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Sex, Art, and Money: Does Sex Work Subsidize The Arts?
“Many creatives are self-employed, and freelancers haven’t been able to demand more pay in line with the skyrocketing inflation. As bills go up, it’s getting harder and harder for artists to support themselves.”
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A Culture of Consumption: Hot Girls, The Male Gaze, and The Internet
“The male gaze erases female subjectivity and positions women as passive objects of male desire. It is a form of dehumanization that includes, but is not limited to, sexual objectification, in which women are narrowly perceived as sexual objects for male consumption.”
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In Defense of Misandry: Having Sex With Men Made Me Hate Men
“When we consider that in the US, almost three women are killed by an intimate partner every day, it’s baffling that women have enough faith in men to go anywhere near them in a sexual setting.”
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Life After Sex Work: My Nudes Are Everywhere. Now What?
“The industry fundamentally changed the way I valued myself. It made me beholden to income in ways non-sexual work didn’t. I, and society, attached a monetary value to my appearance.”
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As A Transgender Man and Sex Worker, My Existence Is Political
“As a transgender sex worker, my body cannot help but be political. I must continually be an activist for my own right to exist.”
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You’re My Idol: K-pop Erotica Was My Gateway to Online Smut
“Where there’s vanilla romance, there’s the smuttiest smut lying just below the surface. Even 50 Shades of Grey started as Twilight fan fiction.”
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In The World of Smut, Black Authors are Taking Space: Hood Erotica and The Sex Lives of Black Women
“Black women aren’t usually the focus, and their pleasure is even less so. Thus, Black romance, pointedly erotica, has faced sizable barriers in the world of publishing.”
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Looks Good For Her Age: Aging In (and Out) Of Sex Work
“Being okay with that means moving into a different phase in our life. We no longer have to pick out our outfits to go grocery shopping. We’re no longer on display. It’s freeing, a sheer relief to blend in after spending so many years knowing we didn’t.”
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I Thought Sex Work Was Anti-Feminist. Then, I Became A Stripper
“It was great to have cash in hand, but challenging to choose between hiding my job or being judged for being open about it.”
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Why Do People Cheat?
“Certain people mistake sexual gratification for love, because they lack a genuine capacity for intimacy due to their immaturity of character.”
