Publications
Here you can find a list of pieces selected for publication.
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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
"Letters to My Past Selves", Scarlett Letters, 2024
https://scarlettletters.bigcartel.com/product/the-scarlett-letters-zine-issue-one
Opinion Pieces:
""Addiction, Recovery, and Feminism. We Need to Take our Agency Back", Salty World, 2026
A critique of Twelve-Step Programs and the disease approach to addiction
https://saltyworld.net/what-aa-gets-wrong/
"Whorebaiting: When Sex Work Becomes Cool", Huff Post, 2025
Article heavily edited and rewritten by the HuffPost. The original pre-edited version can be found on my blog (personal portfolio purposes only): https://www.slutriotberlin.com/blog/whorebaiting-when-sex-work-becomes-cool
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-work-culture-appropriating-problem_n_6839db4ce4b0c79438c3259b
"The Dark Side of the Sex-Positive Scene Nobody Talks About", Petit Mort, 2025
https://www.slutriotberlin.com/blog/8bh2drr1n7o6gqedf5gs021fs5emhe
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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/
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/
"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/
"Substance Use in the Strip Club", Tryst.link Blog, 2025
https://tryst.link/blog/substance-use-in-the-strip-club/
"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/
"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/
"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/
Fiction:
"You Can Still Dream When You Hit Rock Bottom", Writers Guild of Berlin, 2023