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Vogue: What are your favorite written depictions of sex workin fiction, nonfiction, film/TV, whatever?
Legs McNeil and Jennifer OsbornesThe Other Hollywoodis incredible.
I lovedHustlers, andKluteandWorking Girlsare classics.
Charlotte Shane
What do you wish more people understood or believed about sex work?
That it endangers sex workers, even when theyre ostensibly not the targeted partyas with the so-calledNordic model.
Its fine for you to not like it or be uncomfortable with it or feel confused about it.
How do you figure out what needs to be told urgently versus what needs more time?
Ooh, good question.
Isnt personal writing supposed to be personal?
Isnt the whole point to be rigorous about your thoughts and motivations and responses?
Were supposed to be adults!
What do you think a more honest view of sex in our society would look like?
Oh, gosh, where to begin!
A more mature attitude would be a good start.
Were a really sexually self-destructive population, I think, because we refuse to just be normal about it.
We deserve much better.
What do you hope never to be asked again while promoting this book?
Its really hard to come up with relevant but original questions.
A lot of questions are best answered by just reading it.
Its short, so it wont take that long!
An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work
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