Tag Archives: sex-work

Rethinking Work: sex work as labor

No one ever wanted to save me from being a waitress the way they wanted to save my best friend from being a stripper.
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Belle de Jour, a.k.a. Brooke Magnanti: the science of sex work

Magnanti claims she doesn’t object to the concept of “hookerdom,” yet she does not once refer to herself as a “hooker.”
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FEMEN’s Anna Gutsol on sex tourism and short skirts in Ukraine

"Showing off your boobs and getting a free drink is promoted as the pinnacle of womanly achievement."
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“I Don’t”: arranged marriages for HIV-positive couples in Nigeria

This is not the agency’s first attempt at policing sexuality under the guise of public health and disease prevention.
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