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> [Another sex worker and writer I respect put it this way: she said that as a writer, you're not about pleasing people, and as a sex worker it's all about pleasing people. It's all about creating this fantasy. I still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/another-sex-worker-and-writer-i-respect-put-it-this-way-she-said-that/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

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## More by Melissa Gira Grant

> [I went to college in Amherst and lived in Northampton for many years and we had our quaint little feminist sex toy shop that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/i-went-to-college-in-amherst-and-lived-in-northampton-for-many-years/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [We hear from sex workers who have through their own volition become media figures, or have despite their own wishes become media figures. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/we-hear-from-sex-workers-who-have-through-their-own-volition-become/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [One person was basically saying that feminists aren't interested in criminalizing prostitutes, that they don't want to do that. I responded that whether or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/one-person-was-basically-saying-that-feminists-aren-t-interested-in/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Our feelings alone don't change what happens with the police, what happens in jail, what happens when someone tries to go to the welfare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/our-feelings-alone-don-t-change-what-happens-with-the-police-what/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [It's actually not much of a risk to say, "I don't think we should put sex workers in jail." That's a decent, normal thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/it-s-actually-not-much-of-a-risk-to-say-i-don-t-think-we-should-put/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [In the current situation with criminalization, we've created situations where sex workers have very little power and control over their lives. Increasing one group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/in-the-current-situation-with-criminalization-we-ve-created/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Almost everything I've learned about journalism has been from other friends who are journalists, taking advantage of the money I hope they don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/almost-everything-i-ve-learned-about-journalism-has-been-from-other/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [I remember being in high school in the '90s, and even then somehow hearing about the the Canadian Supreme Court's Butler decision which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/i-remember-being-in-high-school-in-the-90s-and-even-then-somehow/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Kristin Gwynne has been writing some great stuff about the sexually violent element of "stop-and-frisk." This isn't just "turn out your pockets." This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/kristin-gwynne-has-been-writing-some-great-stuff-about-the-sexually/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [In New Zealand, sex workers are regarded as workers, as people who are members of the community, people who have a stake in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/in-new-zealand-sex-workers-are-regarded-as-workers-as-people-who-are/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Even at legal brothels, sex workers have very little power and control over their workplace. They might have power with their customers on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/even-at-legal-brothels-sex-workers-have-very-little-power-and-control/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [I've moved away from writing about and describing actual experiences of sex work, whether mine or anybody else's, because the culture is obsessed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/i-ve-moved-away-from-writing-about-and-describing-actual-experiences/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [I have to do this all the time - choosing what to print based on how it might come back to harm people from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/i-have-to-do-this-all-the-time-choosing-what-to-print-based-on-how-it/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [When I interviewed the evangelical Christian youth group who were protesting the Village Voice, I wanted them to feel they could freely tell me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/when-i-interviewed-the-evangelical-christian-youth-group-who-were/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. That could be very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner-knows-you-re-a-sex-worker/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

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