Working Sex: Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580052258 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Annie Oakley doesn't need a gun. She's armed with fierce creativity, political passion, big brains and exquisite sexiness. Oakley leads a brilliant crew, which serves up whore culture at its most delicious and satisfying.""Sex work is commonly understood to be an occupation of last resort, taken up by people who live on society's margins. The Sex Workers' Art Show sets out to dispel those perceptions and to showcase the ways in which sex workers are in control of their bodies, their careers, and their self-respect."
They do this because sex work is widely considered illegal, unhealthy, and immoral.Edited by Annie Oakley, Working Sex, New Voices from a Changing Industry features stories and contributions from sex workersstrippers, prostitutes, domes, film stars, phone sex operators, and internet modelswho are speaking out. Being a sex worker isn’t something to write home about for most women (and men) in the $12 billion-a-year sex industry.Prostitutes, strippers, and adult film stars put themselves, and what they do for a living, out on the street, stage, and TV screen every day, but they often keep their working lives hidden from friends, family, and other employers. This provocative anthology showcases voices from a vibrant community intent on unmasking the jobs they
"A Look Into Individual Sex Workers" according to Miss Kay. Working Sex: Sex Workers Write about a Changing Industry is a collection of A Look Into Individual Sex Workers Working Sex: Sex Workers Write about a Changing Industry is a collection of 30 stories written by sex workers. The book is 301 pages long which means each story is about ten pages long. The stories included are written by males and females as well as prostitutes who work on street corners and those who work through the telephone. There's also some mention of web sex workers as well.The collection of stories really varies. For the most part, the stories are written in prose, but there are also stories included that are written as poetry as. 0 stories written by sex workers. The book is A Look Into Individual Sex Workers Working Sex: Sex Workers Write about a Changing Industry is a collection of 30 stories written by sex workers. The book is 301 pages long which means each story is about ten pages long. The stories included are written by males and females as well as prostitutes who work on street corners and those who work through the telephone. There's also some mention of web sex workers as well.The collection of stories really varies. For the most part, the stories are written in prose, but there are also stories included that are written as poetry as. 01 pages long which means each story is about ten pages long. The stories included are written by males and females as well as prostitutes who work on street corners and those who work through the telephone. There's also some mention of web sex workers as well.The collection of stories really varies. For the most part, the stories are written in prose, but there are also stories included that are written as poetry as. "Working Sex" according to Luxx Mishley. The body of work that comprises Annie Oakley's Working Sex is really a mixed bag - and not necessarily what the subtitle and back cover promise. Within the volume Oakley has included a wide range of literary genres that moves beyond the expected personal accounts to short stories, rants, poetry, a short play, and even an interview with a political advocate of women in the sex industry. When I purchased the volume I expected to find a collection of nonfiction work focused on different experiences and viewpoints of individuals working in th. Let's Talk about Sex In our sophisticated society there is still a dirty secret and it is the hidden sex world.Annie Oakley in Working Sex: Sex Workers Write about a Changing Industry attempts to capture the voices of those working in the sex industry. Demands for taboos, fetishes, and straight sex are found in the sex trade from strip clubs, massage parlors and prostitutes.This book is a fascinating peek with their world in with their own words of what is too often ignored. This quick read composed of a long list of contributors take some of the glamour away