From $pread Magazine’s blog:
$pread is Dead, Really
“Dear $pread family. We want to thank you for the incredible showing of support in response to our “R.I.P. $pread” announcement. We received countless messages reinforcing the value of $pread in your communities. Over the years, we have consistently turned to our P.O. Box and email inboxes to justify our continued involvement, and your letters have fueled the all-nighters and sweaty schlepping that magazine publishing requires. This time, however, we are truly closing shop.
While the offers of money to continue publishing are tempting, we want to make it loud and clear, $pread is dead. We want to apologize for quoting the $30K figure offhand. We simply don’t have the volunteer commitment, transition time, or infrastructure to support a continuation of the magazine beyond January. Even if there was $100K made available to us, we are unable to guarantee the survival of the magazine. Given this uncertainty, we prefer to go out on a high note with Issue 6.1, the Race Issue, slated for completion in January.
Once again, we encourage others to pick up where we left off. We will package a ‘$pread Scrapbook’ for those looking for tips and tricks on publishing a magazine by and for people working in the sex industry. We did a lot wrong over the years, and learned a lot while doing it, but the the gist of $pread remains unchanged: $pread’s commitment to an open dialogue by and for current and former sex workers, including the good and the ugly of our work, and illuminating the sex industry for the world to see. We hope that any future publication will take this goal to heart. Only with unabashed critique, both of our industry and our communities, including the sometimes exploitative fees, the racist hiring practices and the racist, ageist, and sizeist payment differentials, will we come together as one community and achieve justice.
For those of you with a hankering for $pread merchandise and back issues, make sure to go to the $pread Shop (www.spreadmagazine.org/shop) in the next few months. Once we print the next two issues, we will donate the materials to our outreach partners as well as lay the foundation for a physical archive, complete with all the $pread memories of yore, blemishes and all.”
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Looks like I’m not the only one who was hoping $pread could be saved. : (
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From $pread Magazine’s blog:
R.I.P. $pread!
“Hello $pread fans. We regret to inform you that, while we expect to publish 5.4, the Crime and Punishment Issue and 6.1, the Race Issue (guest-edited by a fabulous collective of sex workers of color) by January, $pread will close its glittery doors soon after the dawn of the New Year.
Once the remaining two issues have been posted, we will fulfill subscriptions for those of you who are owed them with the option of back issues, or, if you’re feeling generous, a waiver to help us with closing costs. We apologize for those of you who have only recently come to know us, and to all our longtime supporters. After all these years, five all-volunteer years to be exact, we have come to the conclusion that an all-volunteer magazine is simply unsustainable in the current publishing climate. Short of a donation of $30,000, we will be unable to sustain the magazine past January.
For those of you with a hankering for $pread merchandise and back issues, make sure to go to the $pread Shop (www.spreadmagazine.org/shop) in the next few months. For those of you who do not currently have a subscription, please purchase the next two issues individually. Once we print the next two issues, we will donate the materials to our outreach partners as well as lay the foundation for a physical archive, complete with all the $pread memories of yore, blemishes and all.
We hope that you will look forward to a $pread retrospective in book form, featuring highlights of our five years of publishing. We will also package a ‘$pread Scrapbook’ for sex worker advocates looking for tips and tricks on publishing a magazine by and for people working in the sex industry. We are producing these materials in the hopes that our model will help motivate the continued movement for social justice among our many and varied communities, in the same way Danzine inspired our own publication. We also close our doors in the comfort of knowing that right now, around the world, sex worker-run and sex worker-supportive media such as ConStellation (www.chezstella.org) in Montreal, Flower in Beijing, and Red Light District Chicago (www.redlightdistrictchicago.com) are holding forth on the issues that matter to our communities.
$pread was motivated by the motto “Illuminating the Sex Industry.” We submit these five years of blood, sweat, and tears to you as a testament to this founding sentiment. May the struggle to end the stigma, discrimination, and violence perpetrated against our communities end in justice, and may the flashy strobe light of sex worker rights never go out, but illuminate the sex industry for the world to see.”
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I’m so saddened by this news. My first reaction is to plead that something, Something!, can be done to save this magazine. New volunteers? A higher subscription price? Less issues donated for charity? Less pages? More fundraising? An online magazine instead? It doesn’t seem like they’ll continue it in print or online.
