Posts Tagged ‘sex work’

Over the past few months, I’ve been working really hard and not taking the time to write about it here (or anywhere else for that matter). The days when I structured my time around writing and thinking and pondering what was going on with me appear to have become a thing of the past (oh [...]

I’ve been a bit lax about it over the past two months, partly due to some hard drive messiness (le sigh), but I spend some time this weekend digging into my archives of video files from Sex Worker Literati. There are a lot of good stories coming down the pike, since I’ve now got 10 [...]

December 17th is the annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, a day on which sex workers and their allies gather at vigils around the world to mourn our dead and bring attention to the continued acts of violence and injustice faced by sex workers. It’s a tough event, but a necessary one [...]

Above is a picture of me at the NYC Sex Blogger Calendar Launch party at the beginning of November. See more of the great pics that Nick McGlynn took here. I am sharing the month of April with Sinclair Sexsmith – it’s our mutual birthday month, and the pic is pretty hot, if I do [...]

My big news (I mean, other than the NY Times Book Review) this month is that the International Women’s Health Coalition is sending me to India. I leave for Delhi on the afternoon of September 4th and return the morning of September 21st. In between, I’ll be doing new media trainings for a variety of [...]

I’ve been buried pretty deep in my work over the past week and change and haven’t been able to give much brain space to what’s happening in Rhode Island, but I just spent some time catching up with the details, plus thinking some of this stuff through with Eliyanna Kaiser – who, to give you [...]

There was, of course, plenty of documenting of the inaugural Sex Worker Literati on Thursday. You wouldn’t expect anything less from me, right? The above video is a teaser, with short clips of each of the performers (with the exception of Damien Decker, who didn’t want to be on camera). I’ll be uploading one video [...]

Two really interesting sex worker culture and politics projects. I’m not affiliated with either, but I’m big fans of both! Promoting the rights of sex workers in FYR Macedonia: Film Screening and Discussion at Bluestockings Bookstore – Thursday, July 23rd at 7 pm – FREE WITNESS and partner organization, HOPS, will be screening their new [...]

I’ve got a new collaborative project: a monthly reading series called Sex Worker Literati, which debuts at Happy Ending On Thursday, August 6th and will happen ever first Thursday of the month going forward. The first reading stars Candye Kane, Molly Crabapple, Jodi Sh. Doff, Juliana Piccillo, Bo Winberg, and more! And that fabulous picture? [...]

In New York State, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been waging an ongoing war against online prostitution. If you want to submit a letter to Andrew Cuomo, you can do so using this online form. If you’re in Connecticut, your Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is the guy you should be directing your attention to, which [...]