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Working It : Sex Workers on the Work of Sex by peech breshears (2023, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPM Press

ISBN-101629639915

ISBN-139781629639918

eBay Product ID (ePID)14057258424

Product Key Features

Book TitleWorking It : Sex Workers on the Work of Sex

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicLabor & Industrial Relations, Sociology / General, Prostitution & Sex Trade

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science

AuthorPeech Breshears

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-942729

Reviews"If you ever want to know what is really up, talk to a sex worker. Working It is chock full of harsh realities, hopeful activism, hot takes, sharp writing, electric intellects, dark humor--everything you could want, all from the culture heroes making their dollars at the intersection of all our country's worst problems. This is true outlaw writing, and the stories inside are of crucial importance for us all." --Michelle Tea, author of over a dozen books, including Rent Girl , Valencia , and Against Memoir "A serious, eclectic collection that takes a critical eye to the tricky questions surrounding care and work within our society. The thinkers in the pages of Working It have a lot to teach us about both." --Rax King, author of Tacky , and co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil "Under neoliberal late capitalism--where wage growth fails to meet the ever-growing cost of living, and the already-frayed social safety net is ever-receding--laborers in many sectors of the economy struggle to provide for themselves, their families, and their communities. Sex workers are among these laborers, and Working It offers what the editors rightly refer to as a 'kaleidoscope' of thought-provoking historical commentaries, academic examinations, personal narratives, and interviews. Interspersed with beautiful poems and creative images, the pieces in this collection, written by contributors representing a wide range of identities and experiences, offer readers an expansive view of sex work, while also highlighting sex workers' broader struggles, triumphs, and collective efforts. Variously confronting issues including but not limited to racism, classism, sexism, police brutality, consent, and respectability politics, Working It indicates the challenges--but also the hope and radical imagination--of workers striving to meet their own needs and support each other in a broader socio-cultural, political, and economic climate that is often hostile to their interests." --Sam Majic, author Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision, co-editor of Negotiating Sex Work: Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism, and co-author of Youth Who Trade Sex in the US: Agency, Intersectionality, and Vulnerability, "If you ever want to know what is really up, talk to a sex worker. Working It is chock full of harsh realities, hopeful activism, hot takes, sharp writing, electric intellects, dark humor--everything you could want, all from the culture heroes making their dollars at the intersection of all our country's worst problems. This is true outlaw writing, and the stories inside are of crucial importance for us all." --Michelle Tea, author of over a dozen books, including Rent Girl , Valencia , and Against Memoir, "If you ever want to know what is really up, talk to a sex worker. Working It is chock full of harsh realities, hopeful activism, hot takes, sharp writing, electric intellects, dark humor--everything you could want, all from the culture heroes making their dollars at the intersection of all our country's worst problems. This is true outlaw writing, and the stories inside are of crucial importance for us all." --Michelle Tea, author of over a dozen books, including Rent Girl , Valencia , and Against Memoir "A serious, eclectic collection that takes a critical eye to thetricky questions surrounding care and work within our society. Thethinkers in the pages of Working It have a lot to teach us about both." --Rax King, author of Tacky , and co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil

Dewey Edition23/eng/20230220

Dewey Decimal306.74

Table Of ContentForeword - Molly Smith Introduction - Matilda Life at the Margins - Leila Raven The Monotony of Sex Work - Janis Waiting to Be Rescued from My Office Job - Emily Dall'Ora Warfield The High Cost of Cheap Labor - Melissa Interview - Jelena Cyntoia Brown and My Black Body - Naomi Do You Ever Like It? - Stephanie What Would You Say to Other Girls Who Are Considering It? - Stephanie How I Ended Up Being a Social Worker at the Veteran's Administration - a conversation with Eden What Did Sex Work Take from You and How Can You Get it Back? - Tansy Breshears First, Last, My Only - Xaxum Respectability Politics by Any Other Name - Janis Luna El Cerrito - Nicole 6 gifts you can ask your sugar daddy... - Cisqo Thyme I Don't Consent to Enthusiastic Consent - Phoenix Calida When My Mom Found My Craigslist Ad - Alyssa Pariah Letter from a Social Worker -Aubrey Intimate Labor - Matilda Labor Rights: How Do They Work? - Susan Elizabeth Shepherd Metopia - Dee Lucas Contributor bios

SynopsisFiercely intelligent, fantastically transgressive, Working It is an intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers. A polyphonic story of triumph, survival, and solidarity this collection showcases the vastly different experiences and interests of those who have traded sex; among them a brothel worker in Australia, First Nation survivors of the Canadian child welfare system, and an afro-latina single parent raising a radicalized child. Packed with first person essays, interviews, poetry, drawings, mixed media collage, and photographs Working It honors the complexity of lived experience. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hardboiled these dazzling pieces will go straight to the heart., Fiercely intelligent, fantastically transgressive, Working It is an intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers. A polyphonic story of triumph, survival, and solidarity this collection showcases the vastly different experiences and interests of those who have traded sex; among them a brothel worker in Australia, First Nation survivors of the Canadian child welfare system, and an afro-latina single parent raising a radicalized child. Packed with first-person essays, interviews, poetry, drawings, mixed-media collage, and photographs Working It honours the complexity of lived experience. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hardboiled, these dazzling pieces will go straight to the heart., Fiercely intelligent, fantastically transgressive, Working It is an intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers. A polyphonic story of triumph, survival, and solidarity this collection showcases the vastly different experiences and interests of those who have traded sex; among them a brothel worker in Australia, First Nation survivors of the Canadian child welfare system, and an afro-latina single parent raising a radicalized child. Packed with first-person essays, interviews, poetry, drawings, mixed-media collage, and photographs Working It honors the complexity of lived experience. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hardboiled, these dazzling pieces will go straight to the heart.

LC Classification NumberHQ118