""A fascinating collection from a group of courageous women who created the first publication to explore sex work in a compelling and intelligent way."" -Candida Royalle
$pread, an Utne Awardwinning magazine by and for sex workers, was independently published from 2005 to 2011. This collection features enduring essays about sex work around the world, first-person stories that range from deeply traumatic to totally hilarious, analysis of media and culture, and fantastic illustrations and photos produced just for the magazine. The book also features the previously untold story of$preadand how it has built a wider audience in its posthumous years. What started as a community tool and trade magazine for the sex industry quickly emerged as the essential guide for people curious about sex work, for independent magazine enthusiasts, and for labor and civil rights activists.
Edited by:
Rachel Aimee,
Eliyanna Kaiser,
Audacia Ray
Imprint: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 533g
ISBN: 9781558618725
ISBN 10: 1558618724
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 16 June 2015
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
INTRODUCTION: A Short History of $pread Rachel Aimee, Eliyanna Kaiser, and Audacia Ray Includes History of $pread timeline with images WORKPLACE Introduction by Lulu Indecent Proposal: Fucking the Movement Eve Ryder Illustration by Fly Positions: Is Sex Work a Sacred Practice or Just a Job? Vero Rocks and Tasha Tasticake American Brothel: A Photo Essay Photos and text by Erin Siegal Stripping While Brown Mona Salim Positions: No Sex in the Champagne Room? Mary Taylor and Carol Leigh Menstruation: Porn’s Last Taboo Trixie Fontaine Includes a photo from the author’s website. Diary of a Peepshow Girl Sheila McClear, writing as Chelsea O’Neill LABOR Introduction by Radical Vixen Positions: Can We Justify Working for Pimps? Anonymous and Eve Ryder The Sex Workplace: No Day Without an Immigrant Rachel Aimee Respite From the Streets: A Place to Rest for Mexico City’s Elderly Prostitutes An Interview with Carmen Muñoz, by Marisa Brigati Includes a photo by the author Black Tale: Women of Color in the Porn Industry Mireille Miller--Young Includes a photo courtesy of the author City of Red Lights: Mumbai’s Boomtown of Migrant Laborers Svati P. Shah FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS Introduction by Kevicha Echols Wives Jenni Russell Keeping Her Off the Pole: My Daughter’s Right to Choose Katherine Frank Hot Topic: People Who Date Sex Workers Peter, Natalie, Allen, Bob C., and Fred I (Heart) Affection, and Other Forms of Emotional Masochism Hawk Kinkaid Includes an illustration by the author The Coldest Profession Eliyanna Kaiser Illustration by Cristy C. Road Hell’s Kitchen: Growing Up Loving a Working Mother Syd V. Illustration by Sadie Lune CLIENTS Introduction by Sarah Elspeth Patterson Cher John Mirha--Soleil Ross Illustration by Molly Crabapple Indecent Proposal: Bento Bitch Miguel Illustration by Fly Empower: In Defense of Sex Tourism Chanelle Gallant Haikus for Mistress Octavia Jimmy Bob Honest John: An Interview with Kaveh Zahedi Kristie Alshaibi Photo by Kaveh Zahedi Hot Topic: Would You Steal From a Client? Moxy, Violine Verseau, and Jessica Indecent Proposal: Tiny Town Audacia Ray Illustration by Fly Healthy Hooker: Condoms 101 Dorothy Schwartz and Eliyanna Kaiser The Last Outcall Fabulous Illustration by Cristy C. Road VIOLENCE Introduction by Brendan Michael Conner Paradise Lost, Paradox Found Cha Cha Tsunami Report: Sex Workers in South Thailand Empower Foundation Epidemic of Neglect: Trans Women Sex Workers and HIV Mack Friedman The Unicorn and the Crow Photos and text by Prin Roussin Escort Rape Case Causes Uproar in Philadelphia Catherine Plato Bodies Across Borders Juhu Thukral and Melissa Ditmore RESISTANCE Introduction by Bhavana Karani I Have Nothing to Say Lynne Tansey Illustration by Star St.Germaine The Cutting Edge: On Sex Workers, Serial Killers, and Switchblades Sarah Stillman Fashion with a Function: The Aphrodite Project Photo and text by Erin Siegal 2 Young 2B Forgotten Brendan Michael Conner, writing as Will Rockwell Healthy Hooker: Cold and Flu Season Eliyanna Kaiser, with a letter from Tracy Quan Alphabet Hookers: B is for Bobbi Morgan Ellis Illustration by Star St.Germaine MEDIA AND CULTURE Introduction by Damien Luxe Sex Work and the City: An Interview with Tracy Quan Rachel Aimee Up in Buck’s Business: An Interview with Buck Angel Audacia Ray Includes a photo of Buck Angel. Intercourses: An Interview with Pro-Choice Activist Joyce Arthur Eliyanna Kaiser The “DC Madam” In Her Own Words: An Interview with Deborah Jeanne Palfrey Radical Vixen The Real Media Whores: Uniting Against Sensationalism in the Wake of Spitzergate Caroline Andrews Dirty Words: An Interview with Craig Seymour Brendan Michael Conner, writing as Will Rockwell
Rachel Aimee cofounded $pread magazine in 2004 and was an editor-in-chief for four and a half years. Now a parent and freelance copy editor, she also organizes for strippers' rights with We Are Dancers. She lives in Brooklyn. Eliyanna Kaiser is a former executive editor of $pread magazine. She is currently raising her two children in Manhattan. In her spare time, she writes fiction. Audacia Ray is the founder and executive director of the Red Umbrella Project (RedUP), a peer-led organization in New York that amplifies the voices of people in the sex trades through media, storytelling, and advocacy programs. At RedUP, she publishes the literary journal Prose & Lore: Memoir Stories About Sex Work. She is the author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing in On Internet Sexploration and has contributed to many anthologies. She joined the $pread staff in 2004 and was an executive editor from 2005 to 2008.
Reviews for £pread: The Best of the Magazine that Illuminated the Sex Industry and Started a Media Revolution
Most magazines tell their readers how to live, what to buy, and who to be. $pread Magazine, like the best forms of media and art, shows us ourselvesin ways we have not before recognized. This anthology is diverse, hilarious, intelligent, resilient, vulnerable, and sometimes frightening. Melissa Febos, author of Whip Smart $pread is a fascinating collection from a group of courageous women who created the first publication to explore sex work in a compelling and intelligent way. Be prepared to have your preconceived notions challenged. Candida Royalle, author, entrepreneur, erotic film director Everyone needs $pread sex workers, sex customers, sex readers, sex writers, sex thinkers, and everyone having sex. Vanessa Place, author of The Guilt Project From activists to mercenaries, college-girl escorts to needle exchange veterans, $pread published the writing and opinions of sex workers, for sex workers, warts and all. This smart, funny, and heartbreaking anthology is as real as you can get. Susie Bright, author of Big Sex Little Death Spanning Mumbai, Mexico City, New Orleans, New York, and Phuket, this anthology examines sex work through the politicized lenses of worker solidarity, communal care, and intersectional feminism. $pread is a phenomenal resource for sex worker self-determination and renegade social change. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of The End of San Francisco
