Art Provocative (NSFW) by name and Art Provocative by nature. The Australian-based photographer has what he himself calls “the best job in the world”: setting up intimate, classy and revealing photo shoots with a great number of the nation’s sex workers for their own sites […]
Samsung Gear VR sold out online almost as quickly as pre orders were made available further proof to what we already know – the immediate and immense popularity of VR. This is good news not only for users but, as is the case of the […]
The decriminalization of any activity is bound to have its detractors. We see it with most controversial subjects, but few are more complicated or have bigger ramifications than the legalization of sex work. Some countries have successfully adopted a model (popularly known as either “Nordic” […]
Backpage.com – the classified services site that has been taken to the cleaners by the authorities – have won a restraining order against Sheriff Thomas Dart, the man who’s very high-profile campaign has almost destroyed the site as well as costing hundreds of sex workers […]
VISA and Mastercard this week announced that they will no longer do business with classified ad site Backpage after a strong campaign and intervention against it from Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. This latest blow to Backpage comes as American Express set the trend by […]
Society seems to have a love/hate relationship with prostitution and sex workers. For the most part, a lot of people still believe decriminalizing sex work would result in utter chaos. Sex work wouldn’t be the oldest profession in the world if there wasn’t a market […]
New Zealand doesn’t tend to hit the headlines much around the world, although their fearsome rugby team have spent decades cracking the skulls of just about anybody who stands in their way. So it comes as something of a surprise to see two quite prominent […]
They might not have listened to the masses of sex workers and related associates who howled their outrage loud and clear from the get go, but after some terrible ratings and a mainstream media pile-on to denounce it, the blockheads who run the A&E network […]
Under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, many absurd laws could be subject to change. It’s only natural; freedom is the key selling point of American culture, and any perceived violation to people’s right to free speech should at least get discussed. Maxine […]
Hundreds of French sex workers took to the streets of Paris last week to protest against their government’s proposed set of anti-prostitution laws. The bill itself has gone through a dizzying array of amendments since it was first proposed by the government of President Francois […]
A&E has come in for wave after wave of criticism from the adult industry, a number sex worker groups and thousands of individual voices as the premiere date of its new show 8 Minutes draw nearer. The premise is rather unfortunate and indicative of the […]
