Sex Work 101 was inspired by conversations that happened during the Women, Action and the Media 2008 conference held in Cambridge, MA from March 28-30, 2008.
I gave a talk at WAM called Sex Workers and Media Representation (click to see notes for the workshop), and questions during and after the talk made me realize that many people are curious about the sex industry and want to support sex workers in their struggle for rights, but they have no idea where to start. This site is an attempt to fill that gap in public education in an approachable, easy to understand, and engaging way - it’s also the first public education project from Sex Work Awareness, a new non-profit in NYC founded by four $pread staff members. Sex Work 101 is meant to add to public knowledge about sex work and to encourage discussion about the issues sex workers face.
Participate in Sex Work 101! I’m looking for questions non-sex working people want answered and their perceptions of/thoughts about the industry, as well as posts from sex workers who want to share stories about their work (a day in the life, how I got into the industry, reposts from personal blogs, etc)
The official email for the site is ask[at]sexwork101.com but people can also email me at dacia[at]wakingvixen.com. I’d also love to hear from people who want to help with the site - writing posts, answering questions, etc.
4:34 pm
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5:24 am
I’m sorry Audacia, but apparently there’s just no arguing - we are all in incapable of making choices - we remain victims, each and every one of us…http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2008/03/18/spinster-aunt-quotes-self/
3:03 am
You might like this from Eye Weekly Toronto -
http://www.eyeweekly.com/fun/lovebites/article/22927
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“Reworking sex work”
Your column is getting easier to skip, as it’s always about prostitution and stripping. Mix it up a bit, will ya? CHRIS
Looking at the last several columns, I see many topics addressed: loss of sex drive, anal sex, clitorises and grammar, dick size, Asperger’s and sex, toy toxicity and porn film recommendations. Intermingled with all of these topics is the very relevant issue to a sex column of sex work. This occupation remains stuck on the fringes because of unreasonable laws and poorly understood since it is so often conflated with trafficking so naturally people are very curious about it. Still, instead of complaining, why not write me something I can research that doesn’t involve sex work? ” SASHA