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Are Some Kinds of Sex Work 'Better' Than Others?
I asked strippers, cam girls, dominatrixes, and prostitutes, and two hierarchies emerged.
This Cartoonist Wants to Convince the World the Virgin Mary Was a Sex Worker
Chester Brown talks about paying for sex, the spiritual dimensions of prostitution, and his new, sex-charged reimagining of the Bible.
Nevada Bunny Ranch Pimp Dennis Hof Wants to Run for Senate to End Sex Trafficking
The proprietor of Nevada's most famous brothel is running for office to promote his solution to sex trafficking: legalising prostitution.
Sex, Drugs and Luxury: The Life of a Hotel Bellboy
There's a lot more to being a bellboy than lugging people's bags up flights of stairs.
Charming Pornographic Photographs of French Prostitutes from the 1930s
The "sex archaeologist" showed me his collection of photographs of French prostitutes from the 1930s.
We Spoke to the Creators of '$pread', the Magazine That Finally Gave Sex Workers a Voice
"The idea of a magazine where sex workers could actually speak instead of being spoken about was really revolutionary."
The All-American Fantasy of Saving Sex Workers from Themselves
The men who stage rescues – police, pastors, television personalities – are engaged in something not unlike the men who pay for sex: a fantasy, starring them.
A Letter from a Sex Worker to a Wife About Her Cheating Husband
Despite what you may think of me, I offer a service that's discreet, uncomplicated, and a necessary ingredient in a lot of marriages.
On the Road with a Leading Brothel Reviewer
George McCoy has been releasing guidebooks to the UK's brothels for over a decade. We spent a day with him visiting knocking shops around Sheffield.
The 'Kept Man' Who Seduced All Your Favourite Dead Gay Novelists
What do Truman Capote, Christopher Isherwood and Gore Vidal (allegedly) have in common? Denham Fouts, who was once called "the most expensive male prostitute in the world."
Inside the Wall Street Sex Trade
According to a few sex workers I spoke to, there's no escaping Wall Street, since almost every sector in New York – real estate, restaurants, prostitution, you name it – opens its mouth to finance's trickle-down.
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Woman Pulled a Gun On Some Kids Who Were "Pestering" Her Dog
Also this week: A high school banned female students from wearing yoga pants because they make them look like prostitutes.