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The H-Word: "The Pricetag is High."
The H-Word presents first person experiences from sex workers across the country. Here, Liv compares her job as a sugar baby to her perceptions of other forms of sex work.I go by Liv and I'm 33. I...
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The H-Word: "This is how hookers die."
The H-Word presents first-person stories from current and former sex workers across the US. TRIGGER WARNING: The following story includes a description of a sexual assault. You can bypass this scene by...
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The H-Word: Essence, Revealed
The first time I met Essence Revealed was two years ago at the Sex Workers Cabaret, an annual event in New York City where sex workers take the stage to tell their diverse stories through performance,...
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The H-Word: "Cleaning Up" OWS and Our Country's Historic Fear of Contagion
Not so good morning, America. I woke up yesterday to discover that on Monday night the police had cleared Zuccotti Park. As of this morning, Zuccotti Park remains largely unoccupied and quiet, thanks...
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The H-Word: “Make Your Own Porn.”
A sometime-writer, social worker, dancer, artist and yogi, Dylan Ryan is also one of adult entertainment's favorite feminist porn stars. She has been the recipient of The Feminist Porn Award's...
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The H-Word: Maria Talks About the "Real World."
The H-Word presents first-person stories from current and former sex workers across the U.S. Maria is a 48-year-old hairdresser and artist who supplements her income selling sexual services to clients...
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The H-Word: Jessie Talks "Retirement"
The H-Word presents first person stories from current and former sex workers across the U.S. Jessie Nicole describes herself as a queer, stubborn, and committed anarcha-feminist. A former prostitute...
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The H-Word: Big Money, No Whammies
“You can do this work and make a lot of money and have a good life. I am forty years old. I do this job for eighteen years.”It is my Junior year at Antioch and I am in Amsterdam, conducting interviews...
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The H-Word: Was it Good for You?
This is my final post for The H-Word, where I say thanks and you tell me what you loved and hated.First off, it's been a super rewarding experience writing for Bitch. What an honor! Thanks to all the...
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: Profile of a Stripper
Read the rest of Erika Moen's Oh Joy Sex Toy illustrated reviews: A couples' vibrator• Ropes! • The best lube ever! • Disney-themed pole dancing! • The Fleshlight! • The Hitachi!Other Bitch writing...
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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Good morning! Here's all the feminist news on my radar this Monday morning.• OMG A DUCHESS IS IN LABOR!! Brace yourself for wall-to-wall baby news, as every major news outlet in the world liveblogs...
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here's all the news on our radar this morning!• Remember how Clear Channel was a total douche for refusing to air reproductive health ads? Well, after a month of protesting, the ban has been lifted!...
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here's the news on our radar right now:• Another person of color has been shot and killed by a white person after seeking help following a car accident and being "mistaken" for an "intruder." People in...
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Recognize That Sex Work is Work: A Conversation with Melissa Gira Grant
This month, Jacobin launched a book series with Verso offering a socialist perspective on cultural, political, and economic issues, including Melissa Gira Grant’s new book on the sex work industry,...
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NYC Hands Out 35 Million Condoms a Year, Then Arrests (Certain) People for...
It makes sense for public health departments to invest in distributing free condoms. But why would a city spend a million dollars a giving out free condoms—then allow police to use those very same...
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"Young and Beautiful" Tells an Aloof but Magnetic Tale of Sex Work and...
“No one’s serious at seventeen,” wrote Arthur Rimbaud in the 1870 poem “Roman.” When these words part from the pair of pillowy lips belonging to Isabelle (Marine Vacth), the teenaged protagonist of...
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Sex Workers Stage Protests Against Police Crackdowns at the World Cup
Sex workers and their political allies marched in Niterói, Brazil leading up the World Cup. Photo from Daspu's Facebook.While a FIFA fan fest raged in Rio de Janeiro’s ritzy Copacabana neighborhood...
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Catch the Infectious Pop and Outspoken Honesty of Lowell
When I saw Lowell perform in a small bar/sandwich shop in Portland last week, I left feeling both sweaty and lucky. The small venue had been packed with people dancing to Lowell's catchy beats—the...
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More Sex Workers Are Killed in the US Than Any Other Country
According to advocacy group the Sex Worker Outreach Project, yesterday more than 21 cities in the United States and 33 cities internationally held events to recognize the International Day to End...
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Documentary "Dreamcatcher" Profiles Chicago Sex Workers Turned Reformers
The new filmDreamcatcherbegins with a white van rolling through dark Chicago streets. “Hey, do you have condoms?” yells the passenger to the camera’s right. It’s the voice of Brenda Myers-Powell, the...
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