“Porn industry expert Amberly Rothfield, who regularly publishes advice and guidance for sex workers, tells me her greatest fear is that these changes will have a trickle-down effect. If payment processors pull their services from any company that’s remotely horny on main (despite frequent, similar c…”— Jake Hall, melmagazine.com
“Sex workers are speaking out about how Thorne's approach has the potential to damage the platform and the industry at large by erasing the years of oft-ignored bravery and resilience endured by those who actually deserve the credit.”— Trace William Cowen, complex.com
“It’s a great lesson in respect and courtesy, they say, with one clear rule: Don’t be an asshole to strippers.”— Magdalene Taylor, melmagazine.com
“Nothing tickles a boner like a sad stripper, and men found my sorrow intoxicating.”— Antonia Crane, medium.com
“For many trans. women, discrimination and harassment in traditional fields of employment makes sex work a vital source of income. And sex work is basically the one job where being trans. is an advantage. Supporting trans. women means supporting sex work and sex workers’ rights.”— Avery Edison, twitter.com
“Prostitution is only a particular expression of the universal prostitution of the worker”— Karl Marx , amazon.com
“Sometimes, though, porn’s defenders overcompensate. They are too ready to interpret the lack of unequivocal data about porn’s impact as unequivocal proof that there is no impact. In a field as hard to measure as sexual behavior, this seems unwise. Pornography may be more likely to turn us into solip…”— Katrina Forrester, newyorker.com