The basic premise behind rate shaming sex workers over how much we charge is that our rates are viewed as correlated to our worth as individuals. Fundamentally, doing sex work is not something inherently degrading which must be balanced out by an empowering sum of money. It is a neutral act.
Category Archives: Online Sex Work
How to Build a Healthy Relationship with Porn
There is nothing wrong with watching people engage in sexual activity, whether that’s through your screen or in real life. What matters is that you’re considerate about the desires of all those involved, and that people whose job it is to create that entertainment are fairly compensated.
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.
Love Is Blind (and Whorephobic)
Do I think the target audience for Love Is Blind will care about sex workers’ issues, even with the bigotry pointed out to them? No. My desire to point it out is more as a way to prompt people to consider how even innocuous trash television seeks to reinforce whorephobia.
Viewing Porn as a Sex Worker Who Makes It
Having experience being in front of the camera when making porn, rather than experiencing it only from the other side of the screen as a consumer, often changes how you view it. Are sex workers buying porn?
Perpetual Teens: Sex Workers Lying About Their Ages
The teen category is a popular one in porn, and it’s mostly populated by people who are 20 and over. Pretty much anyone who could theoretically pass for 18 and 19, even if they’re really pushing it, will tack on that tag to their videos because it’ll get them some extra clicks.
Camgirlification
Every now and again, there will be some controversy or public obsession with a type of online content that is being used by sex workers to advertise; the kicker is that they often don’t realize it’s sex workers who are doing it and make an incomplete analysis because they’re missing that information. Particularly with onlineContinue reading “Camgirlification”
Don’t Say “Sex Work”
When it comes to the topic of prostitution and censorship of discussion about it, terms like “sex work” are often banned whilst words like “prostitution” or “sex trafficking” are not.
Age Verification Bills and the Chilling Effect
There are many problems with age verification and I don’t blame people whose first thoughts are about how this is an unhelpful restriction that doesn’t help kids but does restrict access to porn for the adults who want to watch it.
Responsible Reporting on Sex Work
A lot of people are being undervalued for their contributions in journalism or other forms of written media. Journalists and other writers should have solidarity with the sex workers they interview and seek to make the process as easy and safe for them as possible, rather than being a part of the machine which exploits us.
Jack Talks About Sex Work 