We interview Danielle Blunt, professional dominatrix, sex worker rights advocate, and co-founder of Hacking//Hustling, a collective that works at the intersection of technology and social justice. We discuss the EART IT Act and how important it is to protect online spaces for marginalized communities.
Strippers In Berlin and London Unite For Feminist Cabaret with an Attitude
A sex-positive, self organised, feminist collective of strippers known as the ‘Berlin Strippers Collective’, will be hosting their second online event “United We Strip”, at 9pm (CET) on Thursday 9th July.
Event: Women in Sex Tech Virtual Conference
This Saturday, there is going to be a virtual conference put on by Women in Sex Tech. The lineup is really amazing, and you should attend. Here is a link to register!
Forget sexy-time foods, the best aphrodisiacs come from the real relationship work
Written by Jessie Sage, originally published by the Pittsburgh City Paper. Recently, I was asked what sort of natural aphrodisiacs, such as specific foods or scents, work to heighten sexual arousal and increase libido. I had to admit that I really don’t know because, other than passing cultural references to things like oysters and chocolate, […]
Why you should pay for the porn you watch
Written by Jessie Sage, originally published in the Pittsburgh City Paper. A few years ago, after a well-attended academic talk on the porn industry at the Adult Video Network Convention in Las Vegas, I was chit-chatting with several porn scholars. One said, with a great deal of confidence, “The phone sex industry died because of free […]
Finding the freedom to ‘fuck like an animal’
Written by Jessie Sage, originally published in the Pittsburgh City Paper. When I was first starting to have sex as a teenager in the mid-90s, Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” was like a generational anthem. I have vivid memories of having sex in a car in a park-and-ride, the bass of that song reverberating throughout the vehicle. […]
Q&A with the partner of a sex worker — my husband
Written by Jessie Sage, originally published in the Pittsburgh City Paper. Given that I am very open about both working in the sex industry and being married, I am often asked by journalists, podcasters, non-sex working friends, and (sometimes) clients how my husband feels about my work. I find these questions difficult because he is integrated […]
Working beyond the stigma of the ‘tainted and discounted’ identity that often accompanies sex work
Written by Jessie Sage, originally published in Pittsburgh City Paper. The [Ancient] Greeks […] originated the term stigma to refer to bodily signs designed to expose something unusual and bad about the moral status of the signifier. The signs were cut or burnt into the body and advertised that the bearer was a slave, a criminal, […]