Manhattan congressional candidate Mike Itkis releases sex tape in push to legalize sex work
2022-10-15
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The video, which stars Itkis and porn performer Nicole Sage, is called "Bucket List Bonanza" and could have tanked his campaign as, historically, congressional candidates have teams that work around the clock to prevent such tapes from being made public; but in this case, the unconventional effort is well-received as a prime example of a politician putting actions above r .....
Blondie’s Dark Roots
2022-05-15
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My ICON (Blondie, Debbie Harry) from my teenage years was interviewed by Esquire Magazine. She was asked, If you were coming across the river to Manhattan as a twenty-year-old today, what would you be aiming for?
Her reply:
I think that probably now I would go into the sex industry.
I don’t know, but that’s a clandestine area, and I was always interested in t .....
Book excerpt: “Madam”, the story of the famous brothel owner Polly Adler
2021-11-08
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From the book “Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age” by Debby Applegate. Copyright © 2021 by Debby Applegate. Published by Doubleday, a copy of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Whore is a word that offends the ear and tastes bitter on the tongue. The English language abounds with more polite, poetic and precis .....
"Sex Work Is Work": Pop-Up Art Exhibition Seeks To Destigmatize Sex Work
2020-03-11
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A popup art exhibition aimed at destigmatizing sex work opens in Manhattan on Tuesday. The art exhibition features work from 10 different countries. Over 50 per cent of the artists have participated in sex work. Some artists include Midori, Jacq The Stripper, Kisha Bari, pieces from the clothing line DASPU, founded by the late Gabriela Leite of Brazil, Pluma Sumaq, and Molly Crabapple, .....