Articles
JLo’s Super Bowl Pole Dance Was Cringeworthy To Many Real Strippers. Here’s Why. – HuffPOST
In case you missed it: Actor, singer and celebrity Jennifer Lopez briefly performed a beginner’s pole dance during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, when she ascended fairly gracefully upon a slowly spinning pole, and then held two poses while lip-syncing. While many viewers and members of the media were impressed by the 50-year old entertainer,… Read More
Education, Updates
Savage Love Podcast with Dan Savage: episode 681
I’m in the magnum-episode with Dan Savage, ” Dan chats with worker’s rights advocate Elle Stanger about the ongoing disaster that is SESTA/FOSTA.” Listen here for subscribers. Read More
Education, Updates
Let’s Go There: Sex Workers Against The Government
President Trump signed a controversial law into effect last year, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), which says websites can be held legally liable if their users post ads for prostitution. The bill was responsible for the closure of a variety of advertising and review sites used by sex workers,… Read More
Education
Technology To Use/Avoid For Sex Workers In A Post-FOSTA/SESTA Era – Google Doc
Need help navigating social media and web communication post FOSTA/SESTA? A close friend and tech expert created this information for people to protect their privacy, work more safely, and avoid shutdown or prosecution by entities that criminalize consensual touch between adults. Feel free to share the information and please contact the creator if it… Read More
Articles
Why Is Instagram Coming Down on Strippers?
In the aftermath of FOSTA and SESTA, sex workers are losing their networks and their agency Consensual sex is under attack again. Liberals and conservatives and moderates alike are applauding recent legislation that is killing sex workers and is diverting resources from victims of sex trafficking. The misleadingly titled, “Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” and… Read More
Updates
FM July 31: Elle Stanger on FOSTA-SESTA / Alison Stevenson/ When They Call You A Terrorist
This week on Feminist Magazine with host Karina Elias — FIRST… Karina Elias spoke with sex worker, writer, mother and host of Strange Bedfellows Elle Stanger about the dangers and ramifications of FOSTA-SESTA. FOSTA-SESTA are two pieces of legislation aimed at curbing online sex trafficking, but they have been widely criticized for their harmful effect… Read More
Erotica, Updates
Working Classified: Art 2 Support Sex Work Outreach Project
Myself and five other women in the sex industry have been immortalized for a good cause. Read the artist statement below, and visit his site to get your own. When I began hearing about SESTA/FOSTA I didn’t understand the enormity of the problem it was going to create. Luckily I’m surrounded by amazing people who,… Read More
Articles
The Anti Porn Laws That Are Killing People – Unbound
There is a bill that recently passed, and it’s been applauded as a “bi-partisan victory for women.” If you’re like me and feel a minor panic attack creeping with every iPhone news update, you might have appreciated a blip of seemingly good news. Perhaps you even “liked” or retweeted about it. The bills are called… Read More
Articles, Interviews
Exotic Dancing in The Digital Age – Medium
How technology is changing how strippers view themselves, interact with society and do business “I could be a stripper.” That was what Juniper thought to herself during an eight-hour drive to visit some out of town friends. She had just broken up with her boyfriend and felt like her life was going nowhere. “I had… Read More
