How August Ames’ Suicide Is Changing the Porn Industry by Tina Horn After the tragic death of August Ames left workers reeling, a sprawling industry realized it needed to do better. Don’t Ask Sex Workers to Solve the Problems of Violently Angry Men by Gaby del Valle Sex workers are not ethically obligated to fuck… Continue reading 2018’s Best Writing and Reporting on Sex Work
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2018’s Best Writing by Sex Workers
The Stormy Daniels Effect: When Prostitutes Unite, Powerful Men Tremble by Juniper Fitzgerald Is our power born from our stigma? How White Women Fuck Up Reparations by Jay St. James “Reparations don’t come due when you’ve reached your self-set level of financial comfort, they’re paid from the start of your financial independence in appreciation of… Continue reading 2018’s Best Writing by Sex Workers
International Whores’ Day (And Lobby Day!) Link Roundup
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
2016’s Best Sex Work Writing
Caty’s picks: Media Coverage of Sex Workers Erases Our Voices by Lily Fury Tits and Sass contributor Lily Fury’s Establishment piece confronts a problem which we’ve devoted thousands of words to on this site: the flattening, sanitizing, and sensationalizing of sex workers’ stories by the mainstream media. The quotes she elicits from interview subjects like Shagasyia… Continue reading 2016’s Best Sex Work Writing
2016’s Best Investigative Reporting on Sex Work
Murder in the Bayou, by Ethan Brown Eight murdered woman from Jefferson Davis parish in Louisiana had two things in common: a background in drugs and/or sex work. The police blamed a serial killer. But Brown discovered something else the victims had in common: they had all worked as informants for law enforcement of some… Continue reading 2016’s Best Investigative Reporting on Sex Work