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Confiscating Condoms? The Dumbfounding Ways Police Deal With Prostitution

Melissa Gira Grant, AlterNet. January 13, 2012.

Each year, scores of new laws are proposed to make prostitution somehow even more illegal than it already is.

Sex Workers Speak Out on Village Voice Ad Controversy

Michelle Chen, In These Times. November 14, 2011.

Maybe the ethical clarity that moral crusaders desire requires less talking and more listening to what sex workers know, need and want.

Why I Found it Exciting to Have Sex for Money -- And Why I Stopped

Emma, Bitch Magazine. November 10, 2011.

"At some point I got it in my head that if I was doing it anyway, why not move over a section and get paid for it?"

What's Wrong with Ashton Kutcher's Campaign Against Sex Work? Plenty.

Melissa Gira Grant, Comment Is Free. September 25, 2011.

Campaigns that focus on "ending demand" for sex work ignore the financial pressures on sex workers--the same pressures that all working people face.

What's the Most Popular Porn Site on Earth? (And What Does That Say About Our Relationship to Sex?)

Jill Filipovic, The Guardian. September 19, 2011.

A webcam site featuring mostly underpaid women from non-Western countries gets the most views. What does that say about Western sexuality?

Portland, Oregon -- Strip-Club City? Media Freak-Out Over Trafficking in Everyone's Favorite Hippie Utopia

Jessica Mack, AlterNet. September 12, 2011.

We must respect sex workers as humans with rights and choices, and crusade against exploitation. Media freak-outs about sex work and trafficking accomplish neither.

Is it OK for a Married Man to Sleep With Sex Workers?

Rachel Rabbit White, SeXis Magazine. September 7, 2011.

Does sex work negatively affect relationships? Or can it be a part of a non-exclusive arrangement?

Why In the World Would a Woman Ever Get Fake Breasts?

Tom Matlack, The Good Men Project. June 5, 2011.

Breast augmentation is still a popular procedure. What does that say about women, men and our society?

Should the Porn Industry Require Protection?

Roland Hulme, SeXis Magazine. March 24, 2011.

Making condoms mandatory, most agree, contradicts what porn should be about: Choice.

Toward a Human Rights Approach to Sex Work Policy

Kari Lerum, RH Reality Check. March 24, 2011.

Protecting the human rights of sex workers is connected with broader efforts to ensure sexual and reproductive rights and address the problems of the U.S. criminal justice system.

Students Turning to Prostitution and Stripping

Joanna Chiu, The Ubyssey. November 21, 2010.

There are many avenues for students engaging in sex work could to assure their own safety.

FBI Busts Consenting Adults for Having Sex -- Don't They Have Anything Better to Do?

Joanna Chiu, RH Reality Check. November 8, 2010.

The stories of consensual adult sex workers, who are often the targets of police busts, are missing in all the hysteria about sex trafficking and underage prostitution.

My Year as a So-Called Pimp

Tobi, SeXis Magazine. October 15, 2010.

My partner decided to become an escort to pay the bills. When she got her first gig, I knew that she would need someone to do security and didn't hesitate to volunteer myself.

How to Respect Sex Workers

Monica Shores, Ms. Blog. September 10, 2010.

There’s a way to debate commercial sex while respecting the industry’s laborers. Here are some suggestions.

The Strange Things Men Pay Prostitutes To Do

Anonymous, AlterNet. July 14, 2010.

When I worked as a street prostitute, men paid me to do things you'd never imagine -- like pretend to be their girlfriend and take me on all-expense paid trips.

Trading Sex for Money, Drugs, Survival: What It's Like to Be a Street Prostitute

Anonymous, AlterNet. June 29, 2010.

The lives of street prostitutes who have sex for money to survive are very different than our idealized images of 'high-class' call girls.

How I Escaped a Cambodian Brothel

Bong Nguyen, Andrew Lam, New America Media. April 19, 2010.

Girls at the brothel were beaten and raped. Many were dying of AIDS. Who were their customers? All kind of foreigners. Americans. Thai. Vietnamese. Cambodian.

"Freakonomics" Authors Tell You How to be a Good Prostitute

Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. October 26, 2009.

The men behind "Freakonomics" offer a stunningly shallow and flawed view of sex work as a career option for women.

Working With the Victims in the Complex Struggle to Fight Sex Trafficking

Noy Thrupkaew, The Nation. October 13, 2009.

The Philippines suffers from a significant problem with child sex exploitation, but it also provides more fertile ground for US work on anti-trafficking.

'I Was a Birthday Present for an 82-Year-Old Grandmother'

David Henry Sterry, R.J. Martin Jr., Soft Skull Press. September 26, 2009.

This excerpt from "Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex" details what a 17-year-old in 1974 decided to do for money.

Criminalizing Sex Work to Combat Trafficking: Rhode Island Considers the Wrong Solution to the Wrong Problem

Andrea Ritchie, RH Reality Check. September 4, 2009.

The State of Rhode Island seems poised to take a significant step backwards on its legal treatment of both sex work and trafficking.

My Life As a 'Craigslist Hooker': Why We Need Smart Policy About Sex Work

Ester Amy Fischer, Huffington Post. June 5, 2009.

It seems strange to eulogize an online red light district, but Craigslist Erotic Services transformed the meaning of being a sex worker.

Should You Try Stripping?

Lily Blau, Sirens Magazine. April 30, 2009.

Faced with increasing economic woes, some women are asking themselves that question.

The Patriotic Stripper: From Rebellious "Bad Girl" to Military Wife

Susannah Breslin, The Daily Beast. April 25, 2009.

When Lily Burana married an Army officer, she left behind her life in strip clubs and became a cake-baking military wife. Then came the bombshells.

Should Call Girls (and Boys) Kiss and Tell?

Tracy Quan, The Daily Beast. March 11, 2009.

On the anniversary of Eliot Spitzer's exposed liaison, a madam is considering releasing the names in her little black book. Is she justified?

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