Category: Sex Work

The Queerview Mirror: Insatiable: Porn-A Love Story

By Ser

On February 13, 2015

I’ve watched porn exactly once, and it was in a class (Human Sexuality), so pretty much everything I know about porn is from a secondary source. I believe that porn is not evil but also that it is not uniformly good. I worry about objectification and exploitation of women and that porn viewers develop unrealistic […]

Featured , Health / Medicine , HIV / AIDS / STDs , Science , Sex & Sexuality , Sex Work

Male Circumcision and HIV

By Vince Gabrielle

On August 12, 2014

Queereka recently received a comment through our “contact us” portal asking us to weigh in on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwX5zfC0hgc about the recent evidence that’s been uncover

History , Politics / Activism , Sex Work , The Queerview Mirror

The Queerview Mirror: Sex Workers Unite

By Ser

On May 30, 2014

I picked up Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk by Melinda Chateauvert because it made me uncomfortable and because I didn’t know anything about a sex worker’s

Queereka Podcast Episode 3

By Benny Vimes

In Discrimination , Feminism , Intersectionality , Podcast , Sex & Sexuality , Sex Work

On October 30, 2013

The second episode is up! You can listen to the episode here. You can also find us on iTunes or use the RSS feed here: http://www.podcastgarden.com/podcast/podcast-rss.php?id=1127 In this episode you will hear me and Cheyenne (a former Queereka writer) discuss sex work and sex worker rights. Cheyenne’s other work includes The Academy of Queerlesque and […]

Atheism , Discrimination , Politics / Activism , Religion , Sex Work , Skepticism , Social Media

Deconstructing The Anti-Sexwork Video From Upworthy – An Atheist Perspective

By laurelai

On September 2, 2013

Recently a video found here has been making its way around the internet, this video depicts sex workers in the red light district doing a dance number, and at the end it shows an anti trafficking mes

Activism , Discrimination , Education , Feminism , Fun Stuff , HIV / AIDS / STDs , Politics / Activism , Sex & Sexuality , Sex Work

Myths about sex workers

By laurelai

On August 6, 2013

Warning, this article may challenge long held ideas about sex work and sex workers causing cognitive dissonance and strong emotional reactions. If your worldview is reliant on these misconceptions t

Fallen Women

By cheyenne

In Feminism , Law , Politics / Activism , Sex Work

On February 22, 2013

That’s what we used to be called in another era of sex work prohibition, “rehabilitation”, during another national scare and shame. The Industrial Era brought with it a new kind of sex worker, better suited to capitalism and the phenomenon of interchangeable parts, and “fallen woman” was the euphemism of choice for her then. Not […]