Sex Work

Posted on the Mar 20, 2013 by Carlin Ross
I have so much respect for this woman. Elaine White is a registered nurse who's been campaigning for the sexual needs of dementia patients. She believes that surrogate partners and sex workers...
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Posted on the Mar 13, 2013 by Carlin Ross
The Fokkens sisters started working as prostitutes in Amsterdam's Red Light district when they were 20 years old.  Fifty years later, at the age of 70, they're retiring.  They estimate that...
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Posted on the Feb 25, 2013 by Stephanie Wadell
When I worked as a surrogate from 1987 to 1997, there were only 12 of us in United States. We were a small group of highly trained specialists who always practiced in conjunction with a traditional...
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Posted on the Feb 01, 2013 by Carlin Ross
She looks so sweet and I love her shoes. Working girl outside of a traveling Peepshow c.1924 
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Posted on the Jan 11, 2013 by Carlin Ross
Becky Adams is my new hero. She's an infamous madame from the UK whose memoir won her a Brit Writers Award. Since then, she launched a non-profit telephone service where volunteers find sex...
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Posted on the Nov 17, 2012 by Carlin Ross
This is a photo from a series by Marie Hald.  "Bonnie" is a danish sex worker and her profession is legal. You can view all the photos here.  I love this moment between mother and child....
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Posted on the Nov 11, 2012 by Lawrence Lanoff
There are a couple of amazing propositions that passed in California this Tuesday. The first proposition requires condom use by adult film stars. Theoretically, it’s an awesome idea, and I’m all for...
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Posted on the Oct 22, 2012 by Betty Dodson
I’m happy to say that the new movie Sessions is getting good press. My long term friend Cheryl Cohen who wrote the book the movie is based on, deserves all the praise I can heap on her. There will be...
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Posted on the Aug 04, 2012 by Lawrence Lanoff
“If people in America do not turn their hearts back to God there will be more fires, flood, tornadoes, drought, hail and winds than the year before.” The above comment is in response to a report...
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Posted on the Jul 05, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I bookmarked this trailer months ago and clicked on it this morning.  There's something so beautiful, authentic, and tragic about their stories.  If only sex work had the esteemed position...
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Posted on the Apr 19, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I love this sort of PSA...hits you right between the eyes. This clip has over 1.5M views - Visit Stop the Traffik to show your support:
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Posted on the Apr 13, 2012 by Liandra Dahl
This blog on this link and comments shows that at this time there is contentious debate where there needs to be collaboration. To put it succinctly though rather reductive of course, we have anti-...
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Posted on the Feb 27, 2012 by Carlin Ross
This is a picture from a photographic series by E.J. Bellocq of prostitutes working in New Orleans in 1912.  The movie Pretty Baby staring Brooke Shields was based on his work.  Love her...
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Posted on the Dec 06, 2011 by Liandra Dahl
I watched a brilliant documentary on sex work last week that I have to share . It covered just how salient a service it is for those living with disability. Of course sex work is an equally important...
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Posted on the Oct 28, 2011 by Carlin Ross
“I have never deceived anybody because I have never belonged to anybody. My independence was all my fortune, and I have known no other happiness.” - Cora Pearl She was the most famous courtesan in...
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