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Sex worker client fantasies are reflecting the reality of the pandemic

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Written by Jessie Sage. Originally published in Pittsburgh City Paper. Audio smut producer and phone sex operator April Would has a regular client who enjoys office-based fantasies. Last week when he called, something interesting happened: He changed the setting of their typical scene. “You are now in my home office,” he said to her. “But […]

How parents can keep ‘sexy time’ alive when quarantined with kids

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Written by Jessie Sage, originally published in the Pittsburgh City Paper. The other day, my partner and I were in the living room surrounded by toys with Sesame Street blaring in the background when he stealthily asked if I wanted to go upstairs for a little afternoon romp. Now, I am someone who is almost always game, but […]

“What are you into?” It all depends on context.

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Written by Jessie Sage, originally published in the Pittsburgh City Paper. In my line of work, I get asked a lot of questions about my sexual preferences and history and most of them don’t bother me. Except for one: What are you into? This question isn’t unique to my work; I remember when I did more online […]

Being unapologetic about one’s body in a fat-shaming society

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Written by Jessie Sage, originally published in the Pittsburgh City Paper. Last week, Pittsburgh-based artist and poet Christina Springer was a guest speaker in the class I’m teaching on sex work and sex workers. She read from her collection of poems, The Splooge Factory, which draws on her time as the receptionist at an erotic massage parlor/dungeon in […]