When I sell sex less often, I have more time and energy to advocate for sex workers’ rights. This has always been true for me and it has always been a source of frustration and internal conflict.
Author Archives: mxjackparker
Is It Okay To Say Whore?
Since so many people are called whores to insult them through comparison to sex workers, many people feel as though they can reclaim the word or that it’s been reduced to meaning anyone promiscuous. Let’s talk about the reclamation of whorephobic slurs.
False Friends
Finding friends who will accept you being a sex worker can be difficult. Sometimes we miss the red flags or ignore them, when someone comes along who doesn’t take issue with our work, because a lot of us are lonely. These false friends fall into certain archetypes.
Where Can I Talk About Sex Work Online?
Large swathes of the internet are hostile to even the mention of sex work. It’s easy to find out which sites disallow advertising of sex work, but it’s harder to work out whether a site will allow discussion sex work and how much it’ll be suppressed.
Sobriety and Selling Sex
In this article, I discuss recently becoming sober and how it’s made me reflect on the ways I was using substances to cope with bad clients or overcome my nervousness about seeing clients.
Decrim Means Decrim
Among the supposed allies of sex workers, who claim to support our struggle for workers’ rights, are people who still have an instinct to cling to some level of criminalization or regulation.
How to Write Sex Worker Characters
Let’s go through how to write about sex workers by asking some questions about the potential story and characters, whilst discussing how the law and stigma would impact them within the narrative.
Anti-Capitalists Selling Sex
For roughly as long as I have been selling sex, anti-capitalism has been central to my core values. There are many people who find my identity as an anti-capitalist to be in conflict with my identity as a sex worker, but I find them to be in perfect alignment.
Reflections on Sex Work During the Covid Lockdown
Covid has had a profound impact on how many sex workers view health, including the health of our clients, and the way we work. I don’t think enough of us have taken the time to consider just how much, and I finally have been.
Trans Solidarity With Sex Workers
Supporting sex workers is not only the right thing to do, because we are a marginalized group who face constant abuse, but it is also beneficial for trans people who do not do sex work to ally themselves with sex workers. We have common struggles.
Jack Talks About Sex Work 