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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
“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...