“The early messages in my family were that women are the source of power. They made the household decisions, held the purse strings, and if the woman of the house was not happy, no one was happy. “ …more
Courtney Trouble’s no pedestrian pornographer. She’s a pale, femme, riot girl with squiggly tattoos and rocker bangs. …more
When I met Elle in San Francisco, we were sleeping with the same tattooed Puerto Rican stripper in AA. Ten years later, she contacted me on Facebook and asked if I’d like to work with her. “Work” would mean erotic sensual massage: naked strangers, happy endings, making out with Elle and cash. …more
If I’ve learned anything from interviewing JT, it’s that “no one ends up in the adult industry by accident” and “when you fall, you have to land somewhere.” …more
“They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born.” –Geek Love by Katherine Dunn …more
The third in our series of interviews focusing on sex work during the recession. …more
I met Mandy Morbid while working at Cheetahs in Hollywood, a bikini bar that attracts broke slackers with a soft spot for suicide girls and strippers who don’t think they’re strippers. …more
Dancers always want to quit but rarely do. The cliché is that sex workers are stuck. But, it’s more complex than that. Dancers quit for years but always come back because leaving the sex industry is difficult. …more
Antonia Crane is a sex worker and writer from Humboldt County. She was behind the unionization effort in 1995 for Lusty Lady Theatre: SEIU Local 790 Exotic Dancers Alliance. After graduating from Mills College in 2002, Antonia moved to Los Angeles to pursue HIV counseling for the porn industry at AIM Health Care. She has been a sex educator and harm reduction counselor for at-risk youth and women in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University. Her forthcoming memoir is titled "Stripped: Tales of a Sexual Outlaw." Excerpts have been published in the Black Clock Journal and the Coachella Review. She completed a novel titled "Kill the Day." Excerpts have been published in the Sylvan Echo. She has received scholarships from College of the Redwoods, Mills College, Antioch University and The Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Antonia edits The Citron Review and can be spotted hanging upside-down in precarious positions from various poles around Los Angeles.
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