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Photo: Clint Patterson Last week, I wrote about issues sex workers face using dating apps in our personal dating lives. In the process, I realized that it has been a year or two since I’ve actually been on a dating app myself, so I re-activated my Feeld, OkCupid, and Tinder accounts. Spending a week swiping on selfies led me to[Read More…]
I met my current husband on OkCupid. I was just getting out of a very long marriage and was convinced that the last thing I wanted to do was get into another serious relationship. I was in the middle of a divorce and very pre-occupied with transitioning my kids to their new split-household life. In contrast, he was younger than[Read More…]
Photo: Mika Korhonen “Sex work is work,” is a common refrain of sex workers, and for good reason. Many folks, myself included, make their full-time living through sex work, and a good many more turn to sex work when more conventional forms of employment are undesirable, inaccessible, or unavailable. In this way, sex work serves as both a backup plan[Read More…]
Photo – Dainis Graveris Last week in my Peepshow Column, I spoke with Sonora Grace, a New Orleans-based sex worker, about her experience entering into a new romantic relationship as a sex worker. I also talked about my own experience as a married sex worker. READ: The Romantic Lives of Sex Workers Part 1 WATCH: Sonora Grace & Jesse Sage[Read More…]
Photo By Ian Dooley I’ve never been a single sex worker. I became a sex worker with my now husband—first, camming as a couple and, later, venturing out into solo work. My regulars are aware that I’m married—something I am quite open about—and they are often friendly with my partner. New clients, however, will notice my ring and ask[Read More…]
Recently I got roped into watching the Netflix reality show, The Circle. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a game show meant to determine which contestant will win the social media popularity contest. All contestants live in their own units within the same apartment complex, yet they can only communicate with each other through a social media platform that[Read More…]
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou TW: miscarriage Prior to my current career, I worked for several years as a doula, staying awake for 20-30 hours at a time while I walked laboring mothers and their partners (and sometimes entire families) through one of the most intense events of their[Read More…]
What can phone sex operators tell us about men & masculinity? When you think of phone sex, what comes to mind? I am assuming that for most of you this conjures up imagines of the cheesy, soft–focus 1-900 ads from the 90’s. Kenny G playing in the background, a scantily clad woman saying in a near whisper, “Come chat with[Read More…]
When you think of September, what comes to mind? Children returning to school. Apple cider in the markets. Autumn colors. New beginnings. What about abstaining from porn (and even masturbation altogether? This is the new September tradition that recently formed subreddit r/NoSimpSeptember is hoping to make a reality. The group of now over 2.3k members encourages men to avoid online[Read More…]
Some Thoughts On Coming Photo: Alexander Krivitskiy I was one of the last people in my 6th grade class to learn what an orgasm is. I remember the moment: we were in band class—all sitting in little rows handling the instruments that we could barely play— when Arnold, my crush at the time, turned around and asked me if I’d[Read More…]
He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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