By Metta May [ A guest post by Metta May, founder of Wellness4Hoes and instructor at The Mistress Academy] There’s not really an orientation to attend for this gig, so if you’re new or on the fence, here’s a bit of a glimpse at what you’re getting in to! Be You! – This is the […]
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SEX+STL: The War on Whores with Maggie McNeill
The War on Whores [Free Documentary Screening] Featuring Maggie McNeill Wednesday, May 1, 2019 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Brown School at Washington University 1 Brookings Dr · St. Louis, MO THIS EVENT IS A VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY. We are SO excited to welcome Maggie McNeill back to St Louis! She was last here in 2014, promoting her book. This […]
SESTA/FOSTA: The Strangulation of Free Expression & Safe Sex Work
A guest post by Jackie Harris For the last 22 years, freedom of expression online in the US has lived happily within “47 U.S.C., the Communications Decency Act,” a piece of legislation whose original purpose was, as suggested by its name, used to restrict free speech on the internet. Oddly enough, within this act passed to […]
The Half the Sky Movement
I am a whore. I am a very happy whore. Specifically, a white, middle-class, healthy, financially comfortable, independent woman who chooses to supplement her income with sex work because I find sex to be very therapeutic and pleasurable and want to share that positivity with others. I think people should be able to choose prostitution […]
Monday Night Movie Pick: Love Ranch
What keeps me going is that through all the lies, I know the truth. We had it. Him and me for a moment. Love and truth together. Finally. And forever. Hey, how many people can say that? – Grace Bontempo Terry Hackford’s 2010 drama takes its inspiration from Joe and Sally Conforte’s Mustang Ranch, the […]
“Dear Sex Worker Hater:”
Today we’d like to share an excerpt from Maggie Mayhem’s recent editorial about the “PornWikiLeaks” scandal. From The Daily Beast: “…Porn Wikileaks, a website that became infamous on Wednesday after Gawker.com ran a story about the renegade website’s attempts to expose the identities of thousands of porn performers. (Gawker also implied that Porn Wikileaks has […]
On Barebacking, Part 2 by Lars Eighner
Back in August of 2010, writer Lars Eighner posted a couple of essays about (gay) bareback sex and (gay) bareback porn that I’d like to share. Thankfully, Eighner released the essays to the public domain, so a few weeks ago I posted the first part, and today I’m posting the second. The reason Eighner’s essays […]
The American Dream
Ed Note: This op-ed guest post by Justin Cleveland is in response to the porn star teacher scandal that made national news last week. Like many American kids, I grew up being told that I could be anything I wanted to be. Not only that, but I should get a well-rounded education, and with that […]