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The Face as Personal Space

by Alexa on September 16, 2009 · 43 comments

Ron, one of my future clients, made a comment on my post about the GFE vs. PSE that he “…want(ed) kissing in addition to anything else” when he paid for sex.  He’d made reference to a thread on TER about an escort that billed herself as “95% GFE.”  The fact that she didn’t kiss was [...]

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Lament of the Streetwalker

by Alexa on January 12, 2009 · 9 comments

A few weeks ago, Ren issued a call to arms of sorts for those of us who work in this business and who are better off than some others to talk about the disparity in the way we’re viewed and treated vs. those who work the streets.  There are very few days that go by [...]

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This is a very well written description of the “seven charms” of a courtesan, a modern courtesan.  As you know, I’ve used that word to describe myself.  There are time when I rethink that, largely because of some of the historical context of what we see as the typical courtesan.  Sometimes I don’t feel that [...]

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John.  Trick.  Customer.  Client.
All common names for the patrons of prostitutes.  John and trick of course are slang terms used on the street for those people.  Everyone has heard these references on just about every television show with a law enforcement theme.  The play cops have to refer to the clients as “johns” to maintain [...]

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My Greatest Fear

by Alexa on July 11, 2008 · 16 comments

I doubt any you have ever heard of Chantel Robertson.  She was murdered recently.  She was a sex worker, an escort to be specific.
Renee, over at Womanist Musings, laments the fact that, in her death, she will not be treated with the dignity that most other murder victims are because of what she did for [...]

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A Courtesan?

by Alexa on July 1, 2008 · 12 comments

In a previous post, I made a comment about explaining to someone what I did for a living. Personally, I have been ambivalent about describing it, but on this blog and in some other places, I’ve listed “courtesan” as my “job.” Someone unfamiliar with the term, though, asked me a couple of days [...]

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