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Publications

Here you can find a list of pieces selected for publication.

Personal Essays:

"That Photo of my Butt at the Ritz ", New York Times, 2024

I am a stripper, and my boyfriend saw me through the eyes of a customer. My job has meant independence, healing, and freedom. Why couldn't he see that?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/style/modern-love-stripper-boyfriend.html

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"Letters to My Past Selves", Scarlett Letters, 2024

https://scarlettletters.bigcartel.com/product/the-scarlett-letters-zine-issue-one

Opinion Pieces:

"Whorebaiting: Definition of the Phenomenon and Why Some People Try So Hard to Pass as Sex Workers", Huff Post, 2025

Article edited and rewritten by the HuffPost. Original pre-edited version coming soon on my blog (personal portfolio purposes only).

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-work-culture-appropriating-problem_n_6839db4ce4b0c79438c3259b

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"Should We Teach Pole Dance to Kids? A Stripper's Opinion", Salty World, 2024

https://saltyworld.net/should-kids-be-taught-to-pole-dance-a-strippers-opinion/

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Educational Pieces on SW:

"We Can Still Discuss the Transactional Nature of Marriage without Having to Compare it to Sex Work", Tryst.link Blog, 2025

https://tryst.link/blog/sorry-your-marriage-sucks-but-its-still-not-sex-work/

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"Feminism and Whorephobia: I Do it for the Male Gaze. Now What?", Tryst.link Blog, 2025

On why the idea that working for the male gaze is bad is whorephobic.

https://tryst.link/blog/feminism-whorephobia-so-i-do-it-for-the-male-gaze-now-what/

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"Taking Off Your Clothes Does Not Make You a Sex Worker", Tryst.link Blog, 2024

https://tryst.link/blog/does-taking-off-your-clothes-make-you-a-sex-worker/

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"Appropriate Questions to Ask a Kebab Shop Owner", Tryst.link Blog, 2024

A poem about the questions sex workers get asked.

https://tryst.link/blog/hoes-odes-appropriate-questions/

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"Regarding Clients Stigma", Tryst.link Blog, 2024

On the prejudice that just a certain kind of men go to strip clubs. Destigmatizing our clients is a necessary step to destigmatize our whole industry.

https://tryst.link/blog/regarding-client-stigma/

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