On the other hand, I remember my burn out with the Sugasm. I was the editor and while I enjoyed volunteering for it, I eventually burned out and had to quit. I had hoped Sam would continue it but it’s a dead site. I hate to see the same thing happen to $pread.
One of the reasons I started Radical Vixen was because I felt isolated. Mr. Radical and I were living in an area far away from my sex worker friends. I didn’t have a community. Starting the blog was a way of reaching out. The Sugasm and $pread helped me reconnect with others. $pread really touched my heart. It made me feel like I was part of a bigger sex worker community.
I loved every issue. Finally, a magazine for us! The cherry on top was getting my articles published in a few and being asked to blog for them. I’m so grateful they printed my DC Madam interview. Her story was an important one and $pread helped me share it with others.
I hope something can be done. Another sex worker project, another way for us to stay connected-another something. The more we stick together the stronger our movement becomes. I wish I had an answer. I wish I had some sparkly new project to debut. Hell, I wish I had a professional printer and a garage to run the magazine until someone else could take it on! I want to be part of the greater sex worker community but I’m not sure where to turn to now. When I figure it out I’ll let you know. In the meantime, share some sex worker projects and community sites if you have any please.
RIP $pread. I’ll miss you.
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I just found this via Twitter. The 2010 Desire Alliance Conference keynote speeches are now streaming. Sweet! I couldn’t make it but now I can watch it online. And so can you-click here.
Listening to the speeches makes me want to go. I’ve got to get to one of these conferences someday!
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This summer Mr. Radical found me the Phonesex book in an art bookstore. I originally blogged about it here. You can buy it on Amazon here.
From the foreword: “Phone sex is theatre. An artificial passion-play in real-time, directed by a skilled verbal fantasist, with only one possible conclusion.” I like that take on it. Often on calls I think of myself as acting. And I love the term “verbal fantasist”. If I’m ever interviewed for being a PSO I hope I’m referred to as a verbal fantasist.
The book has photos of phone sex workers, both women and men, taken in their homes. Next to the pictures are little blurbs the PSOs wrote about their work. A few bits stood out for me:
“I think it’s easier to release repressed desires to a non-judgmental, fictional person, because there are no consequences in the outside world.”
“I am the manufacturer who creates her from the blueprint that the caller provides me.”
“I see a reflection of myself in all of my callers. I help bring out their inner light. I try to heal the wounds that our closed-minded society inflicts.”
There’s also a nice selection of photos. Some of the PSOs are smiling, some look serious, a few look sad. I picked the two PSOs for this post because they’re laughing.
This makes for a great coffee table book. I recommend it. I want to be in a book like this someday! I totally would have posed for the author.
Posted by Vixen as Reviews, Sex Workers at 11:48 PM CDT
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From SFist:
Target’s Financial Backing of Anti-Gay Politician
“Here’s something that may give fans of San Francisco’s impending Target invasion some pause: the company’s financial support for an anti-gay Republican politician whose friends include a “kill-the-gays” Christian rock singer.
(snip)
So what’s the Target connection? Well, Bradlee’s ministry received money and support from Tom Emmer, an anti-gay Minnesota Republican running for Governor. And Tom Emmer’s campaign got a boost from Minnesota Forward, a PAC running TV ads on his behalf. And Minnesota Forward got $150,000 — which amounts to about a third of all of their donations — from Target.
So, to follow the money: Target gave $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, which bought TV ads for Tom Emmer, who says “I believe marriage is the union between one man and one woman,” and who hangs out with a guy who thinks killing gays is moral.”
Target has since issued an apology. Protests are still planned.
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From Jezebel:
An Open Letter From A Stripper
“I should not have to convince you that the work I do deserves pay like everyone else, but because you seem like a stupid man, I will give you a quick run-through. I do not make any hourly/shift wage. In fact, I have to tip out every night that I work. Its called a house fee, it can run up to 200$ depending on the club, and its part of a model that is pervasive throughout the service industry. This is also why you should also tip waitresses and bartenders fairly. I am also not an employee but an independent contractor, meaning I have no worker’s rights or larger support network, like a union.
