Tag Archives: sex work

The Soapbox: The Case Against Sex Offender Registries

Melissa PetroMarch 19, 2013 //
Verdict: Guilty!
trent mays malik richmond
Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond have been found guilty of rape. Read More »
Sex Offender Talks
A convicted sex offender tells his side of the story in "Vanity Fair." Read More »
"Hot" Sex Offenders
Texas paper runs article on the 10 hottest sex offenders. Read More »
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There’s no defense for rape. And there’s no defense for defending rape — be that minimizing the crime, blaming the victim or focusing so exclusively on the perpetrators that the victim is rendered invisible, as in CNN’s coverage of the Steubenville guilty verdict. As I read over the case, the verdict, the media response and the backlash to it, I feel sick and I feel sad. Like the rest of you, I want these boys to be made to understand exactly what they did. I want everything that was taken from the victim to be restored to her, somehow. There is no defense for the crime of rape.

There is, however, a good argument against sex offender registries. Keep reading »

World’s Best/Worst Mom Hired Strippers For Her Son’s 16th Birthday Party

Jessica WakemanFebruary 20, 2013 //
Worst Mothers
Bridget Wismer
These mothers tried to sell their babies. 10 Photos »
Awful Celeb Parents
Dina Lohan Lindsay Lohan photo
No wonder some celebs are so screwed up: look who their parents are! 0 Photos »
Worst Dads
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The 7 worst celebrity dads. Read More »
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Sometimes I feel really bad for the shit that strippers have to deal with! A 16th birthday party filled with testosterone-laden horndogs is right on top of that list. Keep reading »

Is Pole Dancing A Sport?

Sarah GrayJanuary 23, 2013 //
My First Pole Class
Jessica went to her first pole dancing class and lived to tell about it. Read More »
To The Olympics?
Pole dancing champ Natasha Wang on 2016 Olympic aspirations. Read More »
Meet A Plus-Size Stripper
Lulu the plus size pole dancer
Lulu the plus size stripper is my spirit animal. Read More »
Celebrity Poledancers
Emma Watson learned how for her role in "The Bling Ring." Read More »
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As a girl who defined herself as a ballerina from ages three to 21, I’ve had the argument over whether dancing is a sport or art many times over. I don’t care what any guy friend says: it’s both. Hey, you try and make dancing on your toes look effortless!

An article in Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald raises a whole new argument: is pole dancing art or sport? Casula Powerhouse Art Center in New South Wales thinks neither because t chose not to display a photo series of pole dancer Zahra Stardust in its women in sports exhibition, “Onside.” Photographer Belinda Mason was commissioned by the Liverpool art center to take the photos, which included shots of Brooklyn Jackson, a gridiron player, Melissa Combo, a longboard surf champion and Stardust in her pole dancing outfit, among others. Keep reading »

Today In People Are Horrible: You Have To Pay To Get Your Name Off “Potential Prostitutes” Web Site

Jessica WakemanDecember 27, 2012 //
Zurich's Sex Boxes
Zurich, Switzerland, has created drive-in sex boxes for prostitutes. Read More »
Online Humiliation
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Stop humiliating people for their sex practices online. Read More »
Red Umbrella Project
The Red Umbrella Project helps sex workers write their truth. Read More »
prostitution

PotentialProstitutes.com is a hideous new website that posts the photos, locations and phone numbers of women who it deems might be sex workers. Many of the pics appear to be mug shots, which would suggest at least some of the women featured on the site have been arrested in the past for sex work. But if you’re an extra special douchebag, you can submit random people for inclusion on Potential Prostitutes.   Keep reading »

Alleged Zumba Studio Prostitution Ring Was Town’s Sweaty Secret

The StirOctober 11, 2012 //

When you think of Kennebunkport, Maine, images of lobsters, sailing, and even the Bush family retreat come to mind. What you don’t think of is seedy sex scandal – that is, until now. The swank, coastal town is where a prostitution ring was being run out of a local Zumba studio.

