: Four years later, Tits and Sass and the sex worker community reiterate our alliance with the Black Lives Matter movement and all communities of color protesting the police nationally. We have updated the list of fundraisers below through which you can demonstrate support. Twitter user @Chateau_Cat has compiled an ever-growing list of… Continue reading Tits and Sass Stands With Black Lives Matter

“If U Only Knew How They Were Really Doing Us”: Inside/Outside Communication During A Pandemic

("Who Am I" by Alisha Walker)

by Alisha Walker and Red Schulte (written by Red, with editing and considerable input from Alisha) Alisha Walker is a 27-year-old former sex working person originally from Akron, Ohio. She was criminalized for an act of self-defense when a regular client threatened her life and the life of a fellow worker in January 2014. A… Continue reading “If U Only Knew How They Were Really Doing Us”: Inside/Outside Communication During A Pandemic

International Whores’ Day (And Lobby Day!) Link Roundup

International Whores' Day at the Eastern Market Metro Station in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Francis Chung via Twitter)

What a week it’s been for sex worker organizing! The first sex worker Lobby Day on June 1st was followed by nationwide sex worker action on International Whores’ Day on June 2nd. Post-SESTA, this annual day of organizing picked up more momentum than ever. Here’s our attempt at curating the coverage of this week’s news… Continue reading International Whores’ Day (And Lobby Day!) Link Roundup

Sex Workers Are Not Collateral Damage: Kate D’Adamo on FOSTA and SESTA

(Courtesy of Support Ho(s)e Chicago)

Both sex workers’ rights and anti-trafficking organizations have been watching a bill winding its way through Congress for a while. Here at Tits and Sass, we’ve had plenty to say about it. SESTA, the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act, the Senate version of the bill, would have been disastrous enough—it would create a trafficking-related loophole… Continue reading Sex Workers Are Not Collateral Damage: Kate D’Adamo on FOSTA and SESTA