(snip)
That’s right, because a lot of you don’t seem to realize this, it is my job! Many seem to have problems with me doing this job for money, and seem to think that my only motivation should be personal enjoyment. Fyi, I do like my job, most of the time. But my pay should be independent from whether or not I, at the bottom of my heart, like everything I’m doing all the time. Imagine if you went into work one day and weren’t paid because someone thought you weren’t enjoying it as fully as you should be! Listen, part of my job is to maintain a glossy illusion and normalize the experience for you. I am more than happy to entertain you in this way, and you should feel free to enjoy me as such. This is respectful because it acknowledges that I AM WORKING!”
This rant gets bitchy at times but she makes a lot of good points. I liked it.
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From the Examiner:
Strippers protest church for a change
“For the past four years, Pastor Bill Dunfee and members of his congregation at the New Beginnings Ministries church have been protesting a local gentlemen’s club in Warsaw, Ohio. On Sunday August 8th, the Foxhole Club’s owner and dancers went and protested right back.
On almost every weekend, Pastor Dunfree and his followers can be found outside the Foxhole Gentlemen’s Club with bullhorns, signs, and cameras. They have taken photos of customer’s cars and license plates and posted them on their website as a form of intimidation.”
I love this! What a brilliant idea. More strip clubs should do this. If there’s a protest near me I’ll go. That pastor said he “can’t look away”. Oh I bet he can’t! I’m sure he jerks off to the “sinners” regularly.
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From Bust Magazine:
Happy Sex Workers’ Day!
“Or what should have been seen as such, but…no, not so much for Ye Haiyan. The single mother, sex worker and activist has been detained by Chinese authorities for the organization of a mass protest of people carrying red umbrellas, banners, petitions, all promoting legalization of prostitution. According to non-profit publication The China Development Brief, this protest was a first for China.
It seems that the last anyone has heard about Ye, also known as “Hooligan Sparrow,” is that she “cannot use the internet or talk” much, as she has been “with them.” She also mentioned in a text to Reuters that she is “at a ‘resort’ and receiving ‘re-education.” (Dissidents in China tend to be taken away for “vacation” or “studies” so that they may be kept from “moving about freely during sensitive dates.””
Ye Haiyan is one brave soul. Being sent off for “re-education” sounds scary as hell. Let’s hope this is the spark that ignites more protests for sex worker rights in China.
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Found via The Advocate:
Mike Jones on Clergy Clients
“As a former gay male escort and the man who exposed the hypocrisy of Pastor Ted Haggard, I’m probably less stunned than most about the sensational case of the allegedly corrupt priest, Father Kevin J. Gray.
(snip)
Why am I not shocked? During the 1990s, when I worked as an escort in Denver, Colorado, I estimate at least 15 percent of my clientele were clergy or connected with the church in some way. There were one-timers and there were guys who came back again and again and again, and they were all the same: positively giddy when the encounter began, unable to look you in the eye as they left. The excitement that initially animated them was wholly overshadowed by the despondency and guilt that would overcome them as soon as it was over.”
Great article. I agree with him. While I don’t have as high a percentage as Jones, I’ve had a few clergy clients. Reading this makes me want to write another post for my Sex Work And Religion Series.
The snippet below makes me want to read his book.
“When I attended Haggard’s New Life Church after the scandal broke, I was amazed to see all the explicitly homoerotic statues and paintings—sculptures of nude, muscular men all over the place. I also noticed that all the people on stage where Ted would preach were young men—not a female in sight. I was later told that Ted picked out all the art work and the final decision as to who was on stage lay with him.”
I wonder if nude, muscular male statues will be part of Haggard’s new church?
Posted by Vixen as News, Sex Workers at 10:27 PM CDT
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The latest issue of $pread Magazine is out and I’m in it. I wrote up an interview with Jesse Cox for the Style section. I didn’t write the Crafty Courtesan article this time. They’re taking it in a more crafty=clever groove. But maybe I’ll get another crafty pattern in there again.
Want to subscribe to $pread? It’s a pretty awesome magazine and you don’t have to be a sex worker to enjoy it. You can subscribe at their store.
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From Red Umbrella Diaries:
Blog Carnival: Coworkers and Co-conspirators
“Welcome to the first Red Umbrella Diaries Blog Carnival! I haven’t decided yet which one I’ll read, but I’m going to perform and record one of the following stories at the July 1st event.
Stay tuned for the line-up of the the live Coworkers and Co-conspirators event happening in NYC on July 1!”
Woot Mismatched Whores got in! There’s a bunch of entries for this carnival. Click the link above to read them all.
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From NYC Sex Bloggers Calendar:
Buy It Now!
“As the dog days of summer descend humidly upon NYC, sticky thighs and rivulets of sweat snaking down spines become everyday occurrences, we’re about to turn up the temperature a few degrees.
We’re happy to announce you can now buy and personalize your days on the 2011 Sex Blogger Calendar, with a message up to 80 characters, as well as pre-order your calendars. Purchasing days and calendars helps Woodhull Freedom Foundation in their mission to affirm sexual freedom as a fundamental human right. And we’ve made it easy for you to do, just glance to the right side bar and pick the option your heart desires.
Need some ideas for what to say on your day? Here’s a couple.
- For $25, your company can include a URL and discount code which will be visible for an entire month. Want more visibility? $100 buys you five days, which you can strategically place throughout the year, highlighting your company’s anniversary and other significant days.
- For individuals, that same $25 allows you to feature a meaningful quote, celebrate your blogiversary, send a message to your favorite model or express your gratitude to Woodhull for their dedication to fighting for such an important cause.
When we receive your payment, we’ll email you to get your days and messages.
Calendars will sell for $20 after the pre-sale period is closed, so we’re giving our early supporters a special deal on the combination of pre-ordering and buying a day, for $40 you can get a calendar and one day to personalize and save $5.
And don’t forget that when the heat of summer is finally dwindling and NYC is crisp and cool and fall, in all it’s brilliant, blazing color, is upon us, we’re going to make it sizzling again; at least on October 1st when we reveal the calendar at our launch party, once again, at the fabulous Fontana’s! So buy your days, pre-order your calendars, and book your flights and hotels. We’re going to have an amazing weekend filled with fantastic people and exciting events and we want you to be part of it all!
Remember your purchases of days and calendars goes to support Woodhull. Here’s some of the specific ways Woodhull strives to promote & protect sexual freedom:
* Woodhull educates the public on the importance and value of sexual freedom and counter the arguments of groups seeking to restrict sexual rights;
* Woodhull advocates for decriminalization and social acceptance of consensual sexual expression;
* Woodhull seeks to change antiquated, repressive and discriminatory sex laws and enforcement practices;
* Woodhull advocates for freedom of speech and artistic expression on sexual themes;
* Woodhull promotes the empowerment of people to take control of their bodies and their sexuality;
* Woodhull supports legal action to overturn court decisions adverse to sexual freedom and privacy rights, and we work to affirm and expand decisions, like Lawrence v. Texas, that support sexual freedom and privacy;
* Woodhull opposes abstinence-only sex “education” and endorse an age-appropriate, comprehensive approach to sex education; and
* Woodhull seeks to protect and foster scientific research on sexuality.”
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Found via Viviane’s Sex Carnival:
Our Porn, Ourselves
“Our Porn, Ourselves: For women who are pro-porn and all those who support us. WE are the answer to anti-porn feminists. All genders welcome.
The name is a tribute to the legendary feminist book that helped women take back control of their sexual health and sexual pleasure, Our Bodies, Our Selves.
Organizer Violet Blue found out about the upcoming anti-porn feminist conference being held in Boston next month (June 12-13), and decided she’d had enough. So did a lot of other women, and men, and people of all genders and orientations who are pro-porn and support a woman’s right to choose, explore and enjoy porn.
We women are tired of people trying to control our sexuality by telling us what we should or shouldn’t like sexually (porn) based on what someone else thinks is best for us. It’s like keeping women in a perpetual state of being children about sex. And women who say they are feminists make it worse by discounting all the women who find porn to be an empowering sex toy. Or if not, to at least give us the benefit of the doubt that we can make that decision for ourselves, thank you very much.”
One of my favorite posts was the Anti-Porn Bingo game, originally created by Furry Girl. I’ve heard many of the “reasons” listed on the game.
Debauched Diva attended the anti-porn feminist conference and is blogging about it. you can read about her thoughts here.
I’m a feminist and I like porn! I’ve even made some. ; )
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From Red Umbrella Diaries:
Blog Carnival Call for Posts: Coworkers and Co-conspirators
“Lots of people ask how they can be involved with the Red Umbrella Diaries if they can’t get to New York to see or perform in the show. The Blog Carnival is a way for sex workers and their allies to participate in the Red Umbrella Diaries from afar. Every month, I’ll do a carnival of pieces of writing on the upcoming event’s theme.
For the next event, which takes place on July 1, the theme is Coworkers and Co-conspirators. Here’s a little something to get you started thinking:
In every industry, quirky coworkers keep jobs entertaining, livable, or sometimes downright miserable. But what’s too much information and even sexual harassment at other jobs is just a day in the life in the sex industry.”
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From New York City Sex Bloggers Calendar:
And We Have Lift Off
“Way back in February, when we announced that the 2011 calendar was going national and that the funds we raised this year would go to benefit Woodhull Freedom Foundation, June seemed lightyears away. Now, it arrives in about forty-five minutes and since June 1st was the date we promised to announce who was going to be in the calendar, it’s time to do just that.
But first, let me thank all of you, including those who we didn’t have space for, who worked hard to send us images and who wanted to be a part of this very unique and special project. If only there were enough months and space to fit everyone. The choices were hard to make, really hard, but we tried to make the best decisions we could and to fit in as many representations of different sexualities and communities as we could. We found models, or more accurately they found us, who embody the BDSM and leather communities, who show us that sex education is sexy as hell, who proudly represent and create their own porn. We have an erotic model alongside a boot black. A proponent of open marriage. A gay man or two. A straight man. Writers. Bloggers. Sex workers. All these people are so very different but they all have one overwhelming belief that bonds them and makes them ideal for this calendar; they all believe firmly in what Woodhull Freedom Foundation stands for – that sexual freedom is a fundamental human right. And they’re putting their bodies and their faces out there to say it loud and proud.
So without further ado, here’s what you’ve been waiting for, the 2011 NYC Sex Blogger Calendar models are:
Bad Bad Girl
Brandon B
Coy Pink
Dangerous Lilly
Essin’ Em
Gloria Brame
Jiz Lee
Lillith Grey
Luna
Matthew Lawrence
Max Lagos
Mollena Williams
Nina Hartley (Shut up! Yes, you heard it right, Nina Hartley)
Radical Vixen
Sexy Sadie
Sovereign Syre (scroll down to her Back in Black video, you will not be disappointed)
Do you count more than 13? Why yes, you do. Don’t worry, we’ve wracked our brains to come up with creative ways to feature as many people as we could and we believe you’ll be very impressed with the finished product. I mean who can you complain about us bringing you more sexy?”
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I’m so excited to be in next year’s calendar! When I got the news I did a happy dance all around my bedroom.
Posted by Vixen as Activism, Sex Workers at 11:17 PM CDT
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From NZ Herald:
Sex work healthier - but not problem-free
“Sex workers are safer, healthier and more willing to go to police since prostitution was decriminalised, but the stigma remains a problem, according to a book on the changing industry.
The book, which draws on the views of 772 sex workers, suggests more changes are needed to discourage underage people from going into the industry, and raises concerns about the vulnerability of immigrants working illegally.”
Excellent news though it’s not surprising. A sex worker named Joyce says, “For the last couple of years, the police have been really good, really on to it. Now they actually care. Before … if a worker [got] raped or anything like that … there wasn’t much they could do.”
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From Salon:
“Don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal vote coming this week
“It looks like the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” compromise drawn up by activists, the White House, and Congress yesterday is officially going forward. According to the deal, Congress will vote this week to (hopefully!) repeal the policy, but the Pentagon is not required to act until they’ve finished their year-long review, in December.
(snip)
In addition to allowing the Pentagon to delay repeal until their study is complete, the legislation seems to give them leeway to put off repeal indefinitely. (But they wouldn’t do that, right?)”
From America Blog Gay:
Text of DADT repeal legislation
“After talking to a number of sources, it seems that what was proposed by the Hill, and agreed to by the White House, is the following - I’m summarizing the document above, which is the latest version of the compromise being discussed
The House and Senate will pass legislation this year that provides that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will be considered repealed if and when the following happens:
1. The Secretary of Defense receives the “study.”
2. The President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs certify that:
- They have considered the recommendations in the study
- DOD has prepared the necessary policies and regulations needed to implement a repeal
- The implementation of the repeal is consistent with the standards of military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention.
Current policy will remain in place until the above conditions are satisfied. And if the above conditions are never satisfied, the current DADT policy will remain in place.