A local fitness instructor, Alexis Wright, has been charged with running the illicit business out of her gym and secretly taping the “dates.” Now the entire town is waiting to see whose names pop up on the list of johns as the investigation unfolds. Read more…

Frisky Q&A: Phone Sex Operator Sabrina Morgan Talks Kinky Sex, Dirty Talk Tips & Melon Humpers

Jessica WakemanSeptember 6, 2012 //
"For A Good Time Call..."
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First Phone Sex
A dude tells us about his first phone sex session. Read More »
How To Talk Dirty
Guys love a filthy mouth. Read More »

Be honest: “For A Good Time, Call …” has made you just a tiny bit curious about what it’s like to work a phone sex line. Is it just pervs who call up and pant into the phone before hanging up?  Are all the women who do it just paying their way through grad school?

We went to Sabrina Morgan, a 28-year-old phone sex operator in San Diego, for the real story. She got involved in phone sex back in 2005 and was kind enough to answer some questions over email. Everything you want to know about dirty talk, stocking fetishes and melon humping, after the jump!

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Pimp’s List Of 10 Rules Is The Most Depressing Thing Ever

Jessica WakemanAugust 16, 2012 //
Red Umbrella Project
The Red Umbrella Project helps sex workers write their truth. Read More »
Backpage.com Sued
Today's Lady News photo
Teen girls sue Backpage.com over sexual exploitation. Read More »
Sex Work Past
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Is it OK for an elementary school teacher to have been a stripper? Read More »
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Not that I was under any illusions that pimps were good people as a general demographic, but this just makes me want to take a bath after reading it. On Monday, Long Island police raided the home of an alleged pimp named Steve McDaniel and came across a handwritten list called “Rules 2 Da Game of Hoez!!!” Keep reading »

Teen Girls Sue Backpage.com Over Sexual Exploitation

Jessica WakemanJuly 30, 2012 //
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  • Three teen girls in Washington state are suing sex website Backpage.com for profitting off underage sexual exploitation. One 15-year-old girl and two 13-year-old girls filed a lawsuit on Friday, which claims they were trafficked into sex work and their pimps published scantily clad photos of them on Backpage with little oversight by the site. [USA Today]
  • A federal judge has upheld a ban on abortions after 20 weeks in Arizona. [The Daily Beast]
  • Are you eligible for co-pay free contraception and preventative cancer screenings on August 1, when part of the Affordable Care Act goes into effect? Find out in this fantastic explanatory piece by blogger Erin Gloria Ryan on Jezebel. [Jezebel]
  • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a voluntary Latch On NYC campaign to keep infant formula locked up inside hospitals to encourage new moms to breastfeed. Instead of nurses offering formula, they will sign-out the formula if requested by the mom. Also, 27 of the city’s 40 hospitals have also agreed to stop giving away gift bags filled with formula. [CBS News] Keep reading »

The Red Umbrella Project Helps Sex Workers Write Their Truth

Julie GersteinJuly 16, 2012 //
History Of Lady Janes
A Brief History Of LadyJanes (Women Who Pay For Sex)
The history of women who PAY for sex. 9 Photos »
Sex Work Past
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Is it OK for an elementary school teacher to have been a stripper? Read More »
McNugget Prostitution
Woman tried to exchange bjs for nuggets. Read More »
On Sex Work & Feminism
Actress Billie Piper talks about sex work and feminism. Read More »

Stories of sex work are rarely ever told by the people actually doing the work. And the sex work narrative typically portrays those involved in the industry as victims, martyrs or worse — immoral harlots bent on unraveling the very fabric of society. That’s why the Red Umbrella Project (RedUP) aims to give sex workers a voice: their own. Keep reading »

Should Cabbies Be Punished For Knowingly Driving Prostitutes?

Jessica WakemanJune 22, 2012 //
On Sex Work & Feminism
Actress Billie Piper talks about sex work and feminism. Read More »
Sex Work Past
melissa petro photo
Is it OK for an elementary school teacher to have been a stripper? Read More »
Call Girls Onscreen
Meet the women who've played call girls in film and TV. Read More »

We can all agree that sex trafficking of women and girls is abhorrent and should be illegal. Maybe we won’t agree about whether consensual sex work should be legal. (I personally believe it should be.) But where do you stand on punishing cab drivers who knowingly drive around prostitutes?

On Friday morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed legislation that pins a $10,000 fine on a cab driver who is convicted the second time for knowingly transporting prostitutes to their work. Simply transporting a prostitute or a decoy prostitute would not be illegal, the mayor said, but knowingly driving around sex workers even after getting caught doing so once before would now constitute participating in a ‘sex trafficking operation.’ Keep reading »

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