Julie Bates, former sex worker and advocate for Sex Workers and other marginalised groups (particularly HIV/AIDS sufferers) has been awarded an Order of Australia for distinguished service to harm reduction…
According to Gira Grant, the sex industry encompasses a broad spectrum of activities from, Escorting to street hustling and stripping to performing for webcams and everything in between. (1) This…
It’s difficult for the majority of us to understand how difficult it can for people with disabilities to access the sexual intimacy they crave and need as a human. We…
La Dame Aux Camelias’ or the ‘Lady of the Camellias’ is a semi-autobiographical novel set in mid – 19th Century France and written by Alexandre Dumas in 1848. One of…
Henry the VIII is a notorious and well known historical figure, alongside his wife Anne Boleyn who married Henry in 1533 after Henry has his marriage annulled to his faithful…
When most of us think of sexual liberation or revolution, we usually consider the 1960’s and 70’s as the era of freewheeling love, drug taking and flouting social norms. Yet,…
Pretty Woman released in 1990 was the highest grossing movie of that year bringing in close to half a billion dollars (1). Directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by…
WHO THE HELL IS ERIKA LUST? According to www.erikalust.com Erika is a “Female provocateur and erotic film director who is creating a new world of indie adult cinema.” She has…
Storyville was comprised of only 16 square blocks and was a red light district for merely 20 years from 1897 – 1917, but what a colourful 20 years they were.…
Storyville in New Orleans, Louisiana, was not the only Red Light district in the United States, but it was the most well known due to is flamboyance and general disregard…
“I was, at all times, with the men when there was excitement and adventures to be had. …I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a…
The #MeToo campaign has swept the world, after sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood movie Producer Harvey Weinstein were made public in October 2017. Since this time, millions of women across…
