13Feb 2012 by jennydemilo

Stupid Vodka, Bad Advertising

sex work
[caption id="attachment_1728" align="aligncenter" width="451"] wodka vodka sucks[/caption] I tweeted at this people that id never drink their shitty vodka and id make sure no one else i know would either. Enough with the damn hooker jokes. It's a cheap shot, from a cheap company and really its not funny. Jessie Nicole Of SWOP-LA sums up how I feel.. please pass this message on and think about drinking a different brand of vodka. Preferable one that doesn't rely on putting down a whole class of people for a little extra ink. http://swoplosangeles.org/2012/02/13/wodka/
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11Jun 2011 by jennydemilo

This is War

sex work
[caption id="attachment_1474" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="For Shame "][/caption]What is a sex worker? Yes, that debate rages on. I have a feeling it always will. It's not easy to get women of different fields  of sex work to self identify as sex workers. They have their own preconceived notions of what a "sex worker" is and the media and the abolitionist groups that want to use the word "prostituted woman" in place of sex worker doesn't help. I wonder what those same groups would call a phone sex operator when she self identified as a sex worker? A intentional prostituted obscene phone caller? Thats the opposition the people who are against sex work, (hell they are usually against plain old sex too) trying to control the definition of what I am. I…
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06Jun 2011 by jennydemilo

Slut Walk Re-Cap

prostitution, sex work
[caption id="attachment_1462" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="SWOP-LA"][/caption]Slut walk was by all accounts, a success. Could it have been more successful, yes but cant things like this always be? I went to work the SWOP-LA table and help spread the word about sex worker issues. Being as the point of Slut Walk is to bring attention to and stop victim blaming and slut shamming they would be by all accounts a receptive audience. Sex workers are often the targets of slut shaming and are often maligned as well as often being targets of violence and sexual assault. Why? Because people forget were human and think because in many cases the sex work we do is illegal we wont go the authorities to report crimes against us and if we do.. were often not…
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01Jun 2011 by jennydemilo

Slut Walk LA June 4th 2011

sex work
[caption id="attachment_1453" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="647 N. San Vicente Bl West Hollywood June 4th 12pm"][/caption]Have you heard of slut walk? Its a phenomenon that started in Canada and has spread world wide. Its a movement to reclaim the word "slut" and to try to end "slut shaming" In Canada an officer of the law was speaking to some students and said "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized” That's an all in one statement. It slut shames and it victim blames. Its a double whammy and coming from a person in a position of authority in law enforcement well no bueno, really, really no bueno.  OK the officer was reprimanded and sent back to where ever they train to get well, retrained but it was the…
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23Mar 2011 by jennydemilo

Sexy Work

sex work
[caption id="attachment_1342" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Nothing about us without us "][/caption]What is a sex worker? The term sex work was created by sex workers themselves and is deliberately vague. Sex workers encompass a lot of different kinds of sex work. Yes, there are all kinds. Sex worker is not euphemism for prostitute, though prostitutes are sex workers.  Sex workers can be Cam girls, porn stars, erotic masseuses, escorts, Professional Dommes, Strippers, Phone sex operators. Basically people who use their sexuality and emotional labor for their job are sex workers. They work both in the legal side of sex work and the underground illegal world of sex work. I personally work in both. I currently do a lot of different kinds of sex work but for a long time i was simply…
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