“The Ritz Hotel was grand, sophisticated, and established, unlike me. The only thing we had in common was façade. Mine may not… — Aiden Shaw Copy Share Image
Look, nearly everything in the culture says we're freaks. Doing sex work, we're desired; we can get rewarded for being what we've… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
At a glance, addiction, sex work, mad passion, and all forms of extreme behavior might look like pushing or trying to obliterate… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“Be realistic, Aiden, I told myself. You know your value to the penny and it's measured in inches, time, age, stamina, looks,… — Aiden Shaw Copy Share Image
“You look at me and judge me. And I just want to ask, for what? I am in full control. No one… — Panashe Chigumadzi Copy Share Image
“Is this cock big enough for ya?” I looked at it. It was certainly medium-sized, and not skinny. I wasn’t sure if… — Kelley Kenney Copy Share Image
I think in certain ways sex work has been romanticized. I can only speak from my experience, but what surprised me about… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
“A sex worker deserves a billion times more respect, than the mystical fraudsters of the society, such as astrologers, psychics and tarot… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It occurs to me that there's been a relatively recent tendency in the media to see prostitutes as victims and johns as… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
I write about how I was attracted to stripping because I didn't feel comfortable with my body, for instance, but there could… — Craig Seymour Copy Share Image
“I was bleeding but hoped he wouldn’t notice. I do this sometimes; a game I personally call, I have my period, let’s… — Kelley Kenney Copy Share Image
“How is it that we can punish women who are paid by politicians yet allow freedom and forgiveness to the politicians who… — Valerie Baber Copy Share Image
The things that I want to see happen get no play in mainstream American politics. My primary interests are the legalization of… — Grace Dunham Copy Share Image
“...The reason why we’re strippers, is invariably more boring, more grounded in nonexistential needs like money—and pragmatic concerns, like money.” — Ruth Fowler Copy Share Image
Where do people get off telling people what to do? It's their bodies. If you legalized sex work and legally protected the… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
“I had always dreamed of being a professional escort but never thought that there was any real money in it.” — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
“Prostitution is not exactly a reputable business over there either, even though the girls actually have to pay taxes on their earnings,… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
