Exiting
ESSAY by NORAH TAYLOR It's almost baffling how unceremonious your last day in the sex industry can be. In my case, I scanned the luxury...
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CULTURE
- Sep 10
- 17 min
The Client
The escort-client relationship is as unique and nuanced as any marriage.
How do clients become clients? Therein lies David’s story.
- Sep 8
- 1 min
Inside "All Dolled Up"—The Party of the Year.
Volume 7 cover star Ruby Zarsky hosted the most groundbreaking event of the year—the first trans-only strip club in NYC
- Aug 27
- 6 min
Why Work? The Meaning Behind the Label “Sex Work” and Why It Saves Lives
Pamela Paul claims that “sex work” normalizes sex work in a negative sense. When in fact it is used to combat those issues.
- Aug 13
- 4 min
Barbie: A Mirror of Women's Adoration and Ambivalence
For men, Lilli was an ideal sexual fantasy. For children, Barbie represents the ideal archetype we aspired to become.
- Aug 6
- 7 min
Hollywood Hustle: BTS with Intimacy Coordinator Allie Oops
Hollywood should start caring about the stories they tell. I don’t think there are many marginalized groups that are invited to the table.
- Jul 30
- 12 min
The Feminist Curse
My current goal is to be a C+ Domme-Mom, not amazing, not terrible. Just a middle-of-the-road domestic goddess.
- Jul 23
- 3 min
How Sex Workers Invented The G-String
Here we are looking at the impact of a garment created from necessity and its journey to where we know it today.
- Jul 9
- 17 min
Rise: An Interview With Artist Bridget Caramagna
Bridget Caramagna, Cooper Union and Yale graduate, is a masterful artist who explores the connection between earth and the heavenly realms.
- Jul 2
- 13 min
Now and Then: A Conversation with Matt Camp
From cyborgs to sustainability, we go deep with Matt Camp.
- Jun 25
- 6 min
And Just Like That…: On 25 Years of Sex and the City
The good and not so 'good' impact of Sex and the City on NYC, fashion, dating and societal politics.
- Jun 18
- 13 min
Breaking The Mold: Gia Venetia
Petit Mort chats with Gia Venetia, a Playboy cover star, electronic music enthusiast, & high-end companion on fitness, & social media tips!
- Jun 4
- 5 min
Vanniall Celebrates Hot Haus Season 2 Premiere
Our former cover star Vanniall celebrates her new reality TV show on Out TV. She’s also celebrating the launch of her new Youtube Channel.
- May 28
- 9 min
Cyber Sexual
How the internet revolutionized sex work and what the future holds in the face of censorship.
- May 14
- 4 min
Nourris Moi: Maman Part 1 and 2 Review
‘Maman,’ the latest two-part film by director Vex Ashley and produced by Four Chambers, explores the mommy kink, which is highly taboo...
- May 2
- 7 min
Girl Island
PHOTOGRAPHS AND WORDS by CHASE KELLY Last week, a fellow stripper invited me to Girl Island. Years ago, I had raunchier, more comedic...
- Apr 21
- 20 min
The Male Gazes Back: An Interview with Matthias Vriens
Everybody knows that sex sells, but the worlds of fashion and photography are selective about who gets to be sexualized. Nobody...
- Apr 15
- 14 min
Inclusive Sizing with Cherri
We talk fatphobia and inclusive sizing in the lingerie industry with the creator of Cherri underwear!
- Apr 3
- 13 min
Love Makes the World: A Conversation with Sateen
INTERVIEW by MOLLY SIMMONS Queenie and Ruby are the gorgeous and talented duo behind the band known as Sateen. Since releasing their...
- Mar 31
- 2 min
A Note From The Editor: Vol. VII
by Penelope Dario Astrophysicists say that as the universe expands it pulls galaxies further apart. It makes me wonder if these...
- Mar 27
- 4 min
Where the Buck Stops: A Look at the Pornhub Story
Molly Simmons reviews Moneyshot: The Pornhub Story, currently on Netflix. She talks labor, money, and imagining new futures for sex workers.
- Feb 21
- 8 min
Whores Are Healers
Britta Love explores the healing capacity of sex work and sex workers, and the importance of decriminalization to make this occur.
- Jan 17
- 7 min
Autistic Body
Reese Piper talks about her experience as a stripper and how it taught her about her autism and her connection to her body.
- Jan 3
- 5 min
Sunday Service
Sunday Service explores the parallels between strip clubs and houses of worship.
- Dec 24, 2022
- 16 min
Embracing the Divine
Molly Simmons interviews Jessie Sage about religion, theology, sexual shame, and the divine possibility of sex work.
- Dec 14, 2022
- 6 min
The Femme Daddy: Disidentification and Queer Semiotics
Parker Penn explores the idea of queer Daddyhood and what it means to genderbend the idea of Daddy.
- Dec 8, 2022
- 24 min
Back to Back: DANIELLE HETTARA of Jacques in Conversation with PENELOPE DARIO
Danielle and Penelope catch up 10 years after Jacques' closure to talk hypocrisy in fashion, photo scandals, and sex work.
- Nov 25, 2022
- 7 min
Decolonizing the Conditional
Maura the Dancer explores her connection to her body and her journey to decolonize her movement, her art, and her relationship to herself.
- Oct 14, 2022
- 17 min
Down the Rabbit Hole
Valentina Fox in conversation with Bardot Smith about financial kink, domination, and mutual care between providers and clients.
- Oct 11, 2022
- 5 min
Cleansing Rituals
Bad house guest? Limpia. Bout of sickness? Limpia. Depressive episode? Limpia.
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
Unreliable Narrator
BY NIA BOLDE I could do other things. Slip out of my heels and not notice, when they begin to collect dust. Sell off a few gifts, to...
- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
Liberation For All: How the BLM Movement Changed the Political Anthropocene of Sex Work
How does that, and the political sphere of race relations, affect sex work and sex workers? Why, exactly, should that matter to you?
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
For You I Must
BY SKYLAR PARKAR I often harken back to the first time her heart beat danced on my skin I often harken back to the moment I let her in...
- Oct 11, 2022
- 5 min
Plagues, Pandemics, & Sex Work
Part of a sex worker’s job is to get up close and personal with clients. But hat happens when it is unsafe to get close to people?
- Oct 10, 2022
- 7 min
Motherhood
For someone who occupies a socially disposable role, forming bonds to strengthen, protect, and care for yourself is no longer a luxury
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
Black, Undestroyed, Overjoyed
So call me Mrz. Neptune Violet. Because of how I define myself and some related notions, I am miraculous
- Oct 10, 2022
- 3 min
Letter from the Editor, Vol. 6
It’s hard to stay present in a time of change. It’s almost as if we’d prefer to just wake up at some point and feel adjusted.
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
Letter from the Editor, Vol. 3
Bee hives birth new queens when a portion of the population decides to secede.
- Oct 10, 2022
- 3 min
Letter from the Editor, Vol. 4
BY PENELOPE DARIO Identities, like ideas, need time to ripen. And like all things on earth, they evolve over time. One could look at a...
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
Letter from the Editor, Vol. 6
BY PENELOPE DARIO This season we explore healing powers of eroticism and the art of pleasure with clients, providers, and performers...
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
Out and Proud
BY VANNIALL Recently out HIV+ Black trans sex worker and director Vanniall to be featured in San Francisco Film Festival. Porn performer,...
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
The Client Who Changed My Mind
George had contacted me only 24 hours before we had met, but I could tell that he had been waiting for me for over 40 years.
- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
Letter from the Editor, Vol. 1
BY PENELOPE DARIO Since entering the erotic labor industry I have been in awe of the talent here. I felt that so much beautiful art lived...
- Oct 10, 2022
- 6 min
Sex Workers & Civvie Dating
How do we navigate personal/recreational intimacy when we’re active in the industry?
- Oct 10, 2022
- 3 min
ROE V. WADE
BY ODETTE This week the Supreme Court will potentially be voting on whether or not to overturn the 1973 legal ruling Roe v. Wade, which...
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