HOURS Left to Fund LICENSE TO PIMP on Kickstarter
LESS THAN 24 Hours to Fund LICENSE TO PIMP on Kickstarter This Kickstarter Update #13 contains an audio excerpt from an interview I did with a stripper named “Kat.” She has worked as a stripper in San Francisco for nearly 2 decades and started when she was 18 years old. She’s still going strong + … Continue reading
End Violence Against Sex Workers
December 17 is the International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers. Though the day has already passed this year, I feel it’s important to remember those sex workers who are no longer here with us to celebrate holiday festivities alongside us. They’re not here because they are dead–many murdered just for being sex workers.
Lucille Bogan aka Bessie Jackson: 1920’s-30’s Sex Worker & Singer
I just came across this 1920’s-30’s African American sex worker who was a blues singer from down South and was the first Black female to be signed outside of NYC or Chicago–then the hotspots for blues music. Born in Amory, Mississippi on April 1, 1897 as Lucille Bogan, she later anoited herself as Bessie Jackson. … Continue reading
Swedish student who stripped + prostituted to pay bills is suspended by college
(May 2011; Stockholm, Sweden) A Swedish student who stripped in Stockholm and also prostituted to pay her way through college is suspended by dean at the college she attended. Fellow students supposedly felt her extra-curricular jobs reinforced the idea that women are sexual objects & they were uncomfortable with her job choices. “I have never … Continue reading
South Korean Prostitutes & Pimps Rally Against Police Crackdown
5/17/11 Seoul, South Korea Hundreds of prostitutes and pimps rallied Tuesday near a red-light district in Seoul to protest a police crackdown on brothels, with some unsuccessfully attempting to set themselves on fire. (Scroll down for photos) A crowd of about 400 people, mostly women wearing baseball caps, masks and sunglasses, chanted slogans like, “Guarantee … Continue reading
Britain’s Prostitutes: Life On the Edge
A look at the dangers faced by women working as prostitutes in Britain. After the murders of three sex workers in Bradford, Chris Buckler speaks to women who continue to work on the streets despite the dangers.
Internet Sex Forum Raged Against Prostitute Found On Long Island Beach (NY)
4/17/11 NY Having found more than ten bodies along Gilgo and Jones Beaches, many of whom have been identified as prostitutes, police are still trying to get to the bottom of the possible Long Island Serial Killer. Police have talked to Joel Rifkin, utilized spy planes, and extended their investigation from Long Island to Atlantic … Continue reading
Police raid nabs 7 on prostitution charges in CT Strip Bar
Nov. 24, 2010 Bridgeport, CT Police raided a city strip bar and arrested seven people on prostitution charges. Police said the bartender, bouncer, three female dancers and two male patrons were arrested during the raid Sunday night at Pleasant Moments Cafe on William Street. According to police, state Liquor Control agents were undercover in the … Continue reading
Exclusive: Diary of a Call Girl Turned Teacher (part I & II)
Part I: In college, she stripped. In graduate school she sold sex on Craigslist. Then Melissa Petro became a popular grade-school teacher, known for inspiring her students. Her secret past could have stayed that way — until she blogged about it. Sitting at home on a sunny fall afternoon, coffee in hand, Melissa Petro looks … Continue reading
Gilgo and Cedar Beach Serial Killer is on the loose
Dec. 14, 2010 Suffolk County, NY Suffolk County’s top cop said Tuesday that a serial murderer could be on the loose, as authorities searched a pristine coastal island where four corpses have been found. “We could have a serial killer,” Police Commissioner Richard Dormer told reporters on the windswept barrier island where the bodies were … Continue reading
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