Updates
My Partner Died By Suicide. Here’s How A Mismanaged Pandemic Contributed. – HuffPost
When a loved one dies by suicide, it’s common for mourners to blame other people or themselves, and struggle to understand “why they did it.” I don’t hypothesize the “whys” or “hows”: We talked many times about why life was painful for him, and he didn’t believe anything would change to allow for healing. Brian’s death… Read More
Updates
Oh Joy Sex Toy – Lucky Devil Eats
Sex education cartoonist Erika Moen is a friend of Strange Bedfellows podcast AND a patron of the Portland area strip clubs. Read Erika’s review of the world-famous Boober Eats Drive Thru Tent, featuring myself, Toxic and some of your other faves from Lucky Devil Lounge (pre-pandemic!). Read More
Interviews, Updates
For Portland Sex Worker Elle Stanger, Being Stuck at Home Means Balancing Porn With Parenting – WW
WW presents “Distant Voices,” a daily video interview for the era of social distancing. Our reporters are asking Portlanders what they’re doing during quarantine. Elle Stanger is a stripper, sex worker, educator, writer and podcaster. She is also a mother to an 8-year-old daughter. And as far as she’s concerned, none of those titles are… Read More
Articles
I’m A Parent Making Porn To Make Ends Meet During Covid Quarantine
For some of us, porn-making and digital work are our only real option to provide for our families right now. I have been a stripper for the last 11 years, one who merely dabbled in webcam and porn-making ― until, that is, coronavirus quarantines and shutdowns closed Oregon clubs as of March 16, eliminating… Read More
Articles
Support Your Local Sex Worker
In the midst of this COVID pandemic and worldwide lockdowns, more of us are staying home and keeping company with our cells, laptops, and tv screens. Which means more porn watching and digital hookups. In this springtime of social distancing, even mainstream media sex-education experts began recommending folks to masturbate and engage in online and… Read More