Posts Tagged ‘sex work’
This is today, December 17th. This is how I became an activist, having already experienced harm in the industry, but I knew that I was lucky over what happened to me, compared to the many sex workers who are beaten, raped, or killed. Dec. 17th was started by Dr. Annie Sprinkle after the Green River [...]
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Tags: sex work, violence, dec 17
Class, class, and more class.
I saw a post about this new book on Feministe. At first, I thought, oh, how cool. I identified with the book because of my economic background and the dream I have about my education.
But then I thought about it more, and I don’t. The primary breadwinner in my family was self-employed (the secondary held [...]
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Tags: abolition, class, sex work, work
Adventures in sex work
I just received one of those awesome spam/scam emails to my work email about a $2,500,000 business proposition, asking for my address and occupation. Part of me wants to write back, “Hello, Mr So-and-So, I’m a sex worker. Is this business deal in regard to having me piss on you, or are you more into [...]
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Tags: adventures in sex work, sex work
Whorephobia 101
This is the post I typed up to try to get posted on various feminist blogs (namely Feministing), but for various reasons, I’ve decided not to. Feel free to link widely as a Whorephobia 101 guide. Thanks for your help, Amber Rhea!
Hello, my name is Jane. And I’m a whore. I’d like to talk to [...]
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Tags: abolition, feminism, sex work, whorephobia
FeministWhore’s post about slut-shaming is really interesting to me. While I certainly can’t get behind the supposedly feminist justification for supporting sex work on the “but I just like sex!” grounds, I get really annoyed by people who somehow think enjoying sex is okay but profiting from enjoying sex is not. You’re a commodity!
I read [...]
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Tags: sex work, slut-shaming, sluts, whorephobia
Whoring in hotels.
So the other day, I was in a cab that smelled like piss dry-shaving my legs. (True story.) I was on the way to an outcall at a hotel to meet a client. I hate outcalls. It’s not just because the kind of work I do requires large, heavy, conspicuous tools. Nothing says I’m doing [...]
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Tags: experiences, sex work
The problem with “privilege”
I’ve been grappling with this a lot lately. On one hand, those most involved in sex workers’ rights are those with more privilege (economically, educationally, racially), while on the other hand, privilege is used to discount their arguments and experiences. I’m struggling to find a way that acknowledges my privilege without completely negating what I [...]
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Tags: abolition, crazy, empowerment, exploitation, mental illness, privilege, sex work
I just wanted to link to this fabulous post by Snowdrop about the problems with these models, especially as Illinois considers this.
As a whore, I just have to say, as happy as I am about not risking a prostitution arrest, the kind of work I do still puts me at risk of an assault charge [...]
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Tags: abolition, end demand, law, sex work
So-called feminists.
You know, I have to say, I’m getting really fucking sick of being told by so-called feminists that I don’t know shit about my own experiences. When I talk about sex work and my experiences, I’m not trying to generalize, I’m not trying to downplay that I have privilege, I’m not trying to act that [...]
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Tags: abolition, feminism, sex work
Rio ‘16.
All right, I’ll say it. Chicago didn’t get the Olympic bid and I am happy about it. The traffic and infrastructure problems would have been a nightmare to deal with. My business would get fucked up. Not to mention that this city can’t afford the games and they’d kick out all the poor black people [...]
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Tags: olympics, sex work
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