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Isaac Fitzgerald

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“Ciara, 20, earned $8,000 one week, half of which she gets to keep. She supports her boyfriend, who has cancer, and his mother.”

The LA Weekly delves into the world of women who do sex work to support their families. Slideshow included.

(via @Chloe_Camilla)

Update: Also, be sure to check out Antonia Crane’s column “Recession Sex Workers,” if you haven’t already.


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Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.

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    this LA Weekly article is fantastic. I wonder what Joe Conforte thinks of it all. 🙂

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