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.
Tag Archives: Sex Work
Sex Work Slogans
If you pay any attention to sex workers’ rights advocacy, you’ll know that there are certain slogans which are used to draw attention to the movement and our demands. Here’s a short breakdown of some of the more popular ones.
Fiction About Sex Workers
A portion of the negative beliefs I had about sex workers, before I began selling sex myself, came from the media I consumed. There are lots of sex workers in fiction, but many of them fall intro tropes and are portrayed poorly.
How to Talk About Minors Selling Sex
Even referring to minors as being capable of “selling sex” is going to be controversial to a lot of people. A person selling sexual services and being raped or abused are not mutually exclusive – saying minors can sell sex does not minimize that their clients are raping them.
Fears About Parenthood as a Sex Worker
I very much want to be a parent. As someone who sells sex, and who has both an online presence as a sex worker activist and an online presence under a sex worker persona, I’m scared about how the stigma I face will impact parenthood. I thought I’d share my thoughts here.
Post-Client High
As long as a client is not outright abusive or uniquely difficult, the moments after finishing a booking where I hold the money in my hands are an immense high for me. The novelty of earning a day’s wages at another job in the space of an hour never fully wears off.
My Friend is a Sex Worker and I Have Questions!
You’ve just found out that your friend or acquaintance is a sex worker. Naturally, you have questions.
Let’s go through some of the topics you might be curious about and how to approach any questions you still have with your friend:
Attention Deficit Hooker Disorder
Not all types of sex work are well-suited to ADHD, but it is an easier profession to make accommodating than most. There are certain types of sex work which are favoured by those with ADHD, all of which are impacted by it.
Sexual Autopilot
I’m sure it’s not strictly true that I can’t have sex without slipping into what I think about as my “sex autopilot” mindset. For now, I seem to slip into it often, and it destroys my romantic relationships.
Hooker Math Zine
In this zine we’ll go over how to calculate earnings, the ideal frequency of STD testing, discuss expenses in a brothel compared to independent work, plus go over some fun calculations of how many clients you need to see to afford certain luxuries!
Jack Talks About Sex Work 