Tag: sex work

Amber Heard Needs To STFU About “The Playboy Club” Until She Reads A History Book

“The Playboy Club” is the number one TV series I’m excited about this fall. How could I not be psyched for (another) show about the ’60s and the fight for women’s equality? Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who went undercover as a Bunny/waitress for a magazine exposé in 1963, is calling for a boycott of the […]

Elementary School Teacher Kaitlin Pearson Suspended After Semi-Nude Modeling Photos Anonymously Sent To Boss

Grossness: some douchebag anonymously mailed semi-nude modeling photos of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, elementary school special needs assistant Kaitlin Pearson to her employer and local newspaper. And now the 23-year-old’s side-career of modeling may cost her her job. Pearson’s Instagram account displays many of her semi-nude modeling photos, including the cover of Model Mania magazine, in which […]

Raping A Sex Worker At Gunpoint Is Just “Theft Of Services,” Says Chicago Sun-Times Columnist

This Saturday, the Chicago Sun-Times published an op-ed titled “Rape Case Sends Mixed Message On Prostitution,” in which columnist Mary Mitchell suggested that by taking the rape at gunpoint of a sex worker seriously, police are somehow doing a disservice to “real victims,” going so far as to literally state that raping a sex worker at […]

Why The Frisky Will No Longer Be Publishing James Deen’s Sex Advice Column

Yesterday afternoon, adult film star and writer Stoya tweeted the following about her former costar and ex-boyfriend, James Deen: That thing where you log in to the internet for a second and see people idolizing the guy who raped you as a feminist. That thing sucks. — Stoya (@stoya) November 28, 2015 James Deen held […]

The Soapbox: Porn Stars Learn They Can’t Bank On Chase

I’ve written before about issues around payment processors and the sex industry, how businesses like Paypal, WePay and Google Wallet were shutting anyone they suspected of sex work out of using their services. Well, turns out that a trickle down effect is happening within the banking world, as Chase recently sent letters out to hundreds of […]