Feminism Melissa Farley, Bent Dicks, and Other Unavoidable Aspects of Sex Work
Marlena Evans on sex work, her life, and anti-prostitution activism.
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Sex Work Professionally Naked
Tina Horn on different ways she has been professionally naked, sex work, and why it all matters.
Family What’s Missing from the Conversation On Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Colleen Hele, Naomi Sayers, and Jessica Wood on the numerous crimes and acts of violence committed against Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
News Two Ways Of Writing About Sex Work
There's been some good and thoughtful reporting over the Rentboy arrests over the last few days. From Graeme Reid at Human Rights Watch:
Rentboy.com connects male escorts to clients in the same way that Uber does for transport, or Airbnb does for accommodation. There are no middlemen, thus affording users control and autonomy over the services brokered through the website. The website connects consenting adults. None of the government statements about the raid have alleged any coercion or involvement of underage persons.
It is hard to see the harm done by Rentboy.com, but it’s easy to see the harm done by the raid on society at large. The criminalization of voluntary, consensual sexual relations among adults is incompatible with the rights to personal autonomy and privacy – internationally recognized human rights that everyone, including individuals engaged in sex work, is entitled to. Criminalization creates barriers for those engaged in sex work to exercise basic rights and to seek access to justice, health care, and other available services.
Sex Work No Blame, No Forgiveness: On Sex Work
Sarah Hamilton on sex work, and not needing to be forgiven or to forgive.
LGBT (Trans) Man Whore: A Trans Guy’s Experience as a Sex Worker
Milo Scanlon on his experiences in sex work as a trans man.
News Federal Agents Seize, Disable Sex Workers Network
The federal government has shut down MyRedBook, a longtime network and resource for Bay Area sex workers.
Sex Hotel Girls: Looking for Sex Work in the New Mexico Desert
Violet Mclean, on seeking sex work in an oil and gas boomtown, and not finding it.
Feminism An Interview With Melissa Gira Grant
Grace Bello spoke with Melissa Gira Grant about her book "Playing the Whore," the current role of sex work in our discourse, and how it fails sex workers.
Music You Don’t Have to Put on the Red Light, Just Answer a Bunch of Intrusive Questions
Male songwriters love asking sex workers questions in song form.
Work Pantyhose Years
A sex worker fondly remembers a client who loved wearing pantyhose.
