We tend to make certain assumptions about people who seek out the services of prostitutes. We assume that this this the only way they can get laid, we assume that they’re socially inept or unattractive, we assume that they have some freakish fetish that someone…

We’re not so big on going to brothels — we find that the whole “illegal” factor kinda makes it a little difficult. But if we happened to find ourselves in a country where prostitution was legal, and we happened to be struck by a brothel-going…

A recent piece in the New York Times (found via our friends at Fleshbot) talks about the recent police crackdown on Craig’s List-enabled prostitution (yes, they’ve finally figured out what “erotic services” is code for).

There’s something that really bothers us about this — and it’s not…

So there’s this new porno site (no wait, excuse us: it’s a pin up site), Zivity. You may have heard of it (just maybe). We keep trying to write something about it, but every time we look at the site we find ourselves inexplicably banging our heads against…

Sex workers are often the object of media attention: whether it’s the tale of the DC Madam or lurid tales of trafficking, the media loves to talk about sex work.

What the media is less fond of, however, is actually giving sex workers a voice. Why…

In the business world, it’s well understood that sex sells: yet for some reason, it’s always been hard to sell investors on sex-related businesses. Sure, the sex industry is huge (and hugely profitable), but for some reason, the mere mention of (gasp!) pussy has been…

The Internet is often credited with expanding and normalizing the sex industry, making more porn, more money for pornographers, and more opportunities for people to get involved in sex work (anything from cam girl work to escort work to, yes, porn modeling). But apparently, there…

“Soft” as in “less legal action,” not, uh, less erections. As one of its final acts, the Blair Government has declared that only “persistent” offenders of anti-sex work laws (read: people who have been arrested for sex work twice in any three month period) will…

I met Audacia Ray years ago, through interesting circumstances (okay, we were dating the same boy). This was long before she was Audacia Ray, editor of $pread Magazine, or Audacia Ray, director of the award-winning porno “The Bi Apple,” or Audacia Ray, author of the insightful…

I just picked up (and then read) Grant Stoddard‘s book, Working Stiff. It’s a good read (and not just because I know a bunch of the people he writes about). Grant offers his readers an honest (and not always flattering) account of his time as…