Filing political disengagement under “self-care” will never not be irresponsible to me. Self-care was always about preservation to stay engaged with what matters in life. Somewhere, it became permission to build a wall around your own ignorance and call it peace.
Relatable. In 9th art class I made a fishnetted, high-heeled leg out of papier mâché and, having never seen “A Christmas Story,” couldn’t understand why everyone kept asking where the lampshade was 🤣
So springy! I love it! 🪻🌼🌷
Sex workers are the coolest small businesses you can support btw
Hahahahaha they knew not what they were doing 🤣
Hosting trusted clients at home is the best because I feel like I’m being compensated to clean my apartment. An ADHD babe’s dream.
Your alt text belongs in a museum
✨Big news!!!✨We are excited to announce that Working Girls Press will be the new official home of the Peepshow Media archive! Peepshow Media was a vibrant and beloved hub for sw stories and journalism for years, and we’re honored to help keep the legacy alive.
I’ve had so many suitors tell me in their applications that they’re awkward. But when we meet, they’re as charming as can be and conversation flows freely. Time spent with a companion is a chance to see yourself in a way that isn’t defined by the labels you give yourself ❤️
Featuring a foreword by Kathi Weeks and an afterword by Marla Cruz, this book consists of essays and dialogue from an intimate and diverse group of sex workers, including those who work or have worked in legal and criminalized sectors of the sex industry, providing a unique perspective on the challenges and triumphs of sex work, and the ways in which it intersects with broader social and economic issues.
"The authors insist on the
critical impact that intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality,
and disability have on the experience of sex workers."
just the tiniest, barest hint of the foreword written by kathi weeks (!!!!!!).
A LIGHTNING FAST email reply, folks, I can attest!!!
while everyone is looking at me: hello, i am looking for a job! i have 7+ years of experience as a program manager & would love to be fully remote or hybrid in pittsburgh. i can build budgets, curriculum, and programs from scratch. i have experience in STEM, higher ed, podcasting, and community dev.
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PLEASE ADVISE.
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I would LOVE to review it 🥹
i hate my job edited by adrie rose forthcoming may 1, 2026
"These essays are sharp, juicy, and electrifyingly honest about misogyny, racism, classism, and hierarchy, within and without the sex industry. When the voices are this clear, it's no longer reasonable for non-sex-working academics and legislators to try to work around them."—Jo Weldon "I Hate My Job is a stirring "I Hate My Job dismantles tidy rebuke of the girlbossification of contemporary high visible neoliberal narratives about sex work sex workers as liberated cum-with vulnerability and precision?" capitalist-landlord-moguls." -January Santoso —Ayanna Dozier "I Hate My Job is a masterclass in the knowledge sex workers acquire both on the job and through their own collaborative practices of study, both in and out of the academy. It's also a book full of wit and insight and frank accounts of occupational hazards and rewards." -McKenzie Wark
we have blurbs! and we have digital arcs! if you want to review this book that i carried and birthed (yes i did!), let me know!
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Person kneeling sideways on a chair in emerald green lingerie with garter straps, sheer black stockings, and red-soled heels, glancing over their shoulder with a confident expression in a softly lit bedroom.
Sometimes a “dream person” is less about looks and more about the feeling. Easy conversation, warm energy, a little teasing, a little mischief. The kind of connection where you catch yourself smiling and think, *oh… this might be trouble.*
Lucky for you, I’m very good trouble. ✨
I promise you that the cure to feeling totally insane every time you look at the news is to A) be active in your own community. Not just chilling with people, but being genuinely useful to those in need. And B) don't look at the news. This idea of "witnessing" as praxis is bullshit.
See ya today, pals!
Memoir/autobio by women: Brutalities by Margo Steines, anything by Melissa Febos, Bluets by Maggie Nelson (more lyric essay than autobio)
Nonfiction: all about love by bell hooks, In The Flo by Alisa Vitti
Some fun fiction by women: All Fours by Miranda July, The Guest by Emma Cline, The Power by Naomi Alderman
I have much to share in the coming days! Here are some ways I see SWW growing over the next couple of years 2026-2027. Do any of these goals speak to you?
Thank you so much for the encouragement!
Extremely funny to hear "900 people would lose billions but still be rich and every single member of the middle class--millions of people--would get a check big enough to not have to stress about rent for a month or two" portrayed as a BAD thing
Thank you Allie!! It's always a pleasure having you with us XOXO
big, big fan of this community, shoutout to @madeleineblair.bsky.social for this space to grow as a creative in community with other sex workers 💕
I revisited a piece I wrote for Tryst back in 2023.
My, how things change!
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