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“X” Is a Slasher Film with an Important Message about Sex Work and Pornography

A white woman with freckles and big, curly reddish hair sits in front of a backstage vanity rimmed with bright lightbulbs. She is turned away from the mirror, towards the viewer, looking off camera with a concerned expression on her face.
by Laura LeMoon
April 11, 2022 at 5:43am
What the golden age of porn shows us is that good sex means breaking rules, not necessarily literal rules or laws that exist in our physical world, but rules or standards governing human conduct, morality, and ethics. 
A surrealist illustration: two staircases lead into an ear and opened mouth, a blue woman kneels with her hands extended and her fingers curled, dismembered hands engaging in asmr occupy the two corners of the piece.

Access Denied: How ASMR Redefines Digital Intimacy

by Gianna Ferrarin
April 1, 2022 at 12:43pm
Gianna Ferrarin discusses how ASMRtists’ encounters with anti-pornography restrictions online is forcing creators to rethink what constitutes an expression of intimacy or sexuality.  Read more »
A black and white photo of a woman posing nude with a camera pointed towards a mirror. On the mirror there is one sign that reads $5 and another that reads 3 minutes in bold, black font.

Private Eye: Inside Cammie Toloui's "5 Dollars For 3 Minutes"

by Lily Burana
February 10, 2022 at 1:14pm
Toloui’s photos turn the peep show around on its audience. Read more »
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Sex Workers Deserve Better than OnlyFans

by Kitty Stryker
August 26, 2021 at 1:18pm
Why would OnlyFans bite the hand that feeds it? Read more »
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Terms of Service: Inside Social Media’s War on Sex Workers

by Reina Sultan
August 23, 2021 at 3:23pm
Instagram has long used strict terms of service to antagonize sex workers. Read more »
U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz in a blue suit and yellow tie posing in front of an American flag

Moral Panic: Matt Gaetz Embodies the Evangelical Movement’s Skewed Obsession with Sex Trafficking

by Cathy Reisenwitz
April 26, 2021 at 12:04pm
It’s somewhat ironic to see Gaetz caught up in his own culture’s favorite moral panic. Read more »
Robert Kraft, an elderly white man with short, gray hair, winks at the camera

A Man Walks Into a Day Spa: Sex-Trafficking Legislation Protects the Wealthy—and Punishes the Powerless

by Nora Salem
January 6, 2021 at 12:10pm
The case of Robert Kraft and Orchids of Asia is the latest coda to an old story. Read more »
Julia Roberts, a white woman with a bright smile, brown hair, and gold hoops, plays Vivian in Pretty Woman

Rescue Rom-Com: Sex Workers Reflect on the Fantasy of “Pretty Woman”

by Kayla Kibbe
December 17, 2020 at 10:34am
Pretty Woman is to real-life sex work what the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are to actual ninjas. Read more »
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“Blacklight” Spins a New Tale about Strippers in New Orleans

by Bitch HQ
October 9, 2020 at 12:25pm
Sex workers are very dynamic and have their own varied, colorful lives. Read more »
Bella Thorne, who is thin and white, wears an orange crop top with cut outs and has bright red hair in pigtails.

The Grift List: Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans Debacle Screwed Over Sex Workers

by Erin Taylor
September 29, 2020 at 11:20am
She used OnlyFans as a playground for her celebrity voyeurism. Read more »
Brandee Evans plays Mercedes, a Black woman wearing a long, black wig, and standing among other Black women in a glittery, two-piece suit

Hustle & Glow: “P-Valley” Puts Black Southern Strippers in the Spotlight

by Jourdain Searles
September 3, 2020 at 10:55am
The show is an expansive portrait of poverty, racism, misogyny and the Black Southern pride that pushes back against oppression. Read more »

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