The most comprehensive personal essay collection by sex workers available, demanding change in a world where bodies, sex, and difference are increasingly policed and politicized.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction by Natalie West
SECTION I: STIGMA AND SILENCE
"That Sliver of Light" by Ashley Paige
"Bifurcating" by Juniper Fitzgerald
"Are You Safe?" by Reese Piper
"I Tell Men 'No' for a Living" by Natalie West
"Sex Working While Jewish in America" by Arabelle Raphael
"Your Mother Is A Whore: On Sex Work and Motherhood" by Jessie Sage
SECTION II: THE VEXED CONDITION OF SURVIVAL
"Wounds and Ways Through, A Personal Chronology of December 17" by Audacia Ray
"Florida Water" by Rebelle Cunt
"The Invisibles" by Ignacio G. Hutía Xeiti Rivera
"What I Have to Do" by suprihmbé/thotscholar
"The Alchemy of Pain: Honoring the Victim-Whore" by anonymous
SECTION III: THE INTERSECTIONS OF INTERPERSONAL AND STATE VIOLENCE
"Victim-Defendant: Women of Color Complicating Stories About Human Trafficking" by Christa Marie Sacco
"How to Rape a Sex Worker" by AK Saini
"Hustling Survival: Stories of Self-Defense, Criminalization, and Conditional Freedom" by Brit Schulte, Judy Szurgot and Alisha Walker
"Undercover Agents" by Norma Jean Almadovar, with introduction by Vanessa Carlisle
"The New Orleans Police Raid That Launched A Dancer Resistance" by Melissa Gira Grant
SECTION IV: ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES, OBTAINING CONSENT
"Good Faith" by Tina Horn
"A Family Affair" by Dia Dynasty
"When She Says Woman, She Does Not Mean Me" by Lorelei Lee
"We All Deserve To Heal" by Yin Q
SECTION V: SAFE AND SANE WORKPLACES
"What Media Coverage of James Deen's Assaults Means For Sex Workers" by Cyd Nova
"Red Flags" by Lauren Kiley
"Demystifying Porn, for Pornographers" by Lina Bembe
"From Victim to Activist: A Marginalized Performer Navigating Sexual Assault" by Rooster X
"Dispatch from the California Stripper Strike" by Antonia Crane
SECTION VI: COMMUNITY AND HEALING
"Asking for Help" by Erin Carroll
"A Letter to My Love" by April Flores and Milcah Halili
"The Belly of the Beast" by Lola Davina
"Going from Homeless Trans Youth to Holistic Caregiver" by Ceyenne Doroshow with Zachary Drucker
SECTION VII: #METOO IN PRAXIS
"Saving Face" by Vanessa
"How Not To Be An Asshole When Your Sex Worker Partner Is Assaulted At Work" by Maggie McMuffin
"Searching for Foxy" by Goddess Cori
"How to Build A Hookers Army" by Vanessa Carlisle