There is nothing in the legislation that says the repeal must happen.”
You can read the text of the legislation at the link above. The sad thing is if this legislation passes politicians who voted for it will declare it a victory for GLBT rights while DADT might not even get repealed.
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From ABC News:
Anger over Customs porn checks
“The Australian Customs Service says that since late last year people arriving in Australia have had to declare whether or not they are carrying pornography, just as they have to do with other restricted items like medicine or weapons.
It says the aim is to prevent the importation of pornography that includes children, extreme violence or other material that violates Australian law.
(snip)
In a statement to AM, Customs said including an express reference to pornography is intended to enhance the interception of prohibited material at the border.
If travellers declare pornography and it is not illegal they will keep it. Illegal pornography will be confiscated and fines or charges may be laid.”
This is crazy, just crazy. Looking at legal porn shouldn’t be a reason to get harassed.
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From LA Weekly’s blog:
Texas Lingerie Store Forced To Get Food Permit For Selling Edible Underwear
“That’s an issue Rosemary Benitez, owner of San Antonio-based Shades of Love lingerie store, was faced with when the health department knocked on her door. While Benitez’s store isn’t a restaurant, the health department requires it to have a food permit because it stocks and sells items like edible underwear (e.g. candy g-strings), sexy mints and other, um, bedroom desserts.
(snip)
Initially (and incorrectly) thinking the health department’s visit was part of an elaborate practical joke, Fox News reported that “Benitez told San Antonio’s KENS5 TV station she believes the permit, which costs about $230 a year, and the routine health department inspections that come with it are completely unnecessary.”"
A food permit for edible undies? Sounds like they’re just shaking her down for money to me.
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From The Nation:
Irony Alert: Another Advocate for Abstinence Quits Congress After His Failure to Abstain is Revealed
“As the House’s chief champion of abstinence education, Souder regularly informed his colleagues that: “The fact remains that the only fully reliable way young people can protect themselves from pregnancy or STDs is by abstaining from sex until in a committed, faithful relationship with a partner who is also free of STDs.”
(snip)
Souder announced last Tuesday that he is quitting the House after it was revealed that he was having an affair with a female staffer. Amusingly, it is being reported that the staffer helped Souder produce pro-abstinence videos.
The comedy quotient of the whole affair spiked when, in admitting to the affair and announcing that he would leave the House Friday, Souder said he was doing so at least in part because he thought critics might ridicule his pro-abstinence campaigning.”
He’s having an extra-marital affair with the staffer who helped him produce pro-abstinence videos?!? The article makes the excellent point that at least he’s quitting his job unlike Vitter and Gibbons.
Posted by Vixen as News, Sex Workers at 10:21 PM CDT
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Reposted from my $pread blog post:
From Cameryn Moore’s site:
“Hey, there. … I’m doing real well, how’re you doing? …. Oh, yeah? I think I can help you with that. … Well, hang out with me for an hour and I will rock your fucking world. … It doesn’t matter what I’m wearing, honey. The question is, what are you wearing for me?
Truth and taboo collide in Phone Whore, an intimate, one-hour visit with a phone sex operator. Listen closely: she may change your views on sex forever.
A gripping, slice-of-life comedy/drama, Phone Whore invites audiences in for an unflinching look at taboo, fantasy, and the place of “deviant” desires in society today. Playwright and performer Cameryn Moore wrote the play during downtime between calls, and drew extensively on her work experiences at a no-taboo company to flesh out both the absurdities and difficult truths that pervade the world of phone sex.
It’s not all drama on the 17-city tour of Phone Whore this summer and fall: Cameryn will be making multiple appearances at comedy clubs and adult toy stores along the way. A phone whore needs work stability, just like anyone else, so even while on tour Cameryn will continue to fill regular shifts at the phone sex company where she has been working for more than a year.
Phone Whore is playing in the following cities this summer and fall:
Boston * Montreal * Ottawa * Toronto * Chicago * Winnipeg * Calgary * Edmonton * Seattle * Portland * San Francisco * Los Angeles * Las Vegas * Albuquerque * Indianapolis * Washington DC * Baltimore * Philadelphia * Asbury Lanes, New Jersey * New York City * Providence
And lots of other stops along the way! For more details about the show and tour, please visit www.camerynmoore.com.”
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