I Paid for College

It is a good time to be an activist and advocate. Really…I’m discovering more and more *amazing* resources every day. See: Sex Work Awareness and The Sex Workers Project. I’ll be adding these links permanently to the right-hand side of the page.

Stay sassy, and for those of you on the oppressively humid east coast…stay unmuggy(?).

In my recent but dogged quest to create a network of college sex workers, I keep asking one question: “How do you reach a group of people who tries rather hard to remain incognito?” The internet seems like a good start, but what’s the best method? Blogging…social networking sites like Myspace…Craigslist? If anyone has any suggestions, please do let me know. I’m no tech tard, but it’s easy to get discouraged in the early stages of a project.

I’m whipping up a Myspace page, but for someone who is fairly computer literate, it’s probably the most frustrating, slow and buggy interface I’ve ever worked with (barring Windows Vista, which does not claim to be a user-friendly social networking tool).

I’m no legal expert, and I don’t have time-tested advice on the screening process. Fortunately, there’s a lot of good information out there about criminal law for sex workers. With the increasing number of sex workers operating independently, it’s important to stay savvy. Of course, no screening process is perfect, but knowing how to spot red flags is a good start.

From SWOPeast: Advice from a criminal lawyer – what NOT to do if you get arrested

From Peridot Ash: Screening Johns and Screening Cops

Reposting a clip that I stumbled upon on Bound, Not Gagged. Xaviera is a legend, and I hope to have the opportunity to see the documentary in its entirety.

Make sure to check out her personal website for more information (or just for fun).

Started posting on craigslist as a way to advertise the IPFC project. My logic is as follows: If we’re looking for stories written by college sex workers, and college sex workers use craigslist to advertise and find gigs, this could be a fast and easy way to reach large numbers of people with relatively little grunt work.

Of course, I had forgotten that craigslist wags a finger at cross-posting, so I’ve been dancing around language barriers in an attempt to share with a large audience what I consider to be important work.

So, if you stumble upon this site and know some folks who fit the bill, please do send them this way.